Naughton, Laurie

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Naughton, Laurie

PERSONAL

Education: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, B.A., 1994; trained at Groundlings School of Comedy Improv, 1998.

Addresses:

Agent—Tracey Goldblum, Abrams Artists Agency, 9200 Sunset Blvd., 11th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Manager—Tom Ingegno, Omnipop Talent Group, 4605 Lankershim Blvd., Suite 201, Toluca Lake, CA 91602.

Career:

Actress. CharlieCat Productions, cofounder and partner. Appeared in commercials for Home Depot hardware stores, Milky Way candy bars, Bank of America, and others.

Member:

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Screen Actors Guild.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Shannon, Top of the World (short film), Wolfe Video, 1997.

Bridget, A Clean Break (short film), AtomFilms, 1999.

Jean Archer/Joan of Arc, The Pharaoh Project, Alamo Films, 2001.

Kelley, Life's a Butch! (short film), KGB Films, 2001, CFMDC, 2004.

George, Why George?, Hi Lo Productions, 2005.

Courtney, That's What I'm Talking' Bout (short film), KGB Films, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Mary's mother, "Moon Cross," Earth 2, NBC, 1995.

Passenger, "The Camp Counselor: Part 2," Deadly Games, UPN, 1995.

The woman, "The One Where Rachel Tells …," Friends, NBC, 2001.

Also appeared in Cut to the Chase, TBS; Earth 2; Mad TV, Fox; and The Man Show, Comedy Central.

Television Appearances; Other:

Donor Unknown (movie), USA Network, 1995.

Kat, Copshop (special), PBS, 2004.

Stage Appearances:

Lila, Lila on the Wall, McCadden Theatre, Hollywood, CA, then Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2005.

Appeared in Balls Out!, HBO Workspace; in A Can of Whoop-Ass, Stella Adler Theatre, Los Angeles; as Fern Fipps, The Chopin Playoffs, Gloucester Stage Company; as Edward and Victoria, Cloud 9, Hampshire Theatre Company; as Leonela and Marcela, The History of Cardenio, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA; as Melinda, The Humidity of Fish, Stella Adler Theatre; as Pira, In My Abyss, Student Valley Productions; as Pat, The Madness of Esme and Shaz, Celebration Theatre; in The Michael Naughton Show, Court Theatre; as Hippolyta, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hampshire Shakespeare Theatre; as Hero, Much Ado about Nothing, Classics in the Park; as Carol, North of Providence, McCadden Theatre; as Sister Robert Anne, Nunsense, Indiana Summerstage; as Margaret and Elsie, Octoberfest, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City; as Liz Morden, Our Country's Good, Indiana Summerstage; as Nora, Seal 7, Smith College Theatre, Northampton, MA; as Bianca, The Taming of the Shrew, Indiana Summerstage; and as member of ensemble for ComedySportzNY and The Groundlings Sunday Show, Los Angeles.

Stage Work:

Producer, Lila on the Wall, McCadden Theatre, Hollywood, CA, then Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2005.

Producer of A Comfortable Silence and North of Providence.

WRITINGS

Stage:

Author of Balls Out!, HBO Workspace; A Can of Whoop-Ass, Stella Adler Theatre, Los Angeles; and A Comfortable Silence.