Laura Wheelwright

Laura Wheelwright (born 10 September 1990) is an Australian actress best known for her role in the 2010 feature film Animal Kingdom.¹

Wheelwright studied acting at Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in 2009,² before going on to study at Melbourne's 16th Street Acting Studio.³⁴ She has since studied at Howard Fine Acting Studio in Los Angeles in 2016 and 2017.²

Wheelwright's first major acting credit was in 2010 Australian crime film Animal Kingdom, alongside Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton and Guy Pearce, in which she played the role of Nicky Henry.⁵ She was 18 years old and midway through her acting course when she received the part and following the completion of the film, she continued her acting studies.³⁴ She was nominated for Best Performing Actress at the 2010 AFI Awards for the role.⁵

Wheelwright went on to play the female supporting lead in the 2012 Network Ten docudrama Underground: The Julian Assange Story for which she received an AACTA nomination for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama.⁶ She won the Best Female Actor Award at the 2013 Tropfest short film festival for her part in the winning film We've All Been There.⁷⁸

Wheelwright played a Canadian tourist in season 2 of the horror television series Wolf Creek.⁹ She has also had guest roles in Winners & Losers, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries, Get Krack!n and Informer 3838.²

In 2018, Wheelwright wrote, produced and starred in short film Happy Memories. She also produced and had the lead role in short film The Body, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2025.²