FPCT Spotlight - October 31, 2010

Laura Gifford

 

What drives you to act?

Laura:  A 2002 Toyota Rav4 with over 200,000 miles on it.

 

How are you like your character in Table Manners?

Laura:  We both have “gorse bush” hair that we don’t brush very often.

 

Which of your past performances are you most proud of?

Laura:  It’s a tie between Ella in Jim Cary’s Ella’s Song, and Maureen in The Beauty Queen of Leenane.

 

Tell us about your life outside of the theater.

Laura:  I’ve been married to my husband for 26 years and he’s the best man in the universe.  We live on a farm with cats, dogs, parrots, goats and horses.

 

When you are not acting, what is your favorite thing to do?

Laura:  Ride my wonderful horse.

 

Name your three top movies of all time.

Laura:  Lassie Come Home, National Velvet, Waiting for Guffman.

 

What is your greatest weakness?

Laura:  Onion rings.


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