Laura Pyper was born in Magherafelt, County Derry, Northern Ireland in 1980. She studied English and Drama at Trinity College Dublin from 1998, and during her time there made several appearances with the university's much vaunted Trinity Players. In a range stretching career to date, Laura Pyper has by and large not disappointed. An early possible typecasting snare in Hex was quickly avoided, with a run of admirable character playing on both stage and screen, which has moved her discernibly to the next level.