Laura Marie Marano Born November 29 1995 Is An American Actress And Singer. She Starred In The Disney Channel Series Austin & Ally As Ally Dawson. Marano Was One Of The Five Original Classmates In Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?. She Starred In Without A Trace For Three Seasons And Also Back To You In Both Instances Playing The Daughter Of The Main Characters. Marano Starred In The Indie Film A Sort Of Homecoming. Marano Also Starred In The 2015 Disney Channel Original Movie Bad Hair Day Along With Good Luck Charlie Actress Leigh-Allyn Baker. In 2015 She Signed With Big Machine Records And Released Her Debut Single "Boombox" On March 11 2016 And "La La" Later That Year. On October 5 2018 Laura Marano Released The Single Me As An Independent Artist. Laura Is The Younger Sister Of Actress Vanessa Marano Who Starred In Freeform's Switched At Birth.