- Birth nameMaria Paula Lauzon
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Paula Lauzon was born Maria Paula Lauzon, in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. Her Mother is the late Maria A. Lauzon, born in Relva, Sao Miguel Island (homemaker/seamstress) and her father is the late Paul M. Lauzon, born in Fall River MA (a former U.S. Postal Worker).
Paula Lauzon's love of acting and film was instilled by her parents, Maria and Paul, whose passion for film ranged from Spaghetti Westerns to classic horror, suspense, musicals, and iconic films like Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, and King Kong.
Inspired by classic Hollywood icons Myrna Loy and Lucille Ball, Paula cut her acting teeth in community theatre, appearing in The Little Theatre of Fall River productions of Titanic: The Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Oklahoma!.
Paula honed her craft through Master Acting Classes with former Days of Our Lives star, Steve Blackwood, and continued acting in local theatre and music video, including The Portuguese Kids, 'Thrift Shop Parody'. In 2015, she made the leap to commercial work, and quickly became recognized as a diverse character actress both in film and on television shows such as A&E's Cold Case, the Oxygen True Crime Stories, and Murder Book Mystery.
A Member of the Television Academy, Paula is also judging in the upcoming Burbank International Film Festival, The Raleigh Film and Art Festival and The 47th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards for ©The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Keep up to date with Paula's career by visiting her bio page PaulaLauzon.com .- IMDb Mini Biography By: Judith Harrington McLaughlin
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Paula has a love of Cuisine from Portugal/Italy, Ireland and Jewish Cultures.
- Recently obtained her DNA Results and was surprised to learn that she is 50.4% Iberian, 16.5% Italian, 27.3% Irish, Scottish, and Welsh, 3.7% Scandinavian and Finnish 2.1%.
- Has a Tattoo on her Upper Right Arm.
- Her mother, Maria A. Lauzon, passed away at the age of 41, in January, 1984. Paula was 14.
- Her father, Paul M. Lauzon, passed away on the evening of October 31, 2018, while she was watching 'The Fly' starring Vincent Price. Vincent Price was one of his many favourite actors and the movie, of course, was a favourite of theirs.
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