Biography
Oona Laurence (born August 1, 2002) is an American actress who is best known for originating the role of Matilda Wormwood in Matilda on Broadway alongside Bailey Ryon, Milly Shapiro, and Sophia Gennusa. She is a New York City-based child actress with credits in film, theatre, and television. After several appearances in regional theatre productions and minor roles in short films and television episodes, in 2012, Laurence auditioned for the new musical Matilda on Broadway. Laurence landed the rol...
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Writing You Down
2023
as Stage Manager
Playwright Alice Meyers reflects on the relationship that inspired tonight's performance.

Adultery
2023
as Janet
Recent victims of their parents divorce, two siblings throw a dinner party for their close college friends in an effort to feel grown up -- as the nig...

A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting
2020
as Liz Lerue
Recruited by a secret society of babysitters, a high schooler battles the Boogeyman and his monsters when they nab the boy she's watching on Halloween...

What We Found
2020
as Holly
Close friends Marcus and Holly begin their freshman year at a tough public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland. When Cassie, a well liked senior...

Big Time Adolescence
2020
as Sophie
A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Mo attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke, an unmotivate...

Lost Girls
2020
as Sarra Gilbert
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen...

Damsel
2017
as Ava
Eight-year-old Cal desperately craves attention from her childish father, and is prone to running away. John is a lonely widower whose life is filled ...

Lily + Mara
2017
as Lily
The beach is probably the worst place to take a wheelchair-bound patient with a compromised immune system, but Mara will do anything to make her littl...

A Bad Moms Christmas
2017
as Jane Mitchell
Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: C...

The Beguiled
2017
as Amy
During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wound...

Little Boxes
2017
as Ambrosia
It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act 'more black...

Pete's Dragon
2016
as Natalie
For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific ...

Bad Moms
2016
as Jane Mitchell
When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch their conventional responsibilities for a jolt of long ove...

I Smile Back
2015
as Daisy
Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with t...

Lamb
2015
as Tommie
Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the d...

Vicky & Jonny
2015
as Young Vicky
A young woman's awakening from a dark past that shaped the choices she had made in her life. It is a story about a woman coming to terms with her memo...

The Grief of Others
2015
as Biscuit Ryrie
The Ryries have suffered a loss: the death of a baby just fifty-seven hours after his birth. Without words to express their grief, the parents, John a...

Imaginapped
2015
as Olivia
When her imaginary friend is kidnapped, Olivia has to go on an epic quest to get him back.

Southpaw
2015
as Leila Hope
Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle...

Tumorhead
2014
as Jean
Jean's little sister, Mae, may be sick, but Jean is sick of it...Mae is a bully and gets everything she wants, including Jean's pennant flag.

A Little Game
2014
as Becky Langer
Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in t...

Penny Dreadful
2013
as Penny Dreadful
A novice crook gets involved in a ransom plot, but winds up kidnapping the wrong girl.
Esther
2012
as Esther
Little Esther is being held in a cellar by a farmer, against her will but for her own good.
Wet Cement
2012
as Girl
Two friends explore friendship and differences in the world.

It Will Happen To Us Again
N/A
as Fernanda
A struggling artist returns to her stifling, loving hometown, where she must come to terms with all that she left behind.