Laurel Whitsett – American actress, with no publicly recorded birthplace or birthday. Graduated from the University of San Diego in 1990 with a B.A. in Dramatic Arts and holds an M.A. in Theater, Texts, and Performance Studies from King's College London. A three-time award-winning stage actress, she has been active on screen since 1992 and is currently based in the Fort Worth, Texas area, where she remains active in local theatre.

Her most notable film roles include Sheriff Terri Frankel in Splinter (2008), Librarian in Super (2010), School Aide in Premonition (2007), Miss Bruce in The Gray Man (2007), Nurse in Brotherhood (2010), Shelly in The Overbrook Brothers (2009), and Mary in Pale Blue Moon (2002). On television she is best known for her recurring roles as Jasmine Keefe / Pathologist in Walker, Texas Ranger (1998–2001, 4 episodes) and Nancy Chadway in Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005), as well as Sarah Carson in Not Like Everyone Else (2006), Coach Zash in Queen Sized (2008), and Dr. T's Patient in Dr. T & the Women (2000). She also appeared in Chaplin (1992, uncredited).