| Laura Niles | |
| Birth Name: | Laura Ellen Niles |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California |
| Known For: | MMA sports and minor acting roles |
Laura Niles is an American model, actress, comedian, martial artist, and boxer.[1] [2]
Niles acting career started in 2004 with appearances on The Best Damn Sports Show Period as "Santa's Helper".[3] [4] Since then she has appeared in a variety of minor roles, guest appearances, and walk-on roles that include the television series' Gun X Sword (2005),[5] Perfect 10 Model Boxing (2006),[6] Gay, Straight or Taken? (2007, two episodes),[7] Showtime's Californication, and the pilot episode for The Defenders.[8]
Niles has also appeared in several movies such as Dire Wolf (2009), Cheerleader Massacre 2 (2011), and the Twilight parody film Twiharder (2013).[2]
Niles has been featured in numerous men's magazines such a Maxim (Germany, UK & US editions), Esquire (Turkey), FHM (UK), Complex, Tandem, and Hot Dog.[9] She was also featured in the 2005 FastDates.com calendar with Playboy Cybergirl Michelle LaVoie.[10] Niles was the cover model for the January/February Germany edition of Maxim.
Niles was a member of LA Temptation team in the 2006 Lingerie Bowl.[11]
Laura Niles was born in Los Angeles. Her ethnic lineage is Russian, British, and Native American (Nez Perce). She received her BA in international relations (magna cum laude), with a minor in Mandarin Chinese,[12] from the University of Southern California.