Laura Chinn

Laura Chinn (born March 24, 1986) is an actress and writer for television. She wrote and directed the feature film Suncoast (2024). Chinn also starred in and created the Pop television series Florida Girls (2019-2019).

Personal life
A native of La Crescenta-Montrose, California, Chinn is one of three children born to a Caucasian mother, Susan Peckenham, and an African-American father, Wesley James Chinn; her parents are divorced. She was raised as a Scientologist, growing up in Clearwater, Florida with her mother and Burbank, California with her father. Chinn attended Dunedin High School in Florida before dropping out at age 15. Her brother Max died of a brain tumor in 2005, at age 22.

As writer

 * Catherine & Annie (2009; short film)
 * Fairly Criminal (2010; short film)
 * Father-Son Chat with Alan Thicke (2012; short film)
 * Job Interview with Renee Zellweger (2012; short film)
 * Animal Practice (2012; 1 episode)
 * Childrens Hospital (2013; 1 episode)
 * Growing Up Fisher (2014; 2 episodes)
 * Grandfathered (2015-2016; 21 episodes)
 * Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio (2016; 10 episodes)
 * The Mick (2017-2018; 3 episodes)-also producer
 * Florida Girls (2019; creator)-also executive producer
 * Suncoast (2024; feature film)-also director