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Laura Prepon (born March 7, 1980) is an American actress, best known for her role as Donna Pinciotti in the long-running Fox situation comedy That '70s Show, for all eight seasons. She is also known for the role of Hannah Daniels on the ABC drama October Road. She has voiced characters in animated TV series such as American Dad! and King of the Hill, as well as a character in the video game Halo 2.

This book is your ultimate resource for Laura Prepon. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Laura Prepon, That '70s Show, Slackers (film), Lightning Bug (film), King of the Hill, Romancing the Bride, E! Hollywood Hold'em, Come Early Morning, Karla (film), October Road, The Chosen One (2007 film), How I Met Your Mother, Medium (TV series), Private Lives (House), Celebrity Ghost Stories, Love Bites (TV series), Are You There, Chelsea?

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Publié par	Emereo Publishing
Date de parution	24 octobre 2012
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Articles Laura Prepon That '70s Show Slackers (film) Lightning Bug (film) King of the Hill Romancing the Bride E! Hollywood Hold'em Come Early Morning Karla (film) October Road The Chosen One (2007 film) How I Met Your Mother Medium (TV series) Private Lives (House) Celebrity Ghost Stories Love Bites (TV series) Are You There, Chelsea?

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Laura Prepon

Born

Occupation

Years active

Partner

Laura Prepon

Laura Prepon, 2008

March 7, 1980 Watchung, New Jersey, U.S.

Actress, model, film producer

1995–present

Chris Masterson (1999-2007)

Laura Prepon(pronounced/lɒrəpriːpɔːn/; born March 7, 1980) is an American actress, best known for her role as Donna Pinciotti in the long-running Fox situation comedyThat '70s Show, for all eight seasons. She is also known for the role of Hannah Daniels on the ABC dramaOctober Road. She has voiced characters in animated TV series such asAmerican Dad!andKing of the Hill, as well as a character in the video gameHalo 2.

Following her work onThat '70s Show, Prepon worked mainly in television, guest-starring in episodes ofHow I Met Your Mother,Medium, andCastle. In 2011, Prepon began filming the comedy seriesAre You There, Chelsea?, based on Chelsea Handler's 2008 bookAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea. Prepon plays Chelsea in the series, which is scheduled to debut January 11, 2012.

Early life [1] Prepon was born in Watchung, New Jersey, the daughter of Marjorie, a high school teacher, and Michael, an [2] orthopedic surgeon. Prepon's father died during heart surgery in 1993 at age 49; Prepon was 13 years old at the [3] time. Prepon is the youngest of five children. She attended Watchung Hills Regional High School. She studied at [4] Caroline Thomas' Total Theater Lab in New York City. Her father was of Russian Jewish descent and her mother [5] is of Irish Catholic background.

Laura Prepon

Career

1995–2005 [] Prepon appeared in such plays asA Woman of PropertyandAscension DayIn 1996, shewhile in New York. [6] studied drama with acting teacher Caroline Thomas at Thomas' Total Theatre Lab. Also in 1996, she appeared in the Sneaker Pimps music video for the song "6 Underground". Later, in September 1997, she premiered on a Levi [7] Strauss-developed show calledThey Go OnPrepon has also worked as a model and, an Internet-based soap opera. [5] has done photo shoots in Paris, Milan, and Brazil. During her hiatus fromThat '70s Show, Prepon worked on the independent filmThe Pornographer: A Love Story. The film tells the story of an obsessive relationship between a director and an actress. She was also in the film [8] Slackers, which is about two best friends trying to scam their way through college that eventually get caught. She [9] was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in 2002 for her role inThat '70s Show2001 she got her first chance to. In get in front of a movie camera in the independent filmSouthlander, a comedy/music film by Steve Hanft starring [10] Beck, Beth Orton and Hank Williams III, in which she played a young TV telepathic named Seven=Five. She was a presenter at many different award shows including, Second Annual TV Guide Awards, in 2000, the 2000 [11] Teen Choice Awards, and the 28th AnnualAmerican Music Awardsin 2001. She has graced the cover ofMaxim twice—once with red hair and once with her hair dyed blonde—and has done a TV advertisement for Gap [12] clothing, although it was never aired. Prepon was named one ofStuffmagazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The [13] World" in 2002 and one ofMaximPrepon also had a cameo voice appearance as amagazine's "Hot 100" in 2005. [12] United Nations Space Command marine inHalo 2Her first notable role came in, which was released in 2004. 2004, with the dark dramaLightning Bugwhich also starred Bret Harrison, Kevin Gage, and Ashley Laurence. [14] Branching into other arenas than acting, Prepon also served as executive producer of the film. She has been a guest onLate Night with Conan O'Brienin 2003 and 2004, andLast Call with Carson Dalyin 2003 [11] and 2005. She also appeared on a episode ofMTV's Cribsin 2003.

