Laura Niles | |
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Born | Laura Ellen Niles 28 April 1978 Los Angeles, California |
Known for | MMA sports and minor acting roles |
Laura Niles is an American model, actress, comedian, martial artist, and boxer.
Career
Acting
Niles acting career started in 2004 with appearances on The Best Damn Sports Show Period as "Santa's Helper". Since then she has appeared in a variety of minor roles, guest appearances, and walk-on roles that include the television series' Gun X Sword (2005), Perfect 10 Model Boxing (2006), Gay, Straight or Taken? (2007, two episodes), Showtime's Californication, and the pilot episode for The Defenders.
Niles has also appeared in several movies such as Dire Wolf (2009), Cheerleader Massacre 2 (2011), and the Twilight parody film Twiharder (2013).
Modeling
Niles has been featured in numerous men's magazines such a Maxim (Germany, UK & US editions), Esquire (Turkey), FHM (UK), Complex, Tandem, and Hot Dog. She was also featured in the 2005 FastDates.com calendar with Playboy Cybergirl Michelle LaVoie. Niles was the cover model for the January/February Germany edition of Maxim.
Appearances
Niles was a member of LA Temptation team in the 2006 Lingerie Bowl.
Personal life
Laura Niles was born in Los Angeles. Her ethnic lineage is Russian, British, and Native American (Nez Perce). She received her BA in international relations (magna cum laude), with a minor in Mandarin Chinese, from the University of Southern California.
Filmography (partial)
- Californication, 2007
- Lingerie Bowl, 2006
- The Best Damn Sports Show Period, 2004
References
- "Maxim.co.uk".
- ^ Staff. "Laura Niles Actress | Writer, Editor". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Staff. "The Best Damn Sports Show Period Episode dated 14 December 2004 (14 Dec. 2004) TV Episode - 60 min - Sport : Talk-Show". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Staff. "The Best Damn Sports Show Period Episode dated 16 December 2004 (16 Dec. 2004) TV Episode - 60 min - Sport : Talk-Show". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Staff. "Gun x Sword: Season 1, Episode 17 Hyôshiki x wo oe (24 Oct. 2005) TV Episode - - Animation, Action, Sci-Fi". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Staff. "Perfect 10 Model Boxing (2006– ) TV Series - 30 min - Sport". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Staff. "Gay, Straight or Taken? (2007– ) Full Cast & Crew". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Staff. "The Defenders (2010– ) TV Series - 60 min - Drama". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Niles, Laura. "Press". LauraNiles.com. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Staff. "Laura Niles". FastDates.com. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- Staff. "Lingerie Bowl (2006 TV Special) Full Cast & Crew". Amazon via IMDb. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- "Issue04". www.intandemmagazine.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2022.