Actor

Laura Harring

1964 - today

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Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Laura Harring is the 1,668th most popular actor (up from 3,430th in 2024), the 97th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 192nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Mexican Actor.

Laura Harring is most famous as a Mexican-American actress and former beauty pageant titleholder who became the first Latina to win Miss USA in 1985, but her enduring legacy comes from her breakthrough lead role as the mysterious, amnesiac Rita (also known as Camilla Rhodes) in David Lynch's acclaimed 2001 cult classic Mulholland Drive, opposite Naomi Watts—a performance that earned her an ALMA Award, comparisons to screen icons like Ava Gardner and Rita Hayworth, and helped cement the film's status as one of the greatest of the 21st century. She has appeared in numerous other films and TV shows, including The Punisher (2004) with John Travolta, John Q (2002) with Denzel Washington, Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) with Javier Bardem, and guest spots on series like The Shield, Gossip Girl, and General Hospital, while also having a brief marriage to Count Carl-Eduard von Bismarck-Schönhausen that made her a countess from 1987 to 1989. Surprisingly, at age 12, Harring survived a terrifying incident when she was accidentally shot in the head by stray gunfire from a drive-by shooting in a parking lot—the .45 bullet missed her brain by just one millimeter, leaving her with a head wound but no lasting brain damage.

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Among Actors

Among actors, Laura Harring ranks 1,668 out of 13,578. Before her are Ned Beatty, Katey Sagal, Karl Urban, Pierre Clémenti, Charles Vanel, and Jaclyn Smith. After her are Rami Malek, Chris Pine, Martin Freeman, Alan Hale Jr., Lynn Redgrave, and Lin Shaye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Laura Harring ranks 86. Before her are Paul Landers, Magnús Scheving, Maggie Cheung, Dokka Umarov, Jorginho, and Rudi Garcia. After her are Tommi Mäkinen, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Txiki Begiristain, Uday Hussein, Paul Graham, and Anne Applebaum.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Laura Harring ranks 97 out of NaN. Before her are Adolfo de la Huerta (1881), Rafael Caro Quintero (1952), Yola Ramírez (1935), Henry Eyring (1901), Javier Aguirre (1958), and Miguel Miramón (1832). After her are Pedro Rodríguez (1940), Luis Echeverría (1922), Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581), Sara Ramirez (1975), Tizoc (1436), and Juan Gabriel (1950).

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Among Actors In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Laura Harring ranks 15. Before her are Pedro Armendáriz (1912), Katy Jurado (1924), Ricardo Montalbán (1920), Verónica Castro (1952), Pedro Infante (1917), and Chespirito (1929). After her are Sara Ramirez (1975), Edith González (1964), Helena Rojo (1944), Ramón Valdés (1924), Fernando Colunga (1966), and Lupe Vélez (1908).

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