That '70s Show Prepon is best known for her starring role as Donna Pinciotti on the Fox television seriesThat '70s Show, from 1998 to 2006.That '70s Showis essentially about six friends, Eric Forman (Topher Grace), Michael Kelso (Ashton Kutcher), Steven Hyde (Danny Masterson), Fez (Wilmer Valderrama), Jackie Burkhart (Mila Kunis), and Donna, who are constantly getting into precarious situations and are always hanging out in Eric's basement. Donna was Eric's girlfriend and next door neighbor.

2005–2010 [15] Prepon was an executive producer ofE! Hollywood Hold'em In 2005, Prepon starred in the movieKarla, the true story of Paul Bernardo and his wife Karla Homolka–a couple who kidnapped, sexually abused and murdered three young girls–this was in contrast to her usual lighthearted [] roles. Prepon was a cast member of the ABC showOctober Road, which debuted March 15, 2007. The show was canceled by ABC on May 12, 2008, despite strong ratings and a grassroots campaign from the show's fanbase to keep the show alive. In April 2007, she starred in a short film,Once Upon a Time. She has also appeared in the Oxygen movie,Romancing the Bride. She also was the original voice for Hayley Smith onAmerican Dad!and [16] voiced her in an unaired pilot. She appeared as Lauren, Mary's long lost sister, on USA network'sIn Plain Sight [17] in the episode "A Frond in Need." On February 5, 2010, it was announced that Prepon signed on forAwkward [18] Situations For MenIn 2009 Prepon appeared in How I Met Your Mother as Karen, one of Ted's, a pilot on ABC. girlfriends, in the episode "Sorry, Bro." She was also in episodes "The Front Porch" in 2009, and "Say Cheese" in [19] 2010.

Season 3, episode 11 "Nikki Heat"

Episode: "Private Lives"

2011–present In early 2011, Prepon was on an episode ofCastle, playing an actress studying for the role of Nikki Heat, a character [20] created by Castle. Prepon has been cast as main character Chelsea Newman onAre You There, Chelsea?, based [21] on Chelsea Handler's 2008 bookAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea.

Episode 9 - Laura Prepon, Vince Neil, Connie Stevens, Haylie Duff

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Notes

Role

Frankie

Herself

Natalie Rhodes/Nikki Heat

[10] They Go On

Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician

Slackers

Reanna

Guest star as self-defense instructor (season 6)

Commercial

[27] Celebrity Ghost Stories

Television series

Title

Karen

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The Pornographer: A Love Story

2002

1998–2006That '70s Show

2001

1997

(Executive Producer)

Kim

Donna Pinciotti

Chloe

Seven Equals Five

2008

2009

2007–2008October Road

2009

Hayley Smith (Voice)

Karla Homolka

Television series

2010

2011

episode "Talking Shop"

2010

Laura Prepon

House

Castle

The Chosen One

Television series

Personal life [22] Her nicknames are "Pre," which is short for Prepon, and "Snaps." In a December 2007 interview inWomen's [23] Health, Prepon stated that she was a Scientologist.

