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Lauri Peters
Lauri Peters (Patricia Peterson, born 1943, Detroit) is an American actress and drama teacher, the original Liesl von Trapp on Broadway in The Sound of Music (1959), a 1960 Tony nominee and Theatre World Award winner, later co-founder of NYU's Meisner Extension; not the fictional indie-film figure of blog posts.
Laurie Babin
Laurie Babin (Laurie Fortin-Babin) is a Canadian actress from Montreal, Quebec, known for L'Échappée, Lac-Noir, and her Prix Iris-winning role as Clémentine in Red Rooms (Les Chambres rouges, 2023).
Laurie Bird
Laurie Bird (1953–1979), American actress and photographer, played The Girl in Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), appeared in Cockfighter and Annie Hall, then quit acting; she died by suicide at 25.
Laurie Davidson (actor)
Laurie Davidson (born 1992, Dulwich, London) is an English actor, a LAMDA graduate, best known as young William Shakespeare in TNT's Will (2017), Mr. Mistoffelees in Cats (2019), and Daniel in The Girlfriend (2025); not to be confused with the Australian art-department technician of the same name.
Laurie Holden
Laurie Holden (Heather Laurie Holden) is an American-Canadian actress and activist, born 1969 in Los Angeles; known for The X-Files' Marita Covarrubias, Andrea in The Walking Dead, and Crimson Countess in The Boys.
Laurie Metcalf
Laurie Metcalf (Laura Elizabeth Metcalf, born 1955) is an American actress, Steppenwolf founding ensemble member, Emmy-winning Jackie Harris on Roseanne, three-time Tony winner, and Oscar nominee for Lady Bird.
Laurie Strode
Laurie Strode is the fictional protagonist of the Halloween horror franchise, created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill in 1978 and played by Jamie Lee Curtis; the archetypal Final Girl who survives Michael Myers across four separate franchise timelines, concluding in Halloween Ends (2022).
Laurieann Gibson
Laurieann Gibson (born 1969, Toronto), also known as BoomKack, is a Canadian choreographer and creative director who choreographed Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" and "Telephone" and won the 2010 MTV VMA for Best Choreography.
Lav Kush
Lav Kush is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language devotional film directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao, based on the Uttara Kanda of the Ramayana, starring Jeetendra as Ram and Jaya Prada as Sita.
Lava (2014 film)
Lava is a 2014 Pixar animated musical short directed by James Ford Murphy, telling a love story between the volcanoes Uku and Lele through a single ukulele song; it premiered in 2014 and opened before Inside Out on June 19, 2015.
Lava Kusa (லவகுசா)
Lava Kusa (లవకుశ), 1963 Telugu mythological film directed by C. Pullayya and C.S.R. Rao, starring N.T. Rama Rao and Anjali Devi; first Telugu color film, 500-day run, President's Silver Medal 1964.
Lavani (लावणी)
Lavani (लावणी) is Maharashtra's Marathi folk song-dance genre blending music, dance, and acting; known for shringarik and baithaki/phadachi types, Peshwai-era shahirs like Honaji Bala, dholki accompaniment, and ongoing scholarly and stage revival.
Lavanya Tripathi
Lavanya Tripathi (Telugu: లావణ్య త్రిపాఠి), also Lavanya Tripathi Konidela, Indian actress in Telugu cinema; Miss Uttarakhand 2006; debut Andala Rakshasi (2012); breakthrough Bhale Bhale Magadivoy (2015); married Varun Tej 2023. Not the tarot reader Lavanya Arora or the clothing brand Lavanya The Label.
LaVar Ball
LaVar Ball, born 1967, American businessman and media personality, co-founder and CEO of Big Baller Brand, father of NBA players Lonzo and LaMelo Ball, known for the $495 ZO2 shoe, the JBA league, and bold public predictions.
