Laura Marano

Laura Marie Marano is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role in the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally as Ally Dawson. Marano was one of the five original classmates in Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? She starred in Without a Trace for three seasons and Back to You. In 2015, she signed with Big Machine Records and released her debut single "Boombox" on March 11, 2016, and "La La" later that year. On October 5, 2018, Laura Marano released the single "Me" as an independent artist. She has appeared in numerous commercials and had small roles on Ghost Whisperer, Medical Investigation, Huff and Joan of Arcadia. In 2013, Marano recorded four solo songs and one duet with Ross Lynch for the soundtrack album Austin and Ally: Turn It Up. She played the child role of Keira Knightley's character in the film The Jacket and had a small flashback role in Superbad. She also appeared in Dexter as the child version of Debra Morgan, and in Heroes as Alice Shaw, the child versions of Diana Scarwid's character.