Hollywood Celebrities Biography: Laura Prepon Biography

Monday 19 March 2012

Laura Prepon Biography

Laura Prepon Biography
Name: Laura Prepon

Date of Birth: March 7, 1980

Place of Birth:Watchung, New Jersey, U.S

Laura Prepon is an American actress, best known for her role as Donna Pinciotti in the long-running Fox situation comedy That '70s Show, for all eight seasons. Laura Prepon is also known for the role of Hannah Daniels on the ABC drama October Road. Laura Prepon has voiced characters in animated TV series such as American Dad! and King of the Hill, as well as a character in the video game Halo 2.

Following her work on That '70s Show, Prepon worked mainly in television, guest-starring in episodes of How I Met Your Mother, Medium, and Castle. In 2011, Prepon began filming the comedy series Are You There, Chelsea?, based on Chelsea Handler's 2008 book Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea. Prepon plays Chelsea in the series, which is scheduled to debut January 11, 2012.

Early Life

Prepon was born in Watchung, New Jersey, the daughter of Marjorie, a high school teacher, and Michael, an orthopedic surgeon. Prepon's father died during heart surgery in 1993 at age 49; Prepon was 13 years old at the time. Prepon is the youngest of five children. Laura Prepon attended Watchung Hills Regional High School. Laura Prepon studied at Caroline Thomas' Total Theater Lab in New York City. Laura Prepon father was of Russian Jewish descent and her mother is of Irish Catholic background.

Career

1995–2004. Prepon appeared in such plays as A Woman of Property and Ascension Day while in New York. In 1996, she studied drama with acting teacher Caroline Thomas at Thomas' Total Theatre Lab. Also in 1996, she appeared in the Sneaker Pimps music video for the song "6 Underground". Later, in September 1997, she premiered on a Levi Strauss-developed show called They Go On, an Internet-based soap opera.Prepon has also worked as a model and has done photo shoots in Paris, Milan, and Brazil.

During her hiatus from That '70s Show, Prepon worked on the independent film The Pornographer: A Love Story. The film tells the story of an obsessive relationship between a director and an actress. Laura Prepon was also in the film Slackers, which is about two best friends trying to scam their way through college that eventually get caught. Laura Prepon was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in 2002 for her role in That '70s Show. In 2001 she got her first chance to get in front of a movie camera in the independent film Southlander, a comedy/music film by Steve Hanft starring Beck, Beth Orton and Hank Williams, in which she played a young TV telepathic named Seven=Five.

Laura Prepon