Lissa Lauria is an American actress and recording artist born in New York City.[1]

Lissa Lauria
Occupation(s)Actress, singer/songwriter

Acting career

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Lauria is the youngest of four siblings. She began acting at a young age appearing in local, regional and national commercials as well on the children's show Slime Time Live, The Rosie O'Donnell Show and the 2003 film The Kiss.[2]

When Lauria was fifteen, she and her family moved to the West Coast where she landed a role in the 2009 rock musical, All Ages Night[3][4] and a role in the pilot, How To Survive High School.[5]

Lauria appeared in a segment of the TV series Style 101: Teen Edition, about Spanx and its use during the Academy Awards.[6] Soon after, she appeared in the TV series Medium[citation needed] and Weeds,[7] That same year she was a co-writer on Planet Rock: An 80's Musical, which was produced by Randy Jackson, Joe Simpson, Barney Cohen and Delora OBrien.[8] Lauria is the lead in the upcoming comedy film Spare Change[9] which is available on Amazon [10] as well as Google Play and iTunes. Lauria was a lead in the 2019 film, "Wally Got Wasted" [11] which is an unofficial remake of "Weekend at Bernies." It is now available on Amazon Prime.

Music career

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Lauria and the Stained Pink band were invited to open for the Jonas Brothers with four original songs.[12]

Lauria has had two of her original songs added to the teen film, Minor Details.[13] Soon after, her song "Famous", written with The Jackie Boyz, was added to the soundtrack of pro-wrestling documentary Beyond the Mat.[citation needed] In Denmark, Lauria and the making of "Famous" were the focuses of a Danish reality show about making it in Hollywood.[14]

Music producer and Musical Director for the Black Eyed Peas, Printz Board has produced music with her under his "Beets and Produce" imprint.[15]

As of 2018, Lauria is now 1/2 of the singing/songwriting/production Pop/Rock/Americana duo, Fox & Lauria with musical prodigy, Isaac Fox. They appeared at CMAfest 2018 & 2019 [16] in Nashville.

Music videos

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  • "Famous" (2011)
  • "Girlfriend" (2012)
  • "Boys and Girls" (2013)
  • "One Day" (2014)

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Lissa Lauria Releases a New Music Video - Famous (press release)". Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "The Rosie O'Donnell Show, (1996) (2002) - Cast".
  3. ^ "All Ages Night (2009)". Netflix. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  4. ^ "Filming in the U.S. All Ages Night". Variety. September 28, 2007. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  5. ^ "Bonnie Gillespie Resume" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 30, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  6. ^ "Some of Hollywood's Tricks to Getting Prom Perfect".
  7. ^ "Movies & TV Lissa Lauria Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013.
  8. ^ "Planet Rock: An 80's Musical". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  9. ^ "Spare Change". Tommy2.net. October 13, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  10. ^ "Spare Change". Amazon.
  11. ^ "Wally Got Wasted". IMDb.
  12. ^ "Fashion Show to Rock Rome". Calhoun Times. January 3, 2007. pp. 5B. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  13. ^ "Minor Details (2009)". Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  14. ^ "Sonny, dans og stjernedrømme: Regitze knust efter audition". Archived from the original on February 12, 2013.
  15. ^ "(news briefs from September 3, 2011)". Tommy2.net. September 3, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  16. ^ "CMAfest".
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