is laura marano in a show
She has appeared in the shows Without a Trace and Back to You, in both instances playing the daughter of the lead characters. She is Vanessa Marano 's younger sister and is currently nineteen years old.She stars as Ally Dawson on the Disney Channel 's Original Series Austin & Ally.he has also appeared in Dexter as the child version of Debra Morgan. She has also played the child version of a character played by Diana Scarwid, Alice Shaw, sister of Angela Petrelli, on Heroes. She currently stars and is most known for her role in the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally.