Oona Laurence (born August 1, 2002) is an American actress. She is best known for the role of Matilda Wormwood in Matilda on Broadway alongside Bailey Ryon, Milly Shapiro, and Sophia Gennusa. She began her career as a New York City-based child actress, with credits in film, theatre, and television.
After Matilda, Laurence transitioned to film acting, appearing in Tumorhead, A Little Game, The Grief of Others, I Smile Back, Damsel, Lamb, and Southpaw, portraying the daughter of Jake Gyllenhaal and Rachel McAdams' characters.
She has appeared on television in and Orange Is the New Black.
In 2016, she co-starred as Natalie in the film Pete's Dragon, and portrayed Jane Mitchell, the daughter of Mila Kunis' character Amy Mitchell, in Bad Moms.
In 2017, Laurence co-starred opposite Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning in Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled.
She is the voice of Hedgehog and additional characters in the Cartoon Network series Summer Camp Island. She also performs the theme song.
In 2020, she starred in the Netflix American family dark fantasy film A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting alongside Tom Felton, Indya Moore, and Tamara Smart.
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Esther | |||
2013 | Penny Dreadful | Little Girl | |
Correcting. Perplexing. Patrick. | Jessica Barnwell | ||
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2016 | Little Boxes | Ambrosia Reed | |
Bad Moms | Jane Mitchell | ||
Pete's Dragon | Natalie | ||
Lily + Mara | Lily | Short | |
2017 | The Beguiled | Amy | |
A Bad Moms Christmas | Jane Mitchell | ||
2019 | Big Time Adolescence | Sophie | |
2020 | Lost Girls | Sarra Gilbert | |
What We Found | Holly | ||
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting | Liz Lerue | ||
Episode: "Beverley Mitchell/Mark Curry/Donovan Leitch/Phyllis Diller" |
Episode: "Looking for Liz/Lilly Changes" |
Episode: "Glasgowman's Wrath" |
Episode: "A Tittin' and a Hairin'" |
Episode: "Swift Hardhearted Stone" |
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Broadway, Sam S. Shubert Theatre |
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