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Shari Shaw: Studio Talk

Laura Putney

Today we have a very special guest on Shari Shaw: Studio Talk, Laura Putney! Laura is a Harvard alumni, who was a lawyer before making the jump to acting then writing. She was a former student of Shari's and since then, she's worked on notable projects like Mysteries of Laura, Life Sentence and most recently Manifest!


It was such a pleasure to catch up with Laura on her career, how she went about transitioning from Lawyer to successful actor to exceptional writer!

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