She is known for playing Massie Block in The Clique[1] and Valerie McAllister in the ABC television drama Betrayal.

[2][3] She recently played Alicia Hopkins in the Amazon Studios television series Hand of God.

She began her acting career with community theater groups in Tampa, Florida.

At the age of eight she joined the apprentice cast of Entertainment Revue, a professional show choir in Tampa, and was promoted to the professional cast two years later.

[citation needed] McLaughlin has been a member of SAG-AFTRA's Los Angeles Local Board of Directors since 2013, running under the Unite for Strength slate.