Lauri Johnson

Acting

Lauri Johnson

Born 1949-12-27 · Santa Monica, California, USA

Lauri Johnson was born on December 27, 1949 in Santa Monica, California, USA as Laura Denise Smith is an American actress. She is the daughter of singer/pianist Annette Warren and TV and film musician and jazz pianist Paul T. Smith. She is known for her work on Mom (2013), Waitress (2007) and Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). She has been married to William Salisbury since August 24, 1998. They have one child. She was previously married to William J. Johnson.

Acting credits

War of the Worlds poster
6.6

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

War of the Worlds

2005

The Negotiator poster
7.1

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

The Negotiator

1998

City of Angels poster
6.8

When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.

City of Angels

1998

The Cell poster
6.3

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

The Cell

2000

Spread poster
5.6

A gigolo must contend with the prospect that he has found true love.

Spread

2009

Rules Don't Apply poster
5.8

The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her ambitious driver, and their eccentric boss, the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes.

Rules Don't Apply

2016

For Your Consideration poster
5.8

The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star generates awards buzz.

For Your Consideration

2006

Waitress poster
6.7

A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.

Waitress

2007

Laurel Canyon poster
6.0

When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.

Laurel Canyon

2003

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee poster
4.9

In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball candidates to the greed and racial motivations that drive the final decision. There's big business in the movies, and Finishing the Game skewers it with an eye for '70s detail.

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

2007

Carolina poster
5.8

A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.

Carolina

2003

Adam and Eve poster
4.0

Adam is a typical college-aged guy... which is to say he wants sex 24 hours a day. But when he meets - and falls for - Eve, a scorchingly hot coed who's still very attached to her virginity, the waiting game is on! While his college buddies score left and right, and campus hotties make tempting passes, Adam ponders an explosive question: Will Eve say "It's the right time"... before he completely goes out of his mind?

Adam and Eve

2005

Yonkers Joe poster
5.1

Yonkers Joe tells the story of a dice hustler whose determination to make one last grab for a big score in Vegas is complicated by the reappearance of his estranged, mentally challenged son into his life.

Yonkers Joe

2008

Quit poster
3.3

When a twenty-something couple go away to the desert of Joshua Tree to quit smoking together their relationship is tested. We share the torture the couple put themselves through but learn smoking is a metaphor for their addictive relationship.

Quit

2010

Love Made Easy poster
9.0

Pellini is too small, Mobo a paraplegic, Gilbert a klutz and Gus a loser. But they are about to put an end to this! Gus has fallen in love and his friends are willing to do anything to help him. However, the venture proves to be a lot harder than expected. Not only do they not have a clue about women, they soon find themselves dealing with strippers, babies, secret agents and the Mafia.

Love Made Easy

2006