Laura Lakshmi

Laura McDonald was born Laura Lakshmi McDonald in New Dehli, India, on 6th November 1995. She is of Scottish-Australian, Italian, and Finnish descent. Her family returned to Sydney from India where she started school and began her life as a performer, studying classical ballet. At the age of 6, her family was uprooted again to Beijing, China. She attended a bilingual Chinese Mandarin primary school and switched ballet for competitive swimming. Back in Sydney, Laura studied French and German, and developed a love of theatre which culminated in an ATYP scholarship to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. She was accepted into WAAPA (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts) in 2015 and graduated with a BA in Acting in 2017. Other than theatre over 2018/19, she was cast as Inez in Michael Robotham's The Secrets She Keeps (Lingo Pictures) which will be shown on Network Ten in 2020.

Laura Lakshmi is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 6 verified screen credits connected to this profile. Selected work includes The Way, My Way (2024), The Secrets She Keeps (2020), Home and Away (1988), Colin from Accounts (2022), Maintenance Required (2025), Rehabilitating (2024). The recorded credits span 1988 to 2025, including 3 movies and 3 TV shows. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.