Laura Marie Marano (born November 29, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role in the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally as Ally Dawson. Marano was one of the five original classmates in Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?. She starred in Without a Trace for three seasons and Back to You. Marano starred in the indie film A Sort of Homecoming, the Disney Channel Original Movie Bad Hair Day, and the Netflix original movie The Perfect Date.

Filmography

• 2026Above & Below — Tatiana
• 2026Last Train to Fortune — Amanda
• 2026Original Sound — Ryan Reed
• 2023Choose Love — Cami Conway
• 2022The Royal Treatment — Isabella "Izzy", Producer
• 2020The War with Grandpa — Mia
• 2019A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish — Kat Decker, Songs
• 2019Saving Zoë — Echo, Producer
• 2019The Perfect Date — Celia Lieberman
• Love Daily — Erica
• 2017Lady Bird — Diana Greenway
• 2015A Sort of Homecoming — Young Amy
• 2015Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip — Hotel Babysitter
• 2015Bad Hair Day — Monica Reeves
• Girl Meets World — Ally Dawson
• Liv and Maddie — Emmy "Fangs" Wulfert
• 2012Austin & Jessie & Ally All Star New Year — Ally Dawson
• Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja — Rachel (voice)
• Austin & Ally — Ally Dawson
• Jessie — Ally Dawson
• Fish Hooks — Hamster Girl #2 (voice)
• FlashForward — Young Tracy
• Little Monk — Cousin Lauren
• Childrens Hospital — Haley (uncredited)
• Gary Unmarried — Louise Brooks
• True Jackson, VP — Molly
• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
• Back to You — Gracie Carr
• 2007Goldfish — Suzy Jenkins
• Ni Hao, Kai-Lan — Mei Mei (voice)
• 2007Superbad — Young Becca
• The Sarah Silverman Program — Young Sarah Silverman, Heather Silverman / Young Sarah Silverman
• Dexter — Young Debra
• Heroes — Young Alice Shaw
• 2006Ice Age: The Meltdown — Additional Voices (voice)
• Ghost Whisperer — Audrey
• Robot Chicken — Evie / Linda / Titanic Waitress (voice)
• 2005The Jacket — Young Jackie
• The X's — Andrea (voice), Scout Y (voice)
• Huff — Amelia
• Medical Investigation — Brooke Beck
• 2003Finding Nemo — Additional Voices (voice)
• Joan of Arcadia — Emily
• Without a Trace — Kate Malone
• Borderline
• House of Holloway — Grace, Executive Producer
• When We Collided — Vivi Alexander, Co-Producer

Appearances as themselves (8)

• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 2016Mother and Daughter: California Dream — Herself
• 2014Disney Parks Frozen Christmas Celebration — Self
• Radio Disney Music Awards — Self
• Young Hollywood — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self - Presenter