Laura Leighton

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Actress Laura Leighton arrives on the red carpet of the 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards, January 27, 2008.
Actress Laura Leighton arrives on the red carpet of the 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards, January 27, 2008. - Getty Images

Details

AKA: Laura Miller
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 07/24/1968
Birthplace: Iowa City, Iowa, United States

biography

Best know for her role as Sydney Andrews on Fox’s primetime soap “Melrose Place” (1992-99), the flaming redheaded beauty Laura Leighton continued to grace the TV screen in a series of stand-out parts after leaving the iconic show.

Born Laura Miller on July 24, 1969, in Iowa City, IA, she assumed her grandfather’s last name in 1988. Leighton was a girl who kept herself busy in junior high by joining the choir, taking dance lessons and playing various sports. After graduating from West High School in Iowa City, she joined a signing and dancing troupe called “The Young Americans” – a group that Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2009-2009
Sydney Andrews
2009
Sydney Andrews
2009
Sydney Andrews
2009
Sydney Andrews
2009
Sydney Andrews
2009
Sydney Andrews
2009
+(1 More)
(TV Show)
2003-2005
Cynthia Peterson
2005
Cynthia Peterson
2005
Cynthia Peterson
2005
Cynthia Peterson
2003
Cynthia Peterson
2003
Cynthia Peterson
2003
+(1 More)
(TV Show)
2005-2005
Leslie Town
2005
Leslie Town
2005
Leslie Town
2005
Leslie Town
2005
Leslie Town
2005
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Jordan
2004
Anabeth
2000
(TV Show)
1998-1998
Sophie Burns
1998
Gertrude

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Moved to Los Angeles after graduating high school
1987 
Performed with the traveling singing troupe, The Young Americans
 
Changed her last name to Leighton (was her grandfathers name)
1992 
Made TV debut in the recurring role of Sydney Andrews on the FOX drama, "Melrose Place"; became a regular cast member in the second season
1995 
Played a woman from the wrong side of the tracks who falls for a rich boy in the Lifetime movie, "In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy"
Continued

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