---
name: "Laura Dean"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laura-dean"
fi1m_id: "laura-dean"
imdb_id: "nm0212847"
tmdb_id: 32387
wikidata_id: "Q1438736"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 May 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:03:30.242762+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Laura Dean

## Identity

Laura Dean

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laura-dean
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laura-dean
- **IMDb ID:** nm0212847
- **TMDB ID:** 32387
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1438736
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Dean_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1438736, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212847/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32387

Actor. Born 27 May 1963 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 May 1963, New York City
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Dean_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1438736, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212847/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32387

## Biography

Laura Dean is an American actress known for her work in film, television and voice roles. Born Laura Francine Deutscher on 27 May 1963 in New York City, she attended the High School of Performing Arts and sang with the New York City Opera from the age of ten.

She played Lisa Monroe in the 1980 film *Fame*. On Broadway she appeared in *Doonesbury* (1983) as Boopsie, for which she received a Theatre World Award, and as a replacement Mrs Walker in *The Who's Tommy* (1993). Other film credits include *Chicago* (2002) as part of the female ensemble.

Dean has appeared in television as Sophie in four episodes of *Friends* (1997) and provided voice work for series including *Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders* and films such as *My Little Pony: The Movie* (1986).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fame* (1980), Fi1m 70, as Lisa Monroe — [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *My Little Pony: The Runaway Rainbow* (2006), as Bow Tie (voice)
- *Chicago* (2002), as Female Ensemble — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/chicago.md)
- *Christmas in Cartoontown* (1996), Actor
- *The Real Shlemiel* (1995), as Dana (voice)
- *Friends* (1994), series, as Sophie — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *The Joffrey Ballet: Billboards - Music By Prince* (1994), Choreographer
- *Emmanuelle 7* (1993), as Marie
- *The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers* (1986), series, as Niko (voice)
- *My Little Pony: The Movie* (1986), as Sundance / Bushwoolie #2
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Terry
- *Almost You* (1985), as Jeannie
- *My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina* (1985), as Sundance (voice)
- *My Little Pony* (1984), as Twilight / Bow Tie / Cotton Candy (voice)
- *Kate & Allie* (1984), series, Actor
- *Soup for One* (1982), as Linda
- *Thunderbirds 2086* (1982), series, Actor
- *Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter* (1981), as Trisha Marcus
- *Cannibal Apocalypse* (1980), as Brunette Jogger
- *Fame* (1980), as Lisa Monroe — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)
- *A Movie Star's Daughter* (1979), as Alison
- *The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town* (1977), as Child (voice)
- *ABC Afterschool Special* (1972), series, as Alison, Ginger Ginetti

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 1984: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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