LAURA BUTLER
SAG ● AFTRA | AEA
www.laurabutlernyc.com
e: [email protected]
height: 5’7” ◆ weight: 120 ◆ eyes: hazel ◆ hair: brown
FILM | TELEVISION
Inside Llewyn Davis (w/Oscar Isaac) Day Player Fantastic Voyage | Joel & Ethan Coen
Boardwalk Empire (w/Steve Buscemi) Day Player HBO | Tim Van Patten
Reclaim Anna Lead Film Society of Lincoln Center | Randy Astle
Hair-Brained (w/Brendan Fraser) Supporting Brains&Brains | Billy Kent
Family on Board (w/Eric Roberts)* Supporting 5 Red Pictures | George Pogotsia
Devoured Lead Rollin Studios | Alexi Wang
Digital Media PSA Lead MTV | Joel Schumacher
Mr. Dust Lead Bob Giraldi Media | Min Jin Shin
Finding Home Lead Aardvark Alley | Savanna Washington
Motion Picture Martyr Supporting Perfect World Pictures | Jacob Cohen
CAROUSEL - A READING** Supporting Sundance Film Festival | Jesse Tendler
*OFFICIAL SELECTION BAFF 2014, OFFICIAL SELECTION NYCIFF 2015, OFFICIAL SELECTION CANNES 2015, **SUNDANCE FF 2017
THEATRE
Evening of Execerpts Guitar Player The Public Theater | Victor Maog
Marion Bridge Theresa The Director’s Company | Laila Robins
Mr. Toole* Lisette New York Theatre Workshop | Vivian Neuwirth
The Glass Menagerie Laura Dorset Theatre | John Morrison
The Brothers Grimm Madeline Cleveland Playhouse | Bill Hoffman
One Shot, One Kill Nicole 29th Street Rep | Leo Farley
Text#Love-Love#Text** Ally Voyage Theater Company | Jen Hertel
Orangutan & Lulu Lulu The Barrow Group Theatre | Amanda Junco
*BEST PLAY ESTROGENIUS FEST 2014, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS NOMINEE MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL 2016
**BEST LEAD ACTRESS NOMINEE INNOVATIVE THEATRE AWARDS 2016
TRAINING
Cum Laude, BA in Theatre, Music, & Dance from The Ohio State University; Study abroad - London, England
ACTING Laila Robins, Bill Metzo, RSC, The New Globe, Actors From The London Stage (Shakespeare) Erica Jensen, Pam Scott, Janet Murphy Butler, Tim Phillips (Commercial & Film) Bruce Hermann (Meisner, Advanced Scene Study) The Wooster Group, Steppenwolf Theatre, Improbable Theatre, Theatre De Complicite, Richard Maxwell & New York City Players, Trestle Theatre (Guest Classes/Seminars)
MOVEMENT Maurice Hines, Patti D’Beck (Jazz), Meredith Monk (Modern, Ballet), OSU (Improv), Marcel Marceau, School for Mime Theatre (Mime), Bill Conable (Alexander Technique) Anne Bogart & SITI Company (Suzuki & Viewpoints), OSU (Labonotation & Bartenieff) Alan Finger, Mark Whitwell, Jean Koerner, Jenny Aurthur (Yoga)
VOICE Beth McGuire (Fitzmaurice), Mandy Fox (Linklater), Carolyn Redman (Singing)
SPECIAL SKILLS
Dialects---Irish, Cockney, RP, Southern, Italian, Russian, French, Spanish, Midwest; Languages--Italian (4 years), Spanish (4 years), French (1 year), Sanskrit (5 years), Guitar (2 years), Piano (2 years), Yodeling, Wiggle Ears And Nose
Inside Llewyn Davis (w/Oscar Isaac) Day Player Fantastic Voyage | Joel & Ethan Coen
Boardwalk Empire (w/Steve Buscemi) Day Player HBO | Tim Van Patten
Reclaim Anna Lead Film Society of Lincoln Center | Randy Astle
Hair-Brained (w/Brendan Fraser) Supporting Brains&Brains | Billy Kent
Family on Board (w/Eric Roberts)* Supporting 5 Red Pictures | George Pogotsia
Devoured Lead Rollin Studios | Alexi Wang
Digital Media PSA Lead MTV | Joel Schumacher
Mr. Dust Lead Bob Giraldi Media | Min Jin Shin
Finding Home Lead Aardvark Alley | Savanna Washington
Motion Picture Martyr Supporting Perfect World Pictures | Jacob Cohen
CAROUSEL - A READING** Supporting Sundance Film Festival | Jesse Tendler
*OFFICIAL SELECTION BAFF 2014, OFFICIAL SELECTION NYCIFF 2015, OFFICIAL SELECTION CANNES 2015, **SUNDANCE FF 2017
THEATRE
Evening of Execerpts Guitar Player The Public Theater | Victor Maog
Marion Bridge Theresa The Director’s Company | Laila Robins
Mr. Toole* Lisette New York Theatre Workshop | Vivian Neuwirth
The Glass Menagerie Laura Dorset Theatre | John Morrison
The Brothers Grimm Madeline Cleveland Playhouse | Bill Hoffman
One Shot, One Kill Nicole 29th Street Rep | Leo Farley
Text#Love-Love#Text** Ally Voyage Theater Company | Jen Hertel
Orangutan & Lulu Lulu The Barrow Group Theatre | Amanda Junco
*BEST PLAY ESTROGENIUS FEST 2014, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS NOMINEE MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL 2016
**BEST LEAD ACTRESS NOMINEE INNOVATIVE THEATRE AWARDS 2016
TRAINING
Cum Laude, BA in Theatre, Music, & Dance from The Ohio State University; Study abroad - London, England
ACTING Laila Robins, Bill Metzo, RSC, The New Globe, Actors From The London Stage (Shakespeare) Erica Jensen, Pam Scott, Janet Murphy Butler, Tim Phillips (Commercial & Film) Bruce Hermann (Meisner, Advanced Scene Study) The Wooster Group, Steppenwolf Theatre, Improbable Theatre, Theatre De Complicite, Richard Maxwell & New York City Players, Trestle Theatre (Guest Classes/Seminars)
MOVEMENT Maurice Hines, Patti D’Beck (Jazz), Meredith Monk (Modern, Ballet), OSU (Improv), Marcel Marceau, School for Mime Theatre (Mime), Bill Conable (Alexander Technique) Anne Bogart & SITI Company (Suzuki & Viewpoints), OSU (Labonotation & Bartenieff) Alan Finger, Mark Whitwell, Jean Koerner, Jenny Aurthur (Yoga)
VOICE Beth McGuire (Fitzmaurice), Mandy Fox (Linklater), Carolyn Redman (Singing)
SPECIAL SKILLS
Dialects---Irish, Cockney, RP, Southern, Italian, Russian, French, Spanish, Midwest; Languages--Italian (4 years), Spanish (4 years), French (1 year), Sanskrit (5 years), Guitar (2 years), Piano (2 years), Yodeling, Wiggle Ears And Nose