Lavell Crawford
Lavell Maurice Crawford, born 1968 in St. Louis, Missouri, is an American stand-up comedian and actor, runner-up on Last Comic Standing season 5 and known for playing Huell Babineaux on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Lavender (2016 film)
Lavender (2016) is a Canadian-American psychological thriller directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly, starring Abbie Cornish as an amnesiac photographer; premiered at Tribeca, released March 3, 2017.
Lavender Fields (TV series)
Lavender Fields: Philippine ABS-CBN/Dreamscape action-drama teleserye (2024–2025), 100 episodes, starring Jodi Sta. Maria, Jericho Rosales, Janine Gutierrez. Premiered on Netflix Aug 30, 2024; Jasmin's revenge plot; hit #1 on Netflix PH; Box Office Awards ensemble win.
Laverne & Shirley
Laverne & Shirley, an ABC sitcom (1976-1983) spun off from Happy Days, starred Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams as brewery workers in 1950s Milwaukee; it hit number one in ratings before a sixth-season move to Burbank, California.
Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox (born 1972, Mobile, Alabama), also known as Roderick Leverne Cox, is an American actress and trans rights advocate famous as Sophia Burset on Orange Is the New Black; first openly trans Primetime Emmy acting nominee and Time cover subject.
Law & Order
Law & Order is Dick Wolf's American crime-drama franchise, premiering on NBC September 13, 1990: bifurcated NYPD-investigation and Manhattan-prosecution episodes, spin-offs including SVU (1999), Criminal Intent, and Trial by Jury, a 2010 cancellation, and a 2022 revival.
Law & Order (franchise)
Law & Order is Dick Wolf's American TV crime-legal drama franchise, premiered 1990 on NBC, split-format police/prosecution episodes, spin-offs SVU, Criminal Intent, Organized Crime, and international adaptations in the UK, France, Russia, and Canada.
Law & Order season 23
Law & Order season 23 is the third post-revival season of the NBC crime drama, airing 13 episodes from January 18 to May 16, 2024, with cast exits by Jeffrey Donovan and Sam Waterston and Tony Goldwyn joining as DA Nicholas Baxter.
Law & Order season 24
Law & Order season 24 (2024-25) is the 22-episode NBC revival season starring Hugh Dancy, Tony Goldwyn, and new lieutenant Maura Tierney, ending with a serialized Maroun case continuing into season 25.
Law & Order season 25
Law & Order season 25 (2025–26) is the 21-episode 25th season of the NBC procedural, premiering September 25, 2025 with "Street Justice," adding David Ajala as Detective Theo Walker after Mehcad Brooks' exit, and ending May 14, 2026.
Law & Order True Crime
Law & Order True Crime is an NBC true-crime anthology series; its only season, The Menendez Murders (2017, 8 episodes, created by Rene Balcer, starring Edie Falco as Leslie Abramson), dramatized the 1989 Menendez killings and trials.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural, the second Law & Order spin-off, following NYPD Major Case Squad detectives Robert Goren and Alexandra Eames; it ran ten seasons from 2001 to 2011 on NBC then USA Network, and spawned French, Russian, and Canadian adaptations.
Law & Order: LA
Law & Order: LA (LOLA) was a one-season NBC police procedural and legal drama spin-off of Law & Order created by Dick Wolf, set in Los Angeles; premiered September 29, 2010, creatively overhauled mid-season, and canceled May 13, 2011.
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Law & Order: Organized Crime is a serialized NBC/Peacock crime drama spin-off (2021–2025, five seasons) starring Christopher Meloni as Elliot Stabler of the NYPD Organized Crime Control Bureau, canceled in April 2026.
Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5
Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5, the final season of the Dick Wolf crime drama, streamed 10 episodes on Peacock from April 17 to June 12, 2025, starring Christopher Meloni as Elliot Stabler, before the series was canceled after five seasons.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) is Dick Wolf's NBC police procedural, premiered September 1999, following NYPD detectives investigating sexual assault, child abuse, and domestic violence; the longest-running primetime live-action series, led by Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson, now in season 28.