Oona Laurence

Oona Laurence Biography

Oona Laurence (born August 1, 2002) is an American youth theatre 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 actor with credits in film, theater, and television.

Career

After several appearances in regional theatre productions and minor roles in short films and TV episodes, in 2012, Laurence auditioned for the new musical Matilda on Broadway. Laurence landed the role of Matilda, performing in the show from March 4, 2013 to December 15, 2013.

After Matilda, Lawrence transitioned to film acting appearing in American Gladiators, A Little Game, The Grief of Others, I Smile Back, Damsel, Lamb, and Southpaw, portraying the daughter of Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams' characters.

She has appeared on TV in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and Orange Is the New Black.

Laurence appeared as Natalie in the 2016 film Pete's Dragon.

Personal life

Laurence lives in New York City and has two younger sisters, Aime and Jet, who are also actresses.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Wet Cement	Girl	Short
2012	Esther	Esther	Short
2013	Penny Dreadful	Little Girl	Short
2013	Correcting. Perplexing. Patrick.	Jessica Barnwell
2014	A Little Game	Becky
2014	American Gladiators (AKA Tumorhead)	Jean	Short
2015	I Smile Back	Daisy
	Lamb	Tommie	Main role
	Imaginapped	Olivia	Short
	Southpaw	Leila Hope
	The Grief of Others	Biscuit Ryrie
	Damsel	Ava
	Vicky & Jonny	Young Vicky	Short
2016	Little Boxes	Ambrosia
	Bad Moms	Jane Mitchell
	Pete's Dragon	Natalie
	Lily + Mara	Lily	Short

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Young Phyllis/Phyllis' Daughter	1 episode
2012	Louie	Spiteful Mean Girl #4	1 episode
2014	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Zoe Harris	Episode: "Glasgowman's Wrath"
2015	Orange Is the New Black	Tiffany - 10 years old	Episode: "A Tittin' and a Hairin'"
2016	Blindspot	Maya	Episode: "Swift Hardhearted Stone"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
	Woodie Guthrie Dreams	Cathy Ann Guthrie	Regional
	To Kill a Mockingbird	Scout	Regional
	The Cosmic Fruit Bowl	The Philosphical Banana	Regional
	Seussical the Musical	Ensemble	Regional
2013	Matilda The Musical	Matilda Wormwood	Broadway, Sam S. Schubert Theatre

Awards and Nominations

Audience Award for The Cosmic Fruit Bowl (won)
2013 Tony Award for Matilda (won)
2014 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for Matilda (nom)
2015 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Youth Performance for Southpaw (nom)

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