Laura Marano

Laura Marano is an American child actress. She has appeared in Without a Trace and Back to You, in both instances playing the daughter of the main characters. She is Vanessa Marano's younger sister.

Biography
She first appeared in acting when she was five years old. Since then, she worked for a lot of productions at the Stage Door Theater. She appeared in numerous commercials and has small roles on Ghost Whisperer, Medical Investigation, Huff and Joan of Arcadia. Her bigger roles in television have been in Without a Trace and many other shows. She has also been heard in the animated movies Finding Nemo and Ice Age: The Meltdown. She played child role of Kiera Knightly's character in the film "The Jacket", and had a small flashback role in the film "Superbad".

She was a regular cast member on the FOX game show, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and played the role of Gracie Carr on FOX's sitcom Back to You. Her spot on Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? was filled by Marki Ann Meyer.

Marano has since appeared in several episodes of The Sarah Silverman Program. Initially she was cast in the pilot episode, "Batteries", as the child version of Sarah Silverman, and the writers liked her so much they brought her back for a larger role as a girl Sarah coaches to win a beauty pageant ("Not Without My Daughter"). On the DVD commentary track, co-star Brian Posehn notes how Marano knew everyone else's lines, even when they were forgetting them. She has also appeared in Dexter as the child version of Debra Morgan.