Lauren LaVera
Birthdate: Jun 14, 1994
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lauren LaVera is an actor and a veteran stunt performer who worked as a double or stuntwoman as well as actor, first in her feature debut in M. Night Shyamalan’s hit thriller for Universal Pictures, Split (2016), co-starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy and Betty Buckley, earning a knockout $278.5 million global gross against $9 million costs.
LaVera played a supporting role as well as doing stunt performing on director/writer/producer Emanuele Della Valle’s crime drama, Wetlands (2017), with Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Heather Graham, Christopher McDonald, Reyna de Courcy, and Jennifer Ehle, and released by Abramorama.
LaVera was cast in her first recurring lead role as Sienna battling murderous Art the Clown in horror-slasher filmmaker Damien Leone’s Terrifier 2 (2022)—grossing a terrific $15.7 million for Cinedigm distributor--and then in the sequel, Terrifier 3 (2024), co-starring David Howard Thornton as Art, premiering at Fantastic Fest and released wide by Cineverse. LaVera played a supporting role in director/writer/producer Mike Flanagan’s sci-fi The Life of Chuck (2024), his adaptation of Stephen King’s 2020 novella, co-starring Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Mark Hamill and Jacob Tremblay, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival and produced by Intrepid Pictures/QWGmire/Red Room Pictures.
Personal Details
Lauren LaVera was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by her parents. LaVera studied in Italy and developed fluency in Italian, and also trained in ballroom dancing, ballet, and martial arts. LaVera’s height is 5’ 5”.
Filmography
actor
Previous (4)
- 2024 | Terrifier 3asSienna
Terrifier 3
Art the Clown is set to unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.
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- 2022 | Terrifier 2asSienna
Terrifier 2
After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to the timid town of Miles County where he targets a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night.
- 2019 | Clinton RoadasKayla
Clinton Road
A widowed firefighter seeks closure after his wife goes missing on an actual haunted road in rural New Jersey but must unlock the road's secret if he wants to get out alive.
Some Facts About Lauren LaVera
Martial Artist: Lauren LaVera has more than a decade of training in a wide range of martial arts practices including Muay Thai, Wushu, Kun Khmer, Jiu Jitsu, and Taekwon-Do, as well as boxing and kickboxing.
Double: LaVera has performed as a double for actor Anya Taylor-Joy.
