Laura Marano

**Laura Marano** is an American singer and actress, best known for her role as Ally Dawson in the Disney Channel series *Austin & Ally*.

On June 7, 2016, Jeremy Zag revealed on his Instagram that Marano had recorded a song for *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir*. Her mother later confirmed this. The music video featuring the song was released on July 23, 2016. As revealed at New York Comic Con 2016, more music collaborations with Marano are happening.

## Career

Laura began acting at age five and has worked on numerous series since then, including *Austin & Ally*, and a movie titled *Bad Hair Day*.

She has released two studio albums pertaining to *Austin & Ally* in 2013 and 2015, entitled *Austin & Ally: Turn It Up* and *Austin & Ally: Take It from the Top*, respectively. The former of the two soundtracks reached number six in the US top OST charts. In March 2015, Laura revealed she had been signed by Big Machine Records and released her first independent single in March 2016.

She has won two awards for her roles on Disney Channel.

## Performances

On June 30th, Jeremy Zag posted a video on his Instagram of Marano recording the theme song for the show, "It's Ladybug". The *Miraculous* music video, featuring Marano's performance of the song, premiered at San Diego Comic-Con International on July 23, 2016, and was released on Nickelodeon's website the same day.

## Trivia

* She is a fan of the show, and in particular the relationship between Marinette and Adrien.
	+ Her favorite ships involving the pair are "Adrienette" and "Ladynoir".
* As revealed at a Miraculous Ladybug panel at San Diego Comic Con 2016, she will voice her character in Season 2.
	+ However, when the episode eventually aired, Marano only provided Clara Nightingale's singing voice. The reason for this change is unknown.
* Laura is the second female guest singer to voiced a celebrity character from a ZAG-produced show, with the first being Megan Nicole who voiced Squeaky Pop from *Popples*.

## Gallery

Laura while recording the Miraculous music video.Laura being interviewed by Lindalee at Zag Studios.
### Videos

Miraculous Ladybug Laura Marano's Theme Song Music Video 🐞 Nick
## External links

* Laura's website
* Laura's Facebook
* Laura's YouTube
* Laura's Instagram
* Laura's Twitter

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BGVxHLNyQ32/?taken-by=jeremy\_zag
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BGZ\_ukchd3C/?taken-by=ellenmarano
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://twitter.com/BeMiraculousLB/status/756552759307100161 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content
4. ↑ https://youtu.be/-UURD3NcjWE?t=769
5. ↑ http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/DNR/2011/aa\_110111.doc
6. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/austin-ally-take-it-from-top/id978094948
7. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/austin-ally-turn-it-up-mw0002590025/awards
8. ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kids-choice-awards-2015-iggy-785161
9. ↑ https://www.robly.com/archive?id=e1e2acb9be28ca46fec6a072abc9b34b
10. ↑ http://www.eonline.com/news/627610/2015-nickelodeon-s-kids-choice-awards-honor-nick-jonas-meryl-streep-see-the-complete-list-of-nominees
11. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BHRXDOdgr\_P/
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://twitter.com/lauramarano/status/755448564285775873
13. ↑ https://youtu.be/vtO8bbvmU0g?t=39m4s
14. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ3zoXAAOnM/