Laura Koffman

Laura Bonarrigo-Koffman (born Laura Bonarrigo on October 29, 1964) is an American actress.

Early life

Laura Koffman was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. She became a member of The Shoestring Players, a professional children’s theatre group, while still in grade school. While in high school, her family moved from Massachusetts to a large farm in Thomaston, Maine. She became involved in community theater and in 1981, decided to compete in the Miss Maine National Teenager Pageant. The first year she competed, she came in second and won the congeniality award. She ran again in 1982 and won the overall title in addition to winning the awards for most photogenic, citizenship and again, congeniality. She also competed in the Miss National Teen-agers Pageant in 1982.

In 1986, she graduated from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, after studying acting, voice and movement. She returned to Maine to continue her acting studies at both the International Film and Television Workshops in Rockport and the School for Performance Studies. She moved to New York and after doing some modeling, she got an early acting role as the Mother in the independent film The Passing with Marion Seldes...
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