Laura Elena Harring was born
in the northern Mexican city of Los Mochis on March 3, 1964.
With
good looks and grace in spades, she decided to enter the world of beauty pageants.
She won the title of Miss El Paso, and soon after, Miss Texas. In 1985, at 21
years of age, she became the first Hispanic to ever win the Miss America crown.
In
1987, she got into television, her first project a minor role in the made-for-TV
movie, The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory. After another TV film the following
year, she made the move to the big screen, as Jerri in the low-budget slasher
flick Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989). Despite
being virtually unknown, the movie made enough of a splash to lead to Harring's
role in the equally corny Lambada: The Forbidden Dance in 1990.
Her other film credits include 2002's John Q with Denzel Washington and Derailed
with Jean-Claude Van Damme, as well as 2003's Willard with Crispin Glover. In
2004, she could be seen in The Punisher, a movie based on the comic book of the
same name and starring John Travolta (Harring plays Travolta's wife). Harring
also starred in 2004's Return to Babylon, along with fellow beauty Maria Conchita
Alonso.
Laura
Harring, still single, currently lives in Los Angeles. In her spare time, she
dances the tango and practices yoga.
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