Actress and singer Laura Bell Bundy seems to split her creative energies between Broadway, where she has had a number of roles, and Nashville, where she is equally gifted as a country singer. Born April 10, 1981 in Lexington, Kentucky, Bundy was first drawn to dance as a child, and began working in regional theater when she was only nine years old. She starred in the off-Broadway musical Ruthless! The Musical before making her Broadway debut in Hairspray in 2002. Bundy also appeared in several films and television programs, and released a debut album, Longing for a Place Already Gone, in 2007. Her second album, Achin' and Shakin', arrived in 2010. ~ Steve Leggett