Laurence Leboeuf

Laurence Leboeuf is an award-winning actress from Montreal, Quebec, Canada who is currently shining on US screens in the NBC drama "Transplant" now on its second season. The series follows an ER doctor who fled his native Syria to come to Canada and overcome numerous obstacles to resume a career in the high stakes world of emergency medicine. Laurence portrays the series regular 'Magalie Leblanc,' a ferociously analytical second-year resident who pushes herself relentlessly. The bilingual beauty (French and English) has been acting professionally since the age of 10 years old and rose to stardom with multiple award nominations and wins. She has continuously booked leading roles in both television and film of french Canadian and English Canadian productions. Award wins for Laurence include the Gemeaux Awards (French Canadian Emmys) for Best Actress in the series "Les Lavigueur," based on a true story of a family torn apart by multi-million dollar lottery win, Best Supporting Actress for her role in the television series "Musée Eden" as a young girl transplated to 1910s Montreal to watch over her uncle's wax museum in the Red Light District, and Best Actress for her role in the television series "Marche à I'ombre" which also won her the best Leading Actress award at the French Festival Séries Mania. In this groundbreaking series, Laurence portrayed 'Rachel Marchand,' a social worker at a halfway house with sexually violent tendencies who strikes up an illicit affair with a client. She also won Best Actress for "Human Trafficking" at the ACTRA Awards (English Canadian SAG Awards) for her portrayal of 'Nadia' a young Russian girl who gets kidnapped after being tricked into thinking she won a modeling competition, with Mira Sorvino and Donald Sutherland. For her film work, she won at the Prix Iris Awards (previously known as Jutra Awards) for Best Supporting Actress in "My Daughter, My Angel." Her indie action comedy film "Turbo Kid" was widely received at the Sundance Film Festival. Laurence was born to actor-parents and grew up surrounded by the creative arts. Her dad owned a stage theater for 18 years which allowed Laurence to explore the behind the scenes of the craft. She is driven by the passion of Acting and the need to be creative, with the hopes of producing and writing alongside acting. She enjoys reading and staying active with running, snowboarding, and swimming to name a few, and loves to travel.