Profile
Pronoun
She/Her
Ethnicity
Cook Island Maori, European
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Height
168 cm
Age Range
27–37
Website
Career Highlights
The hilarious and talented Laura Daniel has worked as an actress, presenter and host. She is best known for being a core cast member and writer on comedy variety series Jono and Ben and the sketch show Funny Girls which she co-created and starred in alongside Rose Matafeo.
Laura is an original cast member of New Zealand’s cult hit improv group Snort, competed and placed runner up on Dancing with the stars and spent 2020 as a correspondent on New Zealand’s highest rating current affairs show Seven Sharp.
Laura Performs live as one half of the musical comedy duo Two Hearts alongside her writing partner (and in real life partner) Joseph Moore having sold out shows in New Zealand, Australia and the UK.
Awards.
| 2021 | NZ Comedy Festival: Fred Award nomination (Best Show) - Two Hearts: We're Pregnant and The Baby is Music | ||
| 2021 | Taskmaster NZ Season 2 Champion | ||
| 2018 | NZ Comedy Festival: Billy T Nomination - Two Hearts | ||
| 2017 | Dunedin Fringe: Best Comedy Show | ||
| 2016 | NZ Comedy Festival: Billy T Nomination | ||
| 2016 | NZ Comedy Festival: Breakthrough Comedian of the year | ||
| 2015 | NZ Comedy Festival: Best Performance Comedy - Prehistoria | ||
Feature Film.
| 2017 | A Kiwi Christmas | Carlton | Dir. Various |
| 2017 | The Breaker Upperers | Woman in Park | Dir. Madeleine Sami & Jackie van Beek |
Television.
| 2022 | 60 Seconds | Scout/Judge | |
| 2022 | Have You Been Paying Attention | Panel Guest | |
| 2022 | The Brokenwood Mysteries | Romily | Dir. Mike Smith |
| 2022 | The Masked Singer | Ruru Chick | |
| 2021 | 7 days | Panel Guest | Discovery |
| 2021 | Comedy Gala | Two Hearts | |
| 2021 | Have You Been Paying Attention | Panel Guest | TVNZ |
| 2021 | My Life Is Murder S2 | Isla (Guest) | Greenstone TV Dir. Kiel McNaughton |
| 2021 | Taskmaster Season 2 | Comedian/Contestant | |
| 2021 | The Great Kiwi Bake-Off Season 3 | Contestant | Warner Bros. International Television Production |
| 2020 | Channel Hopping | Herself (Guest) | |
| 2020 | Dai's House Party | Laura (Guest) | |
| 2020 | Have You Been Paying Attention | Panel Guest | Dir. Various |
| 2020 | Seven Sharp | Herself (Presenter) | |
| 2020 | Snort Live | Host/Improvisor | Dir. James Anderson |
| 2019 | Dancing with the Stars | Herself | |
| 2019 | Zombody Help Us | Host | |
| 2018 | Funny Girls Season 3 | Laura (Lead) | Mediaworks Dir. Various |
| 2018 | Funny Girls: Suffragette Special | Various (Lead) | Mediaworks Dir. Various |
| 2018 | Just For Laughs | Laura (Guest) | |
| 2017 | 7 Days | Panel Guest | Dir. Various |
| 2016 | Barefoot Bandits Season 1-3 | Riley (Lead) | |
| 2016 | Funny Girls Season 2 | Laura (Lead) | Mediaworks Dir. Various |
| 2015 | Funny Girls Season 1 | Laura (Lead) | Mediaworks Dir. Various |
| 2015 | Jono & Ben | Laura | Mediaworks Dir. Various |
Presenter.
| 2022 | 7 Days | Team Captain/Panelist | |
| 2022 | Have You Been Paying Attention | Panelist | |
| 2021 | The Weekly | NZ Correspondent | |
| 2020 | Best Foods Christmas Comedy Gala | Host | TVNZ |
| 2020 | Seven Sharp | Reporter / Comedy Correspondant | |
| 2019 | Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards Live | Host |
Theatre.
| 2022 | 7 Days Live Tour | Herself | Various Theatres Nation Wide Tour |
| 2022 | Snort (Weekly Improv Comedy) | Core Cast | Auckland Basement Theatre |
| 2022 | Snort With Friends (Weekly Improv Comedy) | Core Cast | Pleasance Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
| 2022 | Two Hearts: We're Pregnant & the Baby is Music | Laura | Solo Theatre London |
| 2022 | Two Hearts: We're Pregnant & The Baby is Music | Laura | Assembly Blue Room | Edinburgh Fringe Festival |
| 2022 | Wellington Comedy Gala | Two Hearts | Michael Fowler Centre |
| 2021 | Rock Follies Live | Laura/Singer | Auckland Civic Theatre | NZ Cabaret Festival |
| 2021 | Snort(Weekly Improv Comedy) | Core Cast | The Basement Theatre Auckland |
| 2021 | Two Hearts: We're Pregnant and the Baby is Music | Laura | NZ Int. Comedy Fest | Q Rangatira Theatre |
| 2020 | Two Hearts World Tour: Taranaki, Hawke's Bay | Laura (Lead) | Dir. Laura Daniel & Joseph Moore |
| 2019 | Two Hearts Comeback Tour: Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Laura (Lead) | Dir. Laura Daniel & Joseph Moore |
| 2018 | Two Hearts, Restart the Heart: Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Laura (Lead) | |
| 2018 | Two Hearts, Restart the Heart: NZ Comedy Festival | Laura (Lead) | |
| 2017 | Two Hearts (Auckland World Tour): NZ Comedy Festival | Laura (Lead) | |
| 2016 | White Rabbit Red Rabbit | Laura Daniel | Dir. Various |
| 2015 | Fitness Club | Various | Dir. Various |
| 2015 | Prehistoria | Cavewoman | Dir. Hamish Parkinson |
| 2015 | Snap, Crackle, Pop | Various | Dir. Various |
| 2015 | Snort with Friends: Basement Theatre, NZ/ Melbourne Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Improver (Core) | |
| 2015 | Wash Your Mouth Out: Q Theatre/ NZ Comedy Festival | Laura | Dir. Various |
Voice.
| 2017 | Vloggingtons | Various | |
| 2015 to 2020 | The Barefoot Bandits | Riley | Dir. Various |
Web Series.
| 2021 | The Eggplant | ||
| 2019 | Alice Snedden's Bad News S2 | Herself (Guest) |