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Laurie Sanii is a Meisner-trained Iranian-American actor. Although she was born in the Chicago suburb of Libertyville, Illinois, her father's job as a petroleum engineer had the family relocating to Charleston, West Virgina and Lexington, Kentucky before finally landing in "Oil Capital of the World" Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she grew up surrounded by God-fearing Southern Baptists in the suburb of Broken Arrow.

She grew up in a bi-cultural household; her father was Persian, born in Kermanshah, Iran. Her mother was born in the Chicago suburbs and is of English, Irish, and French ancestry. The Iranian Revolution/American Embassy hostage crisis took place just as she was starting kindergarten. Her parents advised her to use the word "Persian" instead of "Iranian" if anyone asked about the origin of her last name, a common practice at that time of Iranian refugee families.

After graduating from Union High School, she was heavily encouraged to study a 'practical' subject for job security. She attended the University of Tulsa, where she received her B.S. in Chemistry.

She originally moved to Atlanta, Georgia to pursue her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Georgia Tech, which she received in 2005. After completing a Clinical Chemistry fellowship from Emory University School of Medicine, she spent just under 10 years as a research scientist in the chemical industry in California and Georgia before starting improv classes at Dad's Garage Theatre as a diversion from the unhappiness of being surrounded by humorless academics and scientists.

She loved studying improv so much that she began to more seriously study the craft of acting, starting with Meisner training at The Robert Mello Studio. She continues to study with multiple teachers and has appeared in several indie short and feature films, and two micro-mini series streaming on Amazon Prime.

In 2023, she was thrilled to understudy for both the lead and a supporting role in Atlanta's Alliance Theatre's production of the Pulitzer-winning prize play "English" by Sanaz Toossi.

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The Burnt Offering Short Film2026Gradma Arlyn

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A Fish That Walked Short Film2025Ella Bayani

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M3real1ty Mini-Series2025Nurse Lucina

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Cottonmouth Short Film2024Michelle Rossi

New Santa Poster

New Santa Short Film2024Nancy Schmitt

PressuRx Poster

PressuRx Mini-Series2024Doctor #2

Standards Poster

Standards Short Film2024Mom

Out with the Old Poster

Out with the Old Feature Film2023Sasha

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The Other Side of Fair Feature Film2023Sales Associate

Black Millennials (2021-) Poster

Black Millennials (2021-) TV Series2022Karen

Dragon City Poster

Dragon City Feature Film2022Accountant 1

Funky Chicken Short Film2022Weber

Lily's Mirror Poster

Lily's Mirror Short Film2022Patron 2

A Summer Birthday Short Film2020Mrs. Webster

Snapped Short Film2020Woman at door

Swiped Short Film2019Meisner student

Home 2.0: Never Leave A Fallen Comrade Feature FilmDetective Lee

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