Laura Zak

Biography

Laura Zak is a writer, actor, producer, and activist. She is the co-creator and co-writer of the Emmy-nominated and Gotham award winning series Her Story, and is a writer and voice actor for Amazon’s upcoming animated series Danger & Eggs. In 2013, Laura co-created and starred in the web series #Hashtag, which was identified by Indiewire as a potential “next Broad City’. Since then, Laura has appeared as an actor in many films, series, and music videos, including several videos on Buzzfeed, and in the upcoming film Spunkle.

Laura served for eight years as Campaigns’ Manager for Eve Ensler’s V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls. She attended Phillips Exeter Academy and went on to study journalism at Boston University, creative writing at Northwestern University, and obtained a Classics diploma from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.