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Lauri Johnson

Born December 27, 1949 · Santa Monica, California, USA (age 76)

Lauri Johnson was born on December 27, 1949 in Santa Monica, California, USA as Laura Denise Smith is an American actress. She is the daughter of singer/pianist Annette Warren and TV and film musician and jazz pianist Paul T. Smith. She is known for her work on Mom (2013), Waitress (2007) and Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). She has been married to William Salisbury since August 24, 1998. They hav…

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War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds · 2005

War of the Worlds

MovieAdventureThriller

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

The Cell

The Cell · 2000

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

City of Angels

City of Angels · 1998

MovieDramaFantasy

When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.

The Negotiator

The Negotiator · 1998

MovieActionCrime

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

Spread

MovieComedyRomance

A gigolo must contend with the prospect that he has found true love.

Rules Don't Apply

Rules Don't Apply · 2016

Rules Don't Apply

MovieRomanceComedy

The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her ambitious driver, and their eccentric boss, the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes.

Waitress

Waitress · 2007

MovieDramaComedy

A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.

For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration · 2006

For Your Consideration

The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star generates awards buzz.

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War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds · 2005

War of the Worlds

MovieAdventureThriller

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

Older Woman

The Cell

The Cell · 2000

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

Mrs. Hickson

City of Angels

City of Angels · 1998

MovieDramaFantasy

When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.

Woman in Car

The Negotiator

The Negotiator · 1998

MovieActionCrime

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

Chief's Wife

Spread

MovieComedyRomance

A gigolo must contend with the prospect that he has found true love.

Meter Maid / Doris

Rules Don't Apply

Rules Don't Apply · 2016

Rules Don't Apply

MovieRomanceComedy

The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her ambitious driver, and their eccentric boss, the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes.

Nurse

Waitress

Waitress · 2007

MovieDramaComedy

A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.

Nurse Norma

For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration · 2006

For Your Consideration

The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star generates awards buzz.

Morley's Secretary

Laurel Canyon

Laurel Canyon · 2003

MovieDramaRomance

When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.

Landlord

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee · 2007

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball candidates to the greed and racial motivations that drive the final decision. There's big business in the movies, and Finishing the Game skewers it with an eye for '70s detail.

Housewife 3

Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve · 2005

MovieComedyRomance

Adam is a typical college-aged guy... which is to say he wants sex 24 hours a day. But when he meets - and falls for - Eve, a scorchingly hot coed who's still very attached to her virginity, the waiting game is on! While his college buddies score left and right, and campus hotties make tempting passes, Adam ponders an explosive question: Will Eve say "It's the right time"... before he completely goes out of his mind?

Nazi Nurse

Carolina

Carolina · 2003

MovieComedyRomance

A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.

Susan the Waitress

Yonkers Joe

Yonkers Joe · 2008

Yonkers Joe tells the story of a dice hustler whose determination to make one last grab for a big score in Vegas is complicated by the reappearance of his estranged, mentally challenged son into his life.

Hammer

Love Made Easy

Love Made Easy · 2006

Pellini is too small, Mobo a paraplegic, Gilbert a klutz and Gus a loser. But they are about to put an end to this! Gus has fallen in love and his friends are willing to do anything to help him. However, the venture proves to be a lot harder than expected. Not only do they not have a clue about women, they soon find themselves dealing with strippers, babies, secret agents and the Mafia.

Gus's Mother

Quit

MovieDramaRomance

When a twenty-something couple go away to the desert of Joshua Tree to quit smoking together their relationship is tested. We share the torture the couple put themselves through but learn smoking is a metaphor for their addictive relationship.

Bartender

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy · 2005

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

Ruth Begler

Shameless

Shameless · 2011

SeriesDramaComedy

Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.

Make-A-Wish Administrator

Frasier

Frasier · 1993

SeriesComedyFamily

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.

Mrs. Gablyczyck

Charmed

Charmed · 1998

SeriesComedyDrama

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.

Secretary

The Middle

The Middle · 2009

The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.

Mrs. Hilsabeck

New Girl

New Girl · 2011

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home.

Stenographer

Mad Men

Mad Men · 2007

Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.

Carrie

Cold Case

Cold Case · 2003

SeriesCrimeDrama

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.

Nurse Olsen (2005)

Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer · 2005

Ghost Whisperer

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.

Brenda Reese

Without a Trace

Without a Trace · 2002

Without a Trace

SeriesCrimeMystery

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

Carolyn Nisbit

The King of Queens

The King of Queens · 1998

The King of Queens

Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.

Nancy

Boston Legal

Boston Legal · 2004

SeriesComedyDrama

Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.

Sister Catherine

Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck · 2003

Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife crises as they confront career, family and romance problems.

Lila Rusovic

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan · 2001

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Saleswoman

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

Oncology Nurse

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory · 2007

The Big Bang Theory

Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.

Mrs. Gunderson

Cow and Chicken

Cow and Chicken · 1997

Cow and Chicken

SeriesAnimationComedy

Follows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam them.

Greta / Little Girl (voice)

Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series · 1992

Batman: The Animated Series

SeriesAction & AdventureAnimation

Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

Woman / Nurse (voice)

The Drew Carey Show

The Drew Carey Show · 1995

The Drew Carey Show

Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.

Gladys

Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond · 1996

Everybody Loves Raymond

Ray Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, and brother, Robert, live directly across the street.

Sister Ann

Mom

SeriesComedyDrama

Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in Christy's life and eager to share passive-aggressive insights into her daughter's many mistakes.

Beatrice

Angel

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Aunt Martha

Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under · 2001

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.

Joan Morrison

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Batman: The Brave and the Bold · 2008

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

SeriesAnimationAction & Adventure

The Caped Crusader is teamed up with Blue Beetle, Green Arrow, Aquaman and countless others in his quest to uphold justice.

Ma Murder (voice)