Arizona-born and raised and now California resident, Laurie Love has had a passion for theater and film since a young age. She is an honors graduate of Arizona State University with a B.S. in Communications and a Minor in Film and Media Production. Laurie has produced and acted in many award-winning short and feature films. Her directorial debut on the short film WAKE won Best Picture at GCU Digital Film & Media Festival and screened as an official selection at So-Cal Cinema Slam at Sundance and A3F Film Festival. She is also known for her starring roles in feature films, .357 (2013), Blood Moon Rising (2009), Crushed Velvet (2011), and supporting roles in Final Recourse (2013) (Teri Polo, Chazz Palminteri), Dirty Little Trick (2011) (Michael Madsen, Dean Cain) and "Sweetwater" (John Savage, William Katt, & Dean Cain). Laurie was also honored to receive the award for Outstanding Individual Performance in the film Five Days (2010) from the A3F Film Festival in (2010). Laurie was the co-owner of the award winning Arizona production and post production company, Victory Angel Films, LLC. and also previously served on the board for the Arizona Film and Media Coalition with hopes of bringing film and film incentives back to her home state of Arizona. She also served as a judge for A3F film festival. Laurie also moonlights as a writer and script editor in her spare time. She is the writer of the original story for Deadly Excursion (2019), which was filmed in Florida. She also appeared in the feature film Rottentail (2018) as Mayor Riggs.