Elise Bauman (born October 23, 1990) is a Canadian actress, director,
filmmaker and singer. She portrayed the role of Laura Hollis, the lead
character of the web series Carmilla (2014â€"2016).Bauman began
working professionally in the theatre from an early age. In 2009 she
made the move to New York City to further her studies by attending
Circle in the Square Theatre School, where she was cast as Anya in the
graduating classes' production of The Cherry Orchard. In the fall, she
returned to the stage once again in Red One Theatre Collective’s The
Skriker, by Caryl Churchill, which garnered rave reviews and was rated
5 N’s in NOW Magazine.In 2014, Bauman was cast as the lead character
Laura Hollis, the naive and headstrong student of Silas University, in
the Canadian web series Carmilla, based on the 1871 Gothic vampire
novella of the same name by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.The series has become
popular online for its depiction of LGBT characters and has been
viewed over 70 million times on the KindaTV YouTube channel,
attracting fans worldwide. When interviewed about how she feels
playing a queer character in a series that isn't about being queer,
Bauman said:
filmmaker and singer. She portrayed the role of Laura Hollis, the lead
character of the web series Carmilla (2014â€"2016).Bauman began
working professionally in the theatre from an early age. In 2009 she
made the move to New York City to further her studies by attending
Circle in the Square Theatre School, where she was cast as Anya in the
graduating classes' production of The Cherry Orchard. In the fall, she
returned to the stage once again in Red One Theatre Collective’s The
Skriker, by Caryl Churchill, which garnered rave reviews and was rated
5 N’s in NOW Magazine.In 2014, Bauman was cast as the lead character
Laura Hollis, the naive and headstrong student of Silas University, in
the Canadian web series Carmilla, based on the 1871 Gothic vampire
novella of the same name by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.The series has become
popular online for its depiction of LGBT characters and has been
viewed over 70 million times on the KindaTV YouTube channel,
attracting fans worldwide. When interviewed about how she feels
playing a queer character in a series that isn't about being queer,
Bauman said:
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