Lora Dailey

Lora Dailey is an actor based in Los Angeles. Notably, she played a leading role along with Danny Trejo in the Zephyr Bones' music video "The Arrow of Our Youth." The film garnered international acclaim, including being named one of the Top 20 Music Videos of 2018 by Spanish music publication Binaural. She is also a series regular on the Dungeons & Dragons show "Fables of Refuge," a long-form fantasy improv experience. After premