Laura Marie Marano (born November 29, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role in the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally as Ally Dawson. Marano was one of the five original classmates in Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?. She starred in Without a Trace for three seasons and Back to You. Marano starred in the indie film A Sort of Homecoming, the Disney Channel Original Movie Bad Hair Day, and the Netflix original movie The Perfect Date.
2013, the year Miley twerked on Robin Thicke, the year Ariana Grande started to kick up her music career, the year Drizzy Drake was the type of guy to start from the bottom, the year Lorde released Royals.