Short film

TV Series

How I Met Your Mother

Lightning Bug

Come Early Morning

[24] Driven

2002

2005

[26] E! Hollywood Hold'em

Romancing the Bride

[25] American Dad

2005

2004

King of the Hill

2005

2006

2004

Karla

2004

2006

Television series, three episodes - "Sorry, Bro", "The Front Porch" and "Say Cheese"

1995

MCI Commercial

Filmography

Film and television

Unaired pilot

Once Upon a Time

Hannah Daniels

Rachel Cruz

The Witch

Angevin Duvet

N/A

Television series - "A Frond in Need," strong possibility for future episodes

Herself

April

2007

Internet-based soap opera

Melissa

Television series

Medium

Lauren

In Plain Sight

2010

Laura Prepon

2011

2012

Love Bites

Iris Johansen's The Killing Game

Are You There, Chelsea?

References

Alex

Eve Duncan

Chelsea Newman

Season 1, episode 3 "Keep on Truckin"

Lifetime Network movie

Television series

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That '70s Show

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That '70s Show

Series intertitle Period sitcom

Bonnie Turner Terry Turner Mark Brazill

David Trainer

Topher Grace Mila Kunis Ashton Kutcher Danny Masterson Laura Prepon Wilmer Valderrama Debra Jo Rupp Kurtwood Smith Tanya Roberts Don Stark Lisa Robin Kelly Tommy Chong Josh Meyers

Alex Chilton Chris Bell

"That '70s Song" performed by Todd Griffin (season 1) Cheap Trick (season 2–8) & Ben Vaughn

United States

English

200 (List of episodes)

Production

Caryn Mandabach

Point Place, Wisconsin

That '70s Show

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Original run

Related shows

22 minutes

Carsey-Werner Productions

Fox

Stereo

Broadcast

August 23, 1998–May 18, 2006

Chronology

That '80s Show Days Like These'

That '70s Showis an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living [1] in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979. It debuted on the Fox television network, first airing on August 23, 1998, running for eight consecutive seasons, and concluding with the 200th episode on May 18, 2006.

The main teenage cast members were Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson, Laura Prepon, and Wilmer Valderrama. The main adult cast members were Debra Jo Rupp, Kurtwood Smith, Don Stark and, during the first three seasons, Tanya Roberts.

Cast

Kids Topher Grace as Eric Forman (seasons 1–7; guest star, season 8):Eric is a nice guy, generally geeky, physically slight, and somewhat clumsy. He is a smart-aleck with a fast wit and a deadpan sense of humor. He convinces his parents to let his best friend Hyde move in with them, making Hyde like a brother. His father, Red, is always hard on him. Eric is in a relationship with his longtime love and neighbor Donna Pinciotti. He decides to become a teacher after high school, and he leaves the series at the end of the seventh season to teach in Africa. Although mentioned in every episode, he does not appear during the final season until the end of the series finale. Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart:The youngest member of the group, Jackie starts the series as the pretty, rich, spoiled, selfish, conceited, and annoying immature girl. She likes to give thoughtless and superficial advice, which occasionally turns out to be correct. As the series progresses, she strays from her self-centered ways and becomes sweeter. Partly as a result of these changes, she and Donna become better friends. By the end of the series, Jackie has dated most of the males in the group: Kelso, Hyde, and Fez.

Ashton Kutcher as Michael Kelso (seasons 1–7; recurring, season 8):The dim-witted pretty boy of the group who wants to coast through life on his good looks. He spends the first half of the series in a relationship with the equally vapid Jackie. His best friend is Fez. He fathers a baby girl named Betsy during the seventh season. He attempts to become a police officer but gets kicked out of the police academy because he does just about everything wrong. He gets a job as a security guard at a Playboy Club in Chicago, and he leaves the series during the eighth and final season. He only appears in five episodes during season eight, including the series finale.

Danny Masterson as Steven Hyde:Eric's best friend and the anti-establishment member of the group. By the end of season one, the Formans allow Hyde to move in after he was abandoned by his mother, making him a foster brother to Eric. Hyde has a witty, blunt, and sarcastic sense of humor. Although rebellious, he is also smart, and the other group members often ask for his advice. Although Hyde dates Jackie for three seasons, in the final season he marries an exotic dancer named Samantha. Hyde later discovers Samantha was still married when she married him. As Donna points out in "My Fairy King", that means Hyde and Samantha are not legally married. In the seventh season, Hyde meets his biological father (William Barnett, played by Tim Reid), a wealthy African-American businessman

