Lauren LaVera

She began her career as a body double for Anya Taylor-Joy in M. Night Shyamalan's psychological thriller Split (2016) before her role as Sienna in Damien Leone's horror film Terrifier 2 (2022).

She initially sought to pursue a Juris Doctor degree but switched to a major in English and a minor in Italian before dropping out to work as an optician.

[3][2] One of LaVera's first experiences on a film set was working as a body double for Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, and Jessica Sula in M. Night Shyamalan's superhero thriller Split (2016).

[6] LaVera got cast as Sienna which would become her breakthrough role, becoming a co-lead of the Terrifier film franchise opposite David Howard Thornton as Art the Clown and Samantha Scaffidi as Victoria Heyes.

[4] IGN's review said that LaVera "rules as Sienna in her angel-winged fantasy armor as a final girl fighting for family, facing her demons, and screaming bloody war cries in Art's mocking face,"[7] while Matthew Jackson of Paste wrote that "LaVera, tasked with injecting humanity into the sequel, lives up to this task with pure star power.

[9] In December 2022, LaVera was cast as Alessa, a pregnant woman whose antagonizing father disapproves of her relationship with her husband, in Joe Lam's 2023 horror film The Fetus, opposite Julian Curtis and Bill Moseley.

[10][11] In February 2023, Bloody Disgusting reported that LaVera would star as Lisa Gray in the supernatural thriller film The Well, directed by Federico Zampaglione.

LaVera in 2022
LaVera at the Nightmare Weekend Miami 2024