Laura Niles
Laura Niles | |
|---|---|
| Born | Laura Ellen Niles 28 April 1978 Los Angeles, California |
| Known for | MMA sports and minor acting roles |
Laura Niles is an American model, actress, comedian, martial artist, and boxer.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Acting
[edit]Niles acting career started in 2004 with appearances on The Best Damn Sports Show Period as "Santa's Helper".[3][4] Since then she has appeared in a variety of minor roles, guest appearances, and walk-on roles that include the television series' Gun X Sword (2005),[5] Perfect 10 Model Boxing (2006),[6] Gay, Straight or Taken? (2007, two episodes),[7] Showtime's Californication, and the pilot episode for The Defenders.[8]
Niles has also appeared in several movies such as Dire Wolf (2009), Cheerleader Massacre 2 (2011), and the Twilight parody film Twiharder (2013).[2]
Modeling
[edit]Niles has been featured in numerous men's magazines such a Maxim (Germany, UK & US editions), Esquire (Turkey), FHM (UK), Complex, Tandem, and Hot Dog.[9] She was also featured in the 2005 FastDates.com calendar with Playboy Cybergirl Michelle LaVoie.[10] Niles was the cover model for the January/February Germany edition of Maxim.
Appearances
[edit]Niles was a member of LA Temptation team in the 2006 Lingerie Bowl.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Laura Niles was born in Los Angeles. Her ethnic lineage is Russian, British, and Native American (Nez Perce). She received her BA in international relations (magna cum laude), with a minor in Mandarin Chinese,[12] from the University of Southern California.
Filmography (partial)
[edit]- Californication, 2007[2]
- Lingerie Bowl, 2006
- The Best Damn Sports Show Period, 2004
References
[edit]- ^ "Maxim.co.uk".
- ^ a b c Staff. "Laura Niles Actress | Writer, Editor". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "The Best Damn Sports Show Period Episode dated 14 December 2004 (14 Dec. 2004) TV Episode - 60 min - Sport : Talk-Show". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "The Best Damn Sports Show Period Episode dated 16 December 2004 (16 Dec. 2004) TV Episode - 60 min - Sport : Talk-Show". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "Gun x Sword: Season 1, Episode 17 Hyôshiki x wo oe (24 Oct. 2005) TV Episode - - Animation, Action, Sci-Fi". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "Perfect 10 Model Boxing (2006– ) TV Series - 30 min - Sport". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "Gay, Straight or Taken? (2007– ) Full Cast & Crew". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "The Defenders (2010– ) TV Series - 60 min - Drama". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ Niles, Laura. "Press". LauraNiles.com. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "Laura Niles". FastDates.com. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "Lingerie Bowl (2006 TV Special) Full Cast & Crew". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ "Issue04". www.intandemmagazine.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2022.