Miracle Laurie (born August 1, 1981) is an American actress, best known for portraying Mellie on the Joss Whedon drama Dollhouse."‘Dollhouse’s’ Miracle Laurie doesn’t conform to Hollywood body standards ". Orlando Sentinel. September 9, 2009
Career Laurie started towards a professional acting career at Orange Coast College, where she was part of the student-run repertory theatre. She also appeared in several faculty-directed shows at the school. Notable roles from this period include Belle Starr and other female roles in Jessie and the Bandit Queen in 2000 and Ariel in William Shakespeare's The Tempest in 2001.
Laurie's first credited TV role was sorority sister Veronica in "Team", a 2004 episode of Medical Investigation. In 2009, she played Elsa in the pilot episode of The Cabonauts.
That same year, Joss Whedon cast Laurie in his show Dollhouse, which depicted a secret corporation that recruits troubled young people, stores their memories in a computer, wipes their minds (turning them into "dolls"), imprints them with new personalities, and rents them to wealthy people for special assignments. Her first major dramatic role, Laurie played a supporting character named Mellie. She also dances and plays the ukulele in Uke Box Heroes, a ukulele cover band that she co-formed with her husband.Miracle Laurie from "Dollhouse". Somewhere in Vegas, Blog Talk Radio. Accessed May 6, 2009.
Laurie and her mother, Cathy Anne, appeared as members of the audience in the October 6, 2010 episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and participated in Ferguson's opening monologue during the cold open."Miracle Laurie — and her mom — on Late Late Show", miraclelaurie.com, October 8, 2010
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2012Wyatt Earp's RevengeFannie Garretsonvideo2012Any Day NowMonica2012100,000 Zombie HeadsBlazcaff2013Scenic RouteJoanne2014Lust for LoveJenny2014Any Other FridayCindyShort2017NobilityAlethes2017Watch the SkyLaura Neary2018Insane Jane: Taco TuesdayJane Travers / Avenging StarShort20192177: The San Francisco Love Hacker CrimesDet. ListerMesmerizedSara HawthornePost-production
Television Year Title Role Notes2004Medical InvestigationVeronicaEpisode: "Team"2009ElsaEpisode: "Pilot"2009–2010DollhouseNovemberRecurring role2011Goodnight BurbankElizabeth ChiversMain role2012Singled OutMakTV film2013Shelf LifeNunjaEpisodes: "Hero Worship", "Pristine", "Shelf of the Dead, Part 1"2014CorporateSamantha AdamsTV film2015Scary EndingsAmberEpisode: "Yummy Meat: A Halloween Carol"2015Gen ZedChristine (voice)TV series2022The AfterpartyQuiet HeatherTV series, 3 episodes
References
External links
Uke Box Heroes official site