Laura Gabrielle Zaetz is an American actress, singer, director and artist. Her father, Gary Zaetz (an Ashkenazi Jew and son of a WWII veteran) is a passionate volunteer in MIA recovery and has helped several families find peace and closure after he himself trekked to his own uncle's crash site in Arunachel, Pradesh. Her mother, Regina Zaetz, is an Italian Catholic retired singer for the Motown cover-band, Bug In The Symptoms.
Trivia:
-She won the Outstanding Theatre Student Awards for 2015-2016 and 2017-2018 at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude.
-She is bisexual, ethnically Russian-Jewish and experienced in martial arts(blackbelt in karate), both traits she shares with the character Kitty Pryde.
-She became an actor after being inspired by the prolific late LGBT actor and voice actor, Kevin Conroy.