# Laura Gordon

Laura Gordon is an Australian actress.

## Early life

Gordon caught the acting bug after her father took her to see an amateur production as a young child. She attended Narrabundah College in Canberra, which had a great drama program, laying the foundation for her future acting career.

## Career

Gordon's major roles include Australian drama films Em 4 Jay (2008) and Face to Face (2011), and U.S./Australian horror Late Night with the Devil. Her television appearances include Winners & Losers, Hunters and Secret City: Under the Eagle. Most recently she has played a lead role in U.S. Amazon/MGM+ crime thriller series Hotel Cocaine, as Janice Nichols, the manager of the Mutiny Girls at the nightclub.
Gordon was nominated for the 2020 AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Undertow (2018).
Gordon was a founding member of the Red Stitch Theatre actors' co-operative. for which she has appeared in several stage productions.
On 17 February 2025, Gordon was named in the Stan series Watching You. On 5 March 2025, Gordon was named a nominee for Best Actress in Late Night with the Devil for the Australian Film Critics Association Awards.

## Personal life

Gordon is married to fellow actor Nick Barkla, with whom she starred in Em 4 Jay, Embedded and Hotel Cocaine.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | Tom White | Secretary | |
| 2006 | Em 4 Jay | Em | |
| 2006 | Five Moments of Infidelity | The Other Woman | |
| 2007 | Piranha | Katie | Short |
| 2008 | Saw V | Ashley | |
| 2009 | Apricot | Madeline | Short |
| 2010 | 2 PM | | Short |
| 2011 | Face to Face | Julie Rossiter | |
| 2012 | Road to Recovery | Robin | Short |
| 2013 | All I Want for Christmas | Ella | |
| 2014 | Alien Strain | Rachel | |
| 2014 | Come Back to Me | Leslie | |
| 2015 | Problem Play | Cass | Short |
| 2015 | Unbelief | Lauren | Short |
| 2016 | Joe Cinque's Consolation | Tanya | |
| 2016 | Embedded | Madeline | |
| 2018 | Undertow | Claire | |
| 2021 | Streamline | Kim Lane | |
| 2023 | Foe | OuterMore Customer | |
| 2023 | Hafekasi | Mum | Short |
| 2023 | Late Night with the Devil | Dr. June Ross-Mitchell | |
| TBA | Voltron | | Filming |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Blue Heelers | Briony | Season 9, 1 episode |
| 2004 | Scooter: Secret Agent | Young Woman | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Neighbours | Buffy | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Legend of the Seeker | Lilly | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Underbelly | Ella | 1 episode |
| 2009 | City Homicide | Andrea | Season 3, 1 episode |
| 2011 | Bed of Roses | Donna | Season 3, 1 episode |
| 2011–2013 | Twentysomething | Anita | 5 episodes |
| 2012 | Lowdown | Claire Day | Season 2, 1 episode |
| 2012 | Rizzoli & Isles | Victoria Green | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Major Crimes | Ashley Elliot | Season 2, 1 episode |
| 2014–2015 | Winners & Losers | Izzy Hughes | Season 4, 17 episodes |
| 2015 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Jemima | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Hunters | Abby Carroll | 10 episodes |
| 2017 | Hoges: The Paul Hogan Story | Linda Kozlowski | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Harrow | Audrey | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Reef Break | Sergeant Kirsty Ellis | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | Secret City: Under the Eagle | Caroline 'Cal' Treloar | 6 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | Reckoning | Candace Doyle | 9 episodes |
| 2020 | AussieWood | Danielle | |
| 2020 | Halifax: Retribution | Toni | 1 episode |
| 2023 | The Claremont Murders | Det. Bobbi McAllister | 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Hotel Cocaine | Janice Nichols | 8 episodes |
| 2025 | Watching You | TBA | TBA |

### Podcast

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
| 2019 | The ShowBiz Podcast with Robert Rabiah and Joey Coley-Sowry | | Podcast | |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Dawn / Day / Dusk | | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2002 | The Play About the Baby | | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2003 | The House of Bernarda Alba | | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2003 | Black Milk | | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne Nominated for a Green Room Award |
| 2003 | Red Shorts | | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2004 | Some Voices | | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2004 | Year of the Family | | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2005 | The Country | | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| | By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea | | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| | The Lights | | Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne |
| 2011 | Apologia | | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC |
| 2011 | Clybourne Park | | Southbank Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| | The Gift | | MTC |
| | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | | Australia Shakespeare Company |
| | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | Neolith Productions |

## Awards

| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result |
| 2003 | Black Milk | Green Room Awards | | Nominated |
| 2011 | Face to Face | Inside Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 2012 | Twentysomething | Equity Ensemble Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 2020 | Undertow | AACTA Awards | Best Lead Actress in a Film | Nominated |
| 2025 | Late Night with the Devil | AACTA Awards | Best Lead Actress in a Film | Nominated |
| 2025 | Late Night with the Devil | Australian Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress | Nominated |