Laura Pearson-Smith
- Additional Crew
- Actress
- Script and Continuity Department
Laura Pearson-Smith was born on 30th May 1984 in Scotland. She went to
university and achieved a BA Honours in English, Theatre & Performance.
She spent her first two years of university at The University of
Glasgow, and the last two years of her degree at The University of
Strathclyde. She also had 5 years of acting training at the Royal
Conservatoire of Scotland's (then RSAMD) Junior Academy, and did a
post-graduate voice course there also. During university, Laura was
able to work consistently as an actress, and in TV & film production -
working in the AD department on films such as 'The Da Vinci Code' and
'Harry Potter', for example. Laura also spent time in production on
'Coronation Street', and children's TV channel 'Nickelodeon'; among-st
many others. She also worked regularly as a Script Reader for
television,film production companies and broadcasters. After graduating
from university, Laura continued to work as an actress e.g. in a
Channel 4 commercial, and in TV & film. She has also done numerous
voice overs for radio and commercials. For a couple of years
post-graduation, she also continued to work in TV & film production, on
films such as 'Doomsday' and 'Stone of Destiny', in positions such as
Assistant Production Coordinator and 3rd Assistant Director. She also
continued to work as a Drama Script Reader and Script Editor.
Laura is also an experienced beauty, style and travel blogger and journalist - writing for titles such as Metro, The Scotsman, Yahoo! Style UK and Marie Claire. Her own blog is A Life With Frills and she and it have a popular social following.
In 2018, Laura returned to working in television and film production, alongside her blogging.