Laura CayoueLaura Cayouette (born July 11, 1964, Laurel, Maryland) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director who earned a BA in English from the University of Maryland, College Park and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of South Alabama, where she received the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award. Before acting she worked as a nightclub DJ, model, English professor, and ticket taker at Universal CityWalk, and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and with Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. She is best known as Lara Lee Candie-Fitzwilly in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (2012) and has collaborated with him four times — Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Daltry Calhoun (2005), Hell Ride (2008, co-produced), and Django Unchained. She has directed two short films, written seven books including Know Small Parts, and is a SAG-AFTRA member elected as a Convention Delegate for the New Orleans Local in 2019. She married Andy Gallagher in 2014. Her notable film credits include The Evening Star (1996) (Shirley MacLaine, Juliette Lewis), Enemy of the State (1998) (Will Smith, Gene Hackman), For Love of the Game (1999) (Kevin Costner, Kate Hudson), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) (Uma Thurman, Daryl Hannah), Hell Ride (2008) (Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen), Green Lantern (2011) (Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively), Django Unchained (2012) (Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz), Now You See Me (2013) (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson), The Loft (2014) (Carla Gugino, Roger Craig Smith), Dark Places (2015) (Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz), Maggie (2015) (Hugh Jackman, Anna Kendrick), Hate Crime (2017) (John Schneider, Molly Quinn), The Domestics (2018) (Kate Walsh, Matthew Modine), and Bone Face (2025). On television she is best known for her recurring role as Marlene in Queen Sugar (2016–2022), with appearances in Friends (1997), The Larry Sanders Show (1996), and True Detective (2014).tte was born on July 11, 1964 in Laurel, Maryland, USA. She is an actress and writer.
