Laura Kirk
Acting
Biography
Laura Kirk is an award winning filmmaker with credits as a producer and actor in many films including Andrea Arnold’s American Honey: Cannes 2016, The Sublime and Beautiful : Slamdance 2014. A veteran on the independent film festival circuit, Kirk co-wrote and starred one of the first digital films: Lisa Picard is Famous: Cannes 2000. It is included in John Gaspard’s book “Fast, Cheap and Under Control ...Lessons Learned from the Greatest Low Budget Movies of All Time.” Kirk began her career on stage in New York off-Broadway and regionally where she was also a teaching artist in homeless shelters and in schools for Dreamyard Drama Project. Major training in Meisner was with Wynn Handman and Suzanne Esper and improvisation with Alan Arkin. Commercials include national campaigns for Block Advisors, Verizon, Wrangler Jeans, Jeep and Dr. Pepper. Laura is a co-founder of the mentoring group “Women of Lawrence Film” where she puts into practice her interests in remedying gender inequity in film. Her research on Eve Unsell will be published in the upcoming "When Women Wrote Hollywood" (Forthcoming McFarland).
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Movies (16)
The Stylist2020Frankie
Parallel Chords2018Mae Archer
William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas2018Self
The Vetting2017
The Tree2017Marge McMillan
American Honey2016Laura- No Margrettes2015Josie
The Sublime and Beautiful2014
Earthwork2011Janis Herd
The Only Good Indian2009Miss Harris- Bunker Hill2008Halle
Murder Without Conviction2004Alberta Talley
The Time Machine2002Flower Seller
Lisa Picard Is Famous2000Lisa Picard
At First Sight1999Betsy Ernst
Too Tired to Die1998Streetwalker #2
