Laura Bell has always been a singer-songwriter, even as a little girl growing up in Lexington, Kentucky. In August 2007, she released her independent Y'alternative country album, Longing for A Place Already Gone, on her own record label, LAB Records. The highly acclaimed CD was reminiscent of songs of the late 60s and 70s by her idols Patsy Cline, Merle Haggard and Loretta Lynn.

In February 2009, Laura Bell signed with Universal Music Group Nashville and is currently working on her debut major record release schedule for 2010. The project entitled Achin' and Shakin' is being produced by famed producers Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift), Mike Shimshack and Kyle Kelso (Brittney Spears, Tina Parol).

LBB ON BROADWAY

Cast in the larger-than-life role of Elle Woods in Broadway's hit Legally Blonde The Musical, Laura Bell garnered a 2007 Tony Nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, a 2007 Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and a 2007 Drama League Distinguished Performance Award Nomination.

Because of the show's exceptional appeal with young audiences, MTV took an unprecedented step and featured Laura in a highly-publicized, special airing of Legally Blonde The Musical in October 2007. It reached over 12.5 million viewers during its premiere weekend.

The original cast recording of the show captured the #1 slot on the Billboard Cast Album chart and has continued to chart as one of the top-selling Broadway cast albums.

In the spring of 2008, Laura Bell received the ultimate honor in show business of having a caricature of herself at Sardi's Restaurant in New York City.

LBB STAGE

Laura Bell began dance classes at three years old and was singing and doing impersonations by age five. She was then cast in Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Spectacular. By age nine she had received her first Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for the lead role in the off-Broadway musical production of Ruthless. As a teenager she joined the national tour cast of The Sound of Music with Marie Osmond and then took a starring role as Dainty June opposite Betty Buckley in Gypsy.

With and unstoppable drive and uncanny taste for hits, Laura Bell then performed in two of Broadway's mega-blockbusters: the Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray as Amber Von Tussle, and was the standby for Kristin Chenoweth as Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked. After bringing him to tears with her performance the Tony award-winning director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell was sold on giving Laura Bell the starring role of Elle Woods in his upcoming production of Legally Blonde The Musical. Opening in San Francisco in January 2007, the show went on to be a hit at the Palace Theater in New York City.

LBB FILM AND TELEVISON

Laura Bell made her on-screen debut in 1993's The Adventures of Huck Film with Elijah Wood and Life with Mickey with Michael J. Fox and Nathan Lane. These were followed by the 1995 film Jumanji where she starred with Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst.

In addition to her big screen roles, Laura Bell appeared on CBS's Emmy Award-winning soap opera Guiding Light as Marah Shayne Lewis for two successful years. She also sang a ballad on the Guiding Light soundtrack, I Believe in the Mystery, which won an Emmy. Laura Bell has also guest starred on several primetime hit television series such as Veronica Mars, Cold Case, Modern Men, All Grown Up, Strangers with Candy, and Happy Hour. She also starred in such television pilots as Dirt Bags, All Grown Up, and Prudy and Judy.

Her most recent film appearance was in the big musical hit film of 2006, Dreamgirls.

LBB FASHION

As and entrepreneur, Laura Bell's creativity is endless. With friend and partner, Erin Pata, she has collaborated on designing limited edition, vintage-chic purses called Schmancy Purses. The purses have been profiled in the New York Post and Elle magazine. The line is currently sold at the Palace Theater on Broadway and also available at www.schmancypurses.com

LBB PHILANTHROPY

Always a strong believer in giving back, Laura Bell released a holiday CD, I’ll be Home for Christmas, in 2006. The project is a collection of holiday standards created in collaboration with her grandfather, Wayne Bell, to benefit her special cause The Kreative Kids Foundation. The foundation's purpose is to educate and encourage children in the creative and performing arts, offering scholarships to young people in need as well as to schools working to enhance their arts programs.