Laura Leighton was born on July 24, 1968 in Iowa City, Iowa, USA as Laura Diane Miller. She is an actress, known for Melrose Place (1992), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Pretty Little Liars (2010). She has been married to Doug Savant since May 2, 1998. They have two children.
Laura Leighton
Movies
Heroine
Tru Davies, a medical grad student in Boston whose grant is suddenly pulled out from under her, takes a job at a local morgue. There, she discovers that she has the power to “re-live” the previous day over again to help the people who wrongly ended up dead. She uses…
Fun Facts
Graduated from West High School in Iowa City, Iowa
Attended California State University in Long Beach, California; majored in business.
Plays the piano.
She took the lead in the movie Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1994) but broke her leg and the producers forced her to pull out. Renée Zellweger got the role instead.
She was chosen one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People magazine in 1996.
In the early 1990s, prior to the Nicole Brown Simpson/Ron Goldman murders, Laura worked as a bartender at the infamous Mezzaluna Restaurant in Brentwood, California, alongside TV correspondent Nelson Aspen, who was maitre D', and Ron Goldman was a waiter.
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 32, a son named Jack Douglas Savant on October 10, 2000. Child's father is her husband, Doug Savant.
Has 2 step-daughters - Adrianna Josephine Savant (b.January 17, 1992) & Madeleine Marie Savant (b.July 20, 1993).
Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 36, a daughter named Lucy Jane Leighton Savant on June 9, 2005. She weighed 7 lbs. 7oz. Child's father is her husband, Doug Savant.
Married her boyfriend of a year Doug Savant following a 6-month-long engagement. [May 1998]