Laura Bell

Laura Ashley Bell Bundy (born April 10, 1981 in Lexington, Kentucky) is a Tony Award-nominated American actress and singer who has been seen in a number of Broadway roles, both starring and supporting, as well as in television and film. Bundy made her stage debut in regional theatre at age 9, originating the role of Tina Denmark in the Off-Broadway show Ruthless! The Musical. For this part, she was nominated for a 1993 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. Her Broadway debut was in 2002, in the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray, originating the role of Amber Von Tussle.

Bundy made her stage debut in regional theatre at age 9, originating the role of Tina Denmark in the Off-Broadway show Ruthless! The Musical. For this part, she was nominated for a 1993 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. Her Broadway debut was in 2002, in the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray, originating the role of Amber Von Tussle. She was next seen as a standby for Glinda in Wicked. She is now playing the lead role of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: The Musical, for which she received her first Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.

Offstage, Bundy has appeared in films including The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), Life with Mikey (1993), and Jumanji (1995). She appeared in the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls as a member of the fictitious pop group "Dave & the Sweethearts". Bundy was also seen on the CBS soap opera The Guiding Light as Marah Lewis for two years, as well as in television shows such as Veronica Mars, Happy Hour, Modern Men, Cold Case, and Strangers With Candy.

Her first music release, entitled "I'll Be Home For Christmas", benefited her own charity as well as the Bluegrass Area Jazz Association (BAJA). Her latest album, is in a genre all its own, "Y'alternative". "Longing for a Place Already Gone" is a country music album which includes not only includes Laura Bell's favorite tunes, but her own unique songs as well.