Laura Ramsey Biography

Fast Facts

• Briefly studied drama at Ripon College in her native Wisconsin before moving to California
• Relocated to Los Angeles at the age of 19, where she occasionally lived in her car until landing steady work
• Won the part at her very first audition after being discovered by a talent agent while working as a waitress on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles
• Made her first appearance on screen in the documentary "The Real Cancun" in 2003
• Quote: "I want to act․ I do magazines because I want to work․ I want to act, I want to be on set, I want to do great movies․ I don't go places so that I can have my picture taken and printed․"
• Best known for playing Olivia Lennox in "She's the Man" and Sarah Wenham in "The Covenant․"
• Almost didn't audition for "Are You Here" because she knew several big names were already attached to the project, and she felt like she had no chance of getting a part alongside them
• Played Joy in the 2008 "Mad Men" episode "The Jet Set," in which she drives Jon Hamm, the actor who plays Don Draper, around in a convertible