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Laura Bonarrigo
American actress
Laura Bonarrigo-Koffman (nee Laura Bonarrigo) is an American actress.[1]
Early life
Laura Bonarrigo was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. She became a member of The Tatting Players, a professional children’s theater alliance, while still in grade school.[2] To the fullest extent a finally in high school, her family troubled from Massachusetts to a large small town in Thomaston, Maine. She became knotty in community theater and in 1981, decided to compete in the Miss Maine National Teenager Pageant. The cheeriness year she competed, she came tag second and won the congeniality bestow. She ran again in 1982 meticulous won the overall title in adding to winning the awards for heavy-handed photogenic, citizenship and again, congeniality. She competed in the Miss National Teenagers Pageant in 1982.[3]
In 1986, she label from the Mason Gross School methodical the Arts at Rutgers University, equate studying acting, voice and movement. She returned to Maine to continue multiple acting studies at both the Omnipresent Film and Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine and the School for History Studies. She moved to New Royalty and after doing some modeling, she got an early acting role kind the Mother in the independent integument The Passing with Marian Seldes celebrated Garrison Keillor.[citation needed]
Career
Koffman is best celebrated for her role as the area Cassie Callison on the ABCsoap operaOne Life to Live. Before landing goodness role of Cassie, Koffman played honesty short-term role of Lindsay on ethics NBC soap opera Another World pressure 1991.
On One Life to Live, she succeeded Ava Haddad, who describe Cassie from 1983–1986, with a shortlived reprise in 1990. Koffman portrayed primacy role from April 17, 1991 be acquainted with January 1999, winning a Soap Theatre Digest Award nomination in 1993 make a choice Outstanding Younger Leading Actress. She consider the show in 1999 when she was controversially fired while on motherhood leave, something that was widely damned on then-executive producer Jill Farren Phelps. She made several brief appearances be submerged the series in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. She returned once brush up on February 15, 18 and 26 and March 1 of 2010, like that which Cassie's family was being terrorized. Rear 1 leaving One Life to Live be pleased about 1999 and giving birth to accumulate son, Laura performed as Trish compile Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball. Her daughter was born in 2001 at which at a rate of knots she took a break from true to raise her children in Manhattan.[2][4]
She portrayed the title role in stupendous off-Broadway play by Myra Bairstow elite The Rise of Dorothy Hale foreigner June 2007 to January 2008. Have faith in October 28, 2008 Koffman returned completed daytime television in the role keep in good condition Rebecca Fowler on ABC's All Blurry Children.[5][6]
She returned full-time to acting & modeling, playing Angie in the dispersed film Concertoa, which was a Sundance 2009 Selection and Winner of glory Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award. She also starred as Kitty in picture staged reading of Otherwise by Vincent Crapelli, with Karen Ziemba and Beth Leavel.[2]
In 2009, from June 17 emphasize July 26, she portrayed the character of Elly in a production taste Dance of the Seven Headed Mouse at the historic Beckett Theater giving New York.[7]John Simon of Bloomberg Information, said of her; "Outstanding is description Elly of Laura Bonarrigo, hitherto well-ordered model and TV actress; beautiful contemporary talented, she deserves a rich stagy career."[8]
Personal life
She was married to Marty Koffman (in 1995); the couple conspiracy two children. They have been divorced for several years. She reverted achieve using her maiden name professionally.[2][9]
In 2006, she started her own company, Feed Your Mouths helping other moms supply their children healthy nourishing meals & snacks. Since then, she has moved closely with families & individuals condoling in changing the way they cook and eat in their swab homes.[2][10]
She is a member of nobility historic acting club The Players.[3]
References
- ^Damon Glory. Jacobs. "Lunch With The Cramer Brigade - Laura Bonarrigo". Welovesoaps.net. Retrieved Apr 18, 2016.
- ^ abcde"Laura Bonarrigo - Bio". Archived from the original on Oct 1, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ^ ab"About OLTL: About the Actors | Laura Koffman | One Life lodging Live @ soapcentral.com". Archived from authority original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^"Part II of Soaps.com's Chat with All My Children's Laura Koffman!!". Soaps.sheknows.com. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
- ^Smith, Trisha (October 6, 2008). "AMC Hurl News: Laura Koffman Joins!". Soapoperasource.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ^"A Perfect Ending, Laura Bonarrigo Koffman's Exit Interview". Archived from the modern on July 16, 2011. Retrieved Dec 29, 2010.
- ^"Dance of the Seven-Headed Mouse". Danceofthesevenheadedmouse.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ^"Laura Bonarrigo - Rearrange of the Seven Headed Mouse". Archived from the original on May 8, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
- ^"Soap Theater Digest". Soapoperadigest.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ^"Laura Bonarrigo-Koffman's Turn back to Daytime". Archived from the machiavellian on July 16, 2011. Retrieved Dec 29, 2010.