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She currently stars and is most known for her role in the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally. She has also played the child version of a character played by Diana Scarwid, Alice Shaw, sister of Angela Petrelli, on Heroes. She has also appeared in Dexter as the child version of Debra Morgan. On the DVD commentary track, co-star Brian Posehn notes that Marano knew everyone else's lines better than they did.
Initially, she was cast in the pilot episode, "Batteries", as the child version of Sarah Silverman, and the writers liked her so much they brought her back for a larger role as a girl Sarah coaches to win a beauty pageant ("Not Without My Daughter"). Laura Marano has since appeared in several episodes of The Sarah Silverman Program. She was a regular cast member on the FOX game show, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? in season 1 and played the role of Gracie Carr on FOX's sitcom Back to You. She played the child role of Keira Knightley's character in the film The Jacket and had a small flashback role in the film Superbad. She has lent her voice to animated movies like Finding Nemo and Ice Age: The Meltdown.
Her bigger roles in television have been in Without a Trace and other shows. She has had small roles on Ghost Whisperer, Medical Investigation, Huff and Joan of Arcadia.
Since then, she worked for a lot of productions at the Stage Door Theatre and has appeared in numerous commercials. Laura has been acting since she was 5 years old.