That '70s Show

(making Hyde, who was presumed to be Caucasian, biracial). Barnett, who owns a chain of record stores, makes Hyde first the manager, and later the owner, of the Point Place store. Laura Prepon as Donna Pinciotti:Eric's longtime girlfriend (and briefly fiancbe). Donna is intelligent, good-looking, and a feminist. Although she doesn't agree with what Jackie stands for in the beginning of the series, they soon become good friends. Donna is in a relationship with Eric for seven seasons (despite their break-up during season 4). She has two brief romances with Casey, Michael's brother, and with Randy during the final season and quickly ends it. She rekindles her relationship with Eric at the end of the show's finale. Wilmer Valderrama as Fez:The foreign exchange student of the group whose hormones seem to be out of control. His secret country of origin is one of the longest-running gags on the show. He is sweet, friendly, perverted, gullible, and rather odd. He enjoys eating candy, drinking beer, and looking at pornography. His best friend is Kelso, and he shares a "younger brother" type relationship with Hyde and Eric. He constantly flirts with Jackie and Donna and often makes romantic advances towards them. Initially, he has a lot of trouble getting attention from girls but during the eighth season he becomes a ladies' man. He has been in love with Jackie throughout the series, but his love was never reciprocated until the eighth season when they become a couple. Lisa Robin Kelly as Laurie Forman (seasons 2–3; recurring, seasons 1 and 5):Eric's beautiful but evil older sister. Laurie enjoys tormenting Eric and manipulating her parents. She is very promiscuous, often seen with different men, mainly Eric's friend Kelso, who cheats on his girlfriend, Jackie. Eric, Hyde, and Donna often mock her promiscuity. She also has a strained relationship with her mother who thinks of her as a free-loader. She leaves the series during the third season but returns in a recurring role during the fifth. In season five, she and Fez marry to prevent him from getting deported. In season six, she is portrayed by a different actress, Christina Moore. Josh Meyers as Randy Pearson (season 8):The newest member of the group who is introduced in season eight. Randy appears laid back, gentle, polite, and a ladies' man, although later many of his flaws surface. He forms a friendship with Red after showing him how good he is at fixing things. Hyde, Jackie, Donna, and Kelso accept him as a new member of their group, but Fez does not. Randy dates Donna for the majority of season eight, but she eventually breaks up with him.

Adults Debra Jo Rupp as Kitty Forman:Red's wife, Eric's and Laurie's mother, and Hyde's adopted mother. Kitty is a cheerful, doting mother, but can also be assertive when pushed. Despite being a nurse, she is a smoker and drinks a lot. Her major mood swings are usually attributed to menopause. She is also a good mother figure to Eric's friends. Kurtwood Smith as Red Forman:Kitty's husband, Eric's and Laurie's father, and Hyde's adopted father. Red is a Navy combat veteran, having served in World War II and the Korean War. Despite his mean exterior, Red occasionally displays a soft side. His hobbies include working with his power tools, drinking beer, watching television, reading the newspaper, hunting, and fishing. Tanya Roberts as Midge Pinciotti (seasons 1–3; recurring, seasons 6–7; guest star, season 8):Bob's wife, Donna's mother, and Kitty's best friend. Midge was the sexy neighborhood mom Eric and his male friends fantasized about when coming of age. Although often dim-witted, she is also a kind-hearted woman who develops feminist ideals. She and Bob divorce when she is written out of the series after the third season. She returns during the sixth and seventh seasons in a recurring role where she and Bob almost reunite. Don Stark as Bob Pinciotti:Midge's husband, Donna's father. Bob often brags about his service in the National Guard, which invariably irritates Red. Bob is also known for walking around his house with his robe wide open and no underwear. He eats constantly, even in bed. Bob is almost always in a good mood and is a ladies' man. His best friend is Red, even though Red sees him as a nuisance. He usually takes the brunt of Red's abuse in a jolly manner. Tommy Chong as Leo Chingkwake (seasons 4, 8; recurring, seasons 2–3, 7):A hippie, and the owner of a Foto Hut at which Hyde once worked. Leo often puts play before work and maintains an easy-going attitude in most