Laura Nativo

From the moment Laura Nativo stepped onto the set of the kid's television show Romper Room (1972) at the age of 5, she knew that show business was her destiny. With her mother gone and her father at work, six-year-old Laura had no choice but to take on the roles of "mother, wife, older sister, daughter" of the family - raising herself, as well as her younger sister. She lived an extremely sheltered life, growing up in Parsippany, New Jersey, where she attended Catholic School for 12 years. Her extensive yet necessary home responsibilities left her little time to maintain her straight A+ grades, much less to excel in traveling softball and soccer, win countless forensics competitions, cheer for the St. Christopher's basketball team and still pursue her dreams of becoming a movie star.