Laura has many ‘strings to her bow’ and although the majority of her career has been performing cello, she has also worked and toured professionally as an actor, dancer, and a musician for Celtic Thunder, as well as being a qualified primary teacher.

Laura is a native of Glasgow in Scotland and comes from a musical family, with her father and renowned viola player – James Durrant – being a major influence. She began playing music at a young age and won scholarships to study cello at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where she gained an honours degree.

During her senior year at college Laura became involved in theatre and after graduation she started working as a dancer/cellist with the dance & physical theatre company, Barrowland Ballet. Laura toured the UK with this company for two years and was then invited to perform as an actor/cellist in the role of Emilia for a UK tour of Othello with the Icarus & Original Theatre Co, where her performance received rave reviews. Following that, Laura was then cast, solely for her acting, as the lead role of Philip Pullman's The Firework Maker's Daughter with Birmingham Stage Company.

As a cellist Laura’s performances range across classical recital, Celtic music, collaborative actor/musician work, session musician and cello teacher. She has performed in both large concert arenas and Baltic and Icelandic cruises with the National Trust of Scotland. In 2011 she took up the position as solo cellist with the #1 Billboard phenomenon Celtic Thunder, performing in theatres and arenas across the USA, Canada and Australia. She was featured on many of their DVDs and had the pleasure of performing at the Pentagon, where the show was streamed live worldwide.