Since February 2010, Laura Nordin has been teaching at Armstrong Acting Studios - inspiring actors and guiding their craft with a pedagogy that combines technical rigor and playful enthusiasm. Laura’s students and private coaching clients have successfully auditioned and booked film and television roles across a variety of projects.

Laura holds a BFA in Acting, from the University of British Columbia, and an MFA, from the esteemed American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University and the Moscow Art Theatre School. In 2010, she founded the Filmcoop, a not-for-profit mentorship program for professional filmmakers in Toronto.

In addition to working on a number of critically acclaimed independent projects in Vancouver, Boston, New York and Toronto, her acting experience includes working with Genie and Gemini Award-Winning director Bruce McDonald and Academy Award-Nominated director Hubert Davis. She also teaches at the Young People’s Theatre and Shakespearience. Laura recently wrote and directed short films which screened on the Movieola Network and at the Whistler Film Festival.