Laura Durant / DurantCom

About Me:

Laura Durant's extensive resume includes film, voice-over work, and press publicity/photography along with nearly two decades of stage acting. She is represented by the Ford Robert Black Agency with a long list of film, broadcast and voice over credits.

Recent film credits include The Governor (an official selection in the 2007 Phoenix Film Festival), Netherbeast Incorporated, starring Darrell Hammond, Steve Burns, Dave Foley, Jason Mewes, Judd Nelson, Amy Davidson and film legend Robert Wagner, and the award-winning Little Victim, with co-stars Robert Wagner, Lori Singer and Brian Ronalds. She is an Emmy-nominated co-host of the IFP/Phx television show SCREEN WARS on KAZ-TV

Laura is the driving force behind Durant Communications, providing promotional support to actors and producers in Phoenix, AZ since 1997 but is probably best known to thousands of cybercitizens as "DurantCom". Her website, www.durantcom.com, is the most widely used actor resource in metro Phoenix and is listed Acting Is Everything: An Actor's Guide for a Successful Career in Los Angeles

The DurantCom site posts local audition notices as well as distributing them to an ever-growing listserve. Some of the direct services she offers to actors are headshot photography and the popular actor marketing consultation known as "The Actors Toolbox" .

Echo Magazine film and stage critic Neil Cohen referred to her as a "Renaissance woman" and her myriad of talents were recently highlighted in a profile by Phoenix Downtown magazine.

Laura was named by The Arizona Republic as one of the "Movers & Shakers" among Valley theater women. A joint feature story by Arizona Woman magazine/The Arizona Republic business page named her among the Valley's "Women in Film". The AriZoni Awards organization honored Laura with a Distinguished Service Award for her efforts in keeping the Valley theater community connected. Most recently, an opinion poll conducted by Arizona Business Magazine listed DurantCom among the top ten marketing/internet companies in the state. She proud to be a nominated as Arts Advocate of the Year by the Arts and Business Council of Greater Phoenix.

Laura is an instructor at Scottsdale Community College teaching Advanced Television and Film Acting for the Theater and Performing Arts department. She also serves as outreach director for Independent Feature Project/Phx which is dedicated to the advancement of independent filmmaking in Arizona and is on the board of Governors for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Laura shares her continuing adventures with her musician husband Doug along with a house full of cats and a yard full of weeds

Home Page:

http://www.durantcom.com

Additional Website:

http://www.durantcom.com/mov/LauraDurantDemo2008.wmv

IMDB

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1864753/

Agency / Representation

Ford Robert Black

Agency / Representation (Website)

http://www.fordrbatalent.com/

Profession

Actor, Model, Still Photographer, Voice Over, Writer

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