Laura Osnes was born November 19, 1985 in Burnsville, Minnesota, and raised in Eagan, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul. She is the daughter of Russell Osnes and Jane Raduechel Osnes Clark. Laura's step-father is Donald Clark. Her first acting performance was in the second grade, where she played a munchkin in The Wizard of Oz. She attended Eagan High School, and then the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for one year where she majored in Musical Theatre and appeared in Fiddler on the Roof and Seussical the Musical.

In 2005–2006 she returned to Minneapolis to be a performing apprentice at the Children's Theater Company, performing in Working, Aladdin Jr., Prom, and Pippi Longstocking. In 2006, she choreographed and starred in Peter Pan in Eagan community theatre. She also played the lead of Sandy in Chanhassen Dinner Theatre's production of Grease, but her run was cut short when she was chosen to compete in the nationally televised Broadway talent competition Grease: You're the One that I Want!.

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