Laura Osnes — Exclusive Portraits Of The Actress

By:

Christina Casiano

June 27, 2019 2:48PM EDT

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Laura Osnes for Hollywood Life — Laura Osnes is an American stage and TV actress. The 33-year-old rose to fame as she competed on the reality TV show, Grease: You’re the One that I Want! as part of the nation-wide search for the roles of Sandy and Danny in the Broadway revival of Grease. After winning the competition and being donned ‘Smalltown Sandy,’ Laura played Sandy on Broadway for a year, through July 2008. Post-Grease, Laura performed in starred in the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Broadway: Three Generations, a three-act evening featuring condensed versions of Girl Crazy, Bye Bye Birdie, and Side Show. Laura went on to star in South Pacific, Bonnie & Clyde and Anything Goes, before taking on the lead role as Cinderella in a modernized version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Cinderella, in 2012. Laura was nominated for a Tony Award for the role and performed through 2014. Laura’s most recent Broadway appearance was in the original show Banstand, that opened in April 2017 and closed five months later.

Now, the actress has taken her talent back to TV, starring in her first TV film, In the Key of Love, on the Hallmark Channel. Click through for EXCLUSIVE portraits of Laura!

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Laura Osnes for Hollywood Life — Laura will play the role of Maggie in the Hallmark Channel TV movie, In the Key of Love, opposite of Scott Michael Foster.

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Laura Osnes for Hollywood Life — Laura has also recently played the minor role of Shirley McClaine in the FX show Fosse/Verdon.

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Laura Osnes for Hollywood Life — Laura co-developed the Broadway Princess Party, which she frequently performs on the road with fellow Broadway actresses who played princesses!

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Laura Osnes for Hollywood Life — Laura Osnes won the Drama Desk Award in 2013 for Best Lead Actress in a Musical as Cinderella.

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Laura Osnes for Hollywood Life — Laura Osnes started acting at a youn age, playing a munchkin in The Wizard Of Oz in second grade.

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Laura Osnes for Hollywood Life — Laura Osnes is married to Nathan Johnson. The two currently live in Manhattan, and have a dog named Lyla.

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Laura Osnes for Hollywood Life — Laura Osnes will star as Maggie in the Hallmark Channel movie, In The Key Of Love, set to premiere on Monday, July 1 at 8 PM ET!

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