Laura Pearson-Smith

Laura Pearson-Smith was born on 30th May 1984 in Scotland. She went to university and achieved a BA Honours in English, Theatre & Performance. She spent her first two years of university at The University of Glasgow, and the last two years of her degree at The University of Strathclyde. She also had 5 years of acting training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's (then RSAMD) Junior Academy, and did a post-graduate voice course there also. During university, Laura was able to work consistently as an actress, and in TV & film production - working in the AD department on films such as 'The Da Vinci Code' and 'Harry Potter', for example. Laura also spent time in production on 'Coronation Street', and children's TV channel 'Nickelodeon'; among-st many others. She also worked regularly as a Script Reader for television,film production companies and broadcasters. After graduating from university, Laura continued to work as an actress e.g. in a Channel 4 commercial, and in TV & film. She has also done numerous voice overs for radio and commercials. For a couple of years post-graduation, she also continued to work in TV & film production, on films such as 'Doomsday' and 'Stone of Destiny', in positions such as Assistant Production Coordinator and 3rd Assistant Director. She also continued to work as a Drama Script Reader and Script Editor. Laura is also an experienced beauty, style and travel blogger and journalist - writing for titles such as Metro, The Scotsman, Yahoo! Style UK and Marie Claire. Her own blog is A Life With Frills and she and it have a popular social following. In 2018, Laura returned to working in television and film production, alongside her blogging.