Oona Laurence

Born: 2002-08-01

Oona Laurence (born August 1, 2002) is an American actress who is best known for originating the role of Matilda Wormwood in Matilda on Broadway alongside Bailey Ryon, Milly Shapiro, and Sophia Gennusa. She is a New York City-based child actress with credits in film, theatre, and television. After several appearances in regional theatre productions and minor roles in short films and television episodes, in 2012, Laurence auditioned for the new musical Matilda on Broadway. Laurence landed the role of Matilda, performing in the show from March 4 to December 15, 2013. After Matilda, Laurence transitioned to film acting appearing in Tumorhead, A Little Game, The Grief of Others, I Smile Back, Damsel, Lamb, and Southpaw, portraying the daughter of Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams' characters. She has appeared on television in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Orange Is the New Black. In 2015, Laurence co-starred opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams in Antoine Fuqua's Southpaw. In 2016, she co-starred as Natalie in the film Pete's Dragon, and portrayed Jane Mitchell, the daughter of Mila Kunis' character Amy Mitchell, in Bad Moms. In 2017, Laurence co-starred opposite Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning in Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled. She is the voice of Hedgehog and additional characters in the Cartoon Network series Summer Camp Island. She also performs the theme song. Laurence lives in New York City and has two younger sisters, Aimee and Jetè, who are also actresses.


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Southpaw

as Leila Hope
Released: 2015-03-24

Billy "The Great" Hope, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive...

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A Bad Moms Christmas

as Jane Mitchell
Released: 2017-08-04

Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the...

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Pete's Dragon

as Natalie
Released: 2016-08-10

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce...

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A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting

as Liz Lerue
Released: 2020-10-14

Recruited by a secret society of babysitters, a high schooler battles the Boogeyman and his...

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Bad Moms

as Jane Mitchell
Released: 2016-07-28

When three overworked and under-appreciated moms are pushed beyond their limits, they ditch...

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The Beguiled

as Amy
Released: 2017-06-23

During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy...

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Lost Girls

as Sarra Gilbert
Released: 2020-01-28

When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the...

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Big Time Adolescence

as Sophie
Released: 2020-03-13

A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Mo attempts to navigate high school...

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I Smile Back

as Daisy
Released: 2015-10-23

Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children....

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Lamb

as Tommie
Released: 2015-10-20

Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks...

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Little Boxes

as Ambrosia
Released: 2017-04-14

It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white....

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A Little Game

as Becky Langer
Released: 2014-04-26

Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a...

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What We Found

as Holly
Released: 2020-07-31

Close friends Marcus and Holly begin their freshman year at a tough public high school in...

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The Grief of Others

as Biscuit Ryrie
Released: 2015-08-26

The Ryries have suffered a loss: the death of a baby just fifty-seven hours after his birth....

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Penny Dreadful

as Penny Dreadful
Released: 2013-07-19

A novice crook gets involved in a ransom plot, but winds up kidnapping the wrong girl.

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Vicky & Jonny

as Young Vicky
Released: 2015-09-11

A young woman's awakening from a dark past that shaped the choices she had made in her life. It...

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Writing You Down

as Stage Manager
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Playwright Alice Meyers reflects on the relationship that inspired tonight's performance.

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Damsel

as Ava
Released: 2017-08-29

Eight-year-old Cal desperately craves attention from her childish father, and is prone to...

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Adultery

as Janet
Released: 2023-02-10

Recent victims of their parents divorce, two siblings throw a dinner party for their close...

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Imaginapped

as Olivia
Released: 2015-05-02

When her imaginary friend is kidnapped, Olivia has to go on an epic quest to get him back.

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Tumorhead

as Jean
Released: 2014-10-11

Jean's little sister, Mae, may be sick, but Jean is sick of it...Mae is a bully and gets...

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Lily + Mara

as Lily
Released: 2017-08-10

The beach is probably the worst place to take a wheelchair-bound patient with a compromised...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Zoe Harris
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Blindspot

as Maaya Ahmadi
First aired: 2015-09-21

A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times...

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Orange Is the New Black

as 10 Year Old Tiffany
First aired: 2013-07-11

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she...

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Summer Camp Island

as Hedgehog (voice)
First aired: 2018-07-07

Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging...

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