Profile
Ethnicity
Cook Island Maori, European
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Height
168 cm
Age Range
26–36
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.
| 2018 | NZ Comedy Festival: Billy T Nomination - Two Hearts | ||
| 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.
| 2021 | 7 days | Panel Guest | Discovery |
| 2021 | Have You Been Paying Attention | Panel Guest | TVNZ |
| 2021 | My Life Is Murder S2 | Isla (Guest) | Greenstone TV Dir. Kiel McNaughton |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 2020 | Best Foods Christmas Comedy Gala | Host | TVNZ |
| 2020 | Seven Sharp | Reporter / Comedy Correspondant | |
| 2019 | Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards Live | Host |
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 | Lura (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 | The Barefoot Bandits | Riley | Dir. Various |
Web Series.
| 2019 | Alice Snedden's Bad News S2 | Herself (Guest) |