Laura Leighton Biography

Fast Facts

• Won an Us Magazine Entertainer of the Year Award for her role in "Melrose Place․"
• Studied business at California State University, Long Beach
• In May 1998, she got married to fellow actor Doug Savant
• Made her film debut in the TV movie "Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story" in 1993
• Quote: "(On "Pretty Little Liars"): "It's challenging․․․to have a character that's acting sort of outside your own moral compass; making choices that you wouldn't necessarily make․․․certainly more fun than playing someone who is very boring and milk toast․""
• Best known for her role as Sydney Andrews in "Melrose Place" and as Ashley Marin in "Pretty Little Liars․"
• Reprised her role as Sydney Andrews in the reboot of "Melrose Place" in 2009
• Hosted an episode of the live sketch show "Saturday Night Live" in 1995
• Was the original actress set to play the lead in the film "Shake, Rattle and Rock!"