After graduating from the acting program at the University of Michigan, she went on to perform in productions based in Chicago, NYC and LA. Lauren Lopez is an actress, singer and dancer currently living in Los Angeles.
Her favorite television and web roles include Miriam in ‘Project 420’, (One Step Productions) and Anna in ‘DMV’, Goodbye Productions’ first ever scripted pilot She’s continued her work on stage, including the role of Meredith in ‘Five Women Wearing the Same Dress’, and won a Hollywood fringe festival producer’s award in the cast of Neil Labute’s ‘Some Girl(s)’.
Shortly after graduating, she was asked to join the cast of Grease in the first ever theatrical production to take place in the historic Avalon Theater on Catalina Island. Laura quickly fell in love with the subtleties of film and television acting. Though her success had been on stage, it was her time in front of the camera that won her over. While in school, she traveled to New York and studied on-camera acting and appeared Off Broadway in the new musical ‘Waiting for Laura’ at The York Theatre. During college, she played every role imaginable from Philia to Philomele and everything in between. Laura graduated with a BA in Drama from UC Irvine. She was immediately hooked on storytelling, and from yearly theatre camps to bad high school productions, Hartley became all the more devoted to the entertainment world. Her first role on stage was that of a parrot who had lost it’s colorful feathers. Her performing career started young, singing at the age of three, and acting by age seven. Born in Los Angeles to a British father and an American mother, Laura grew up between her schooling in the East San Francisco bay and family visits to the Isle Of Man.