Laura Niles
{{Short description|American model, actress, comedian, martial artist and boxer}}
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Laura Niles is an American model, actress, comedian, martial artist, and boxer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.maxim.co.uk/girls/international/21103/laura_niles.html|title = Maxim.co.uk}}{{cite web|last=Staff|title=Laura Niles Actress {{!}} Writer, Editor|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2185655/|publisher=Amazon via IMDb|access-date=5 April 2014}}
Career
=Acting=
Niles acting career started in 2004 with appearances on The Best Damn Sports Show Period as "Santa's Helper".{{cite web|last=Staff|title=The Best Damn Sports Show Period Episode dated 14 December 2004 (14 Dec. 2004) TV Episode - 60 min - Sport : Talk-Show|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1101713/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_4|publisher=Amazon via IMDb|access-date=5 April 2014}}{{cite web|last=Staff|title=The Best Damn Sports Show Period Episode dated 16 December 2004 (16 Dec. 2004) TV Episode - 60 min - Sport : Talk-Show|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1101714/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_4|publisher=Amazon via IMDb|access-date=5 April 2014}} 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),{{cite web|last=Staff|title=Gun x Sword: Season 1, Episode 17 Hyôshiki x wo oe (24 Oct. 2005) TV Episode - - Animation, Action, Sci-Fi|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0994202/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_18|publisher=Amazon via IMDb|access-date=5 April 2014}} Perfect 10 Model Boxing (2006),{{cite web|last=Staff|title=Perfect 10 Model Boxing (2006– ) TV Series - 30 min - Sport|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0909707/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_16|publisher=Amazon via IMDb|access-date=5 April 2014}} Gay, Straight or Taken? (2007, two episodes),{{cite web|last=Staff|title=Gay, Straight or Taken? (2007– ) Full Cast & Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0906710/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|publisher=Amazon via IMDb|access-date=5 April 2014}} Showtime's Californication, and the pilot episode for The Defenders.{{cite web|last=Staff|title=The Defenders (2010– ) TV Series - 60 min - Drama|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592254/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6|publisher=Amazon via IMDb|access-date=5 April 2014}}
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.{{cite web|last=Niles|first=Laura|title=Press|url=http://www.lauraniles.com/#!large-grid/cmou|publisher=LauraNiles.com|access-date=5 April 2014}} She was also featured in the 2005 FastDates.com calendar with Playboy Cybergirl Michelle LaVoie.{{cite web|last=Staff|title=Laura Niles|url=http://www.fastdates.com/MeetModels/10LauraNiles/Laura01.HTM|publisher=FastDates.com|access-date=5 April 2014}} 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.{{cite web|last=Staff|title=Lingerie Bowl (2006 TV Special) Full Cast & Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0476063/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|publisher=Amazon via IMDb|access-date=5 April 2014}}
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,{{cite web |url=http://www.intandemmagazine.com/magazine/issue04/issue04.html |title=Issue04 |website=www.intandemmagazine.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713044654/http://www.intandemmagazine.com/magazine/issue04/issue04.html |archive-date=13 July 2011 |url-status=usurped}} from the University of Southern California.
Filmography (partial)
- Californication, 2007
- Lingerie Bowl, 2006
- The Best Damn Sports Show Period, 2004
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.lauraniles.com}}
- {{url|http://lauraniles.blogspot.com|Laura Niles blog}}
- {{IMDb name|2185655}}
- [http://www.maxim.co.uk/girls/international/21103/laura_niles.html Laura Niles in Maxim UK]
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Category:Actresses from Los Angeles
Category:USC School of International Relations alumni
Category:21st-century American women