Biography
Laura Elena Harring (née Herring Martínez, formerly Gräfin von Bismarck-Schönhausen; born March 3, 1964) is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1985 and later began acting in television and film. She is best known for her lead role as Rita in the 2001 movie Mulholland Drive. Her other films include The Forbidden Dance (1990), John Q (2002), Willard (2003), The Punisher (2004), The King (2005), Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), Ghost Son (2007), The Caller (2008)...
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Complete Filmography

Father of the Bride
2022
as Marcela Castillo
A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family...

The Thinning: New World Order
2018
as Georgina Preston
Blake Redding is trapped in this dark room wanting to protect his love so the only thing he will do is escape like no failed student has done before.

Taco Shop
2018
as Mom
A taco shop's business is jeopardized when a gourmet taco truck parks across the street.

The Thinning
2016
as Georgina Preston
In a post-apocalyptic future where population control is dictated by a high-school aptitude test, two students discover the test is smoke and mirrors ...

The Loner
2016
as Lola
Haunted by memories as a child soldier in 1980s Iran, Behrouz finds himself in bustling, neon-soaked Los Angeles, working to become a real estate agen...

Inside
2016
as Madeleine Sherman
Completely on her own, Sarah spends her time at home, waiting for the approaching birth of her child. But one night, a stranger breaks into her home, ...

Sex Ed
2014
as Lupe
Eddie lands his first teaching gig at an inner city middle school and finds his highly pubescent pupils are receiving no form of sexual education. Edd...

Elwood
2014
as Julie Jacobs
Elwood is a parallel world in which animal genetics have evolved equally to humans.

Return to Babylon
2013
as Alla Nazimova
Scandals and pratfalls abound in this satirical and sexy look at the silent movie era, photographed with a hand-cranked camera and scored with music o...

Roma nuda
2011
as Pina

Kluge
2010
as Anne
Kluge a psychological thriller, a suspense story, about a French journalist, Anne, who is preparing a research paper on Argentina by interviewing fema...
Mulholland Drive - Ein Hollywood-Mythos
2010
as Self
Documentary about the Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.

Drool
2009
as Anora
An abused wife's plan to escape her husband goes awry when she accidentally kills him, causing her to split on a cross-country drive with her best fri...

The Caller
2008
as "The Sophisticated Lady"
Jimmy Stevens, a senior VP at an international energy firm, blows the whistle on his company's deadly and corrupt practices in Latin America. Knowing ...

One Missed Call
2008
as Beth's Mom (uncredited)
Several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.

Love in the Time of Cholera
2007
as Sara Noriega
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on t...

My Neighbor's Keeper
2007
as Kate Powell
Kate Powell was a happy housewife with her husband Tim and accepted working with small children in hospital who lack motherly love. When her best frie...

Nancy Drew
2007
as Dehlia Draycott
Intrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned w...

Ghost Son
2007
as Stacey
A widowed newlywed stays on her deceased husband's South African farm, then bears a child who seems to be possessed by the dead man.

Inland Empire
2006
as Party Guest / Jane Rabbit
As a Hollywood actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.

The King
2006
as Twyla
A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, whom he's never met, the pastor at a Christian commun...

Walkout
2006
as Francis Crisostomo
Walkout is the true story of a young Mexican American high school teacher, Sal Castro. He mentors a group of students in East Los Angeles, when the st...

All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos
2005
as Martia
During a Day of the Dead celebration, the dead come to life to prey upon the living. In the remote Mexican village of Santa Bonita, a nightmare lay bu...

The Punisher
2004
as Livia Saint
When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length t...

The Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’
2004
as Self
A short documentary about the making of David Lynch's film Mulholland Drive.

The Poet
2003
as Paula
A contract killer sees a chance to free himself from a tragic past.

Loco Love
2003
as Catalina
Just how far would you go to get financing for your business? Donald Chandler is the owner of a restaurant who suddenly finds himself without a busine...

Willard
2003
as Cathryn
Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry crea...

Rabbits
2002
as Jane
A story of a group of humanoid rabbits and their depressive, daily life. The plot includes Suzie ironing, Jane sitting on a couch, Jack walking in and...

Derailed
2002
as Galina Konstantin
NATO operative Jacques Kristoff (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is summoned into action—on his birthday, no less—to track down Galina Konstantin (Laura Harrin...

John Q
2002
as Gina Palumbo
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because ...

Mulholland Drive
2001
as Rita / Camilla Rhodes
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two s...

Final Payback
2001
as Gina Carrillo
In this action-packed thriller, ex-cop Joey Randall (Richard Grieco) suddenly finds his affair with Sharon Moreno (Priscilla Barnes), wife of Police C...

Little Nicky
2000
as Mrs. Dunleavy
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kin...

A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
2000
as Marisleysis Gonzalez
Based on the true headline-generating story of the five-year-old Cuban boy who is the sole survivor of a refugee boat that sunk in a storm on its way ...

Mulholland Dr.
1999
as Rita

Black Scorpion II: Aftershock
1997
as Babette
Darcy is back on the force, but still fights on as the Black Scorpion because "it's in her nature." This time, she fights Gangster Prankster; and a ne...

Exit to Eden
1994
as M.C. Kindra
Photographer Elliot Slater has inadvertently snapped the only existing photos of elusive jewel thief Omar. When Elliot leaves for a private vacation o...

Rio Diablo
1993
as Maria Benjamin
Kenny Roger's leaves his good-guy image behind as the rugged, gutsy Quentin Leach, a bounty hunter with a quick temper and a trigger finger to match. ...

Dead Women in Lingerie
1991
as Marcia Mendoza
A private detective is hired to catch a serial killer who makes immigrant garment workers his victims.

The Forbidden Dance
1990
as Nisa
A princess in the Amazon rain forests tries to fight a conglomerate threatening the forests by going to Los Angeles. There she links up with a rich ki...

Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
1989
as Jerri
Ricky Caldwell, the notorious 'Killer Santa Claus', awakens from a six-year coma after being kept alive on life-support by a slightly crazed doctor ex...

The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987
as Santa Anna's Bride
Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mex...

Manson Girls
N/A
as Alice Rainer
About the female devotees who joined Manson's flock in the 1960s and helped carry out brutal killings meant to start an apocalyptic race war.