About
Laura Esterman recently received Best Actress awards at both the Chelsea and Brooklyn Film Festivals for her portrayal of an eccentric artist in Can Hitler Happen Here?. She has appeared in HBO's series I Know This Much Is True and in David Rabe's play Good for Otto at the New Group, as well as Ain Gordon's play 217 Boxes at the Baryshnikov Center.
Other recent work includes The Old Boy at the Keen Company, Intimacy at the New Group, The Morini Strad at Portland Stage, and Card and Gift at Clubbed Thumb.
Theater
Broadway credits include The Show-Off, Teibele and Her Demon, and The Suicide, among others. Off-Broadway highlights include Mike Leigh's Two Thousand Years (The New Group), Marvin's Room (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Obie Awards for Outstanding Actress), Cranes, Curtains (Obie winner), The American Clock, Good as New, Two Rooms, Edith Stein, and True Love at the Public Theatre, BAM, Manhattan Theatre Club, and the American Place Theatre, among others.
Regional credits include Arena Stage, Goodman, Mark Taper, and the Guthrie.
Film & Television
Film credits include Ironweed, The Doors, and Awakenings. Television includes Law & Order, Third Watch, and Mildred Pierce. She studied with Uta Hagen and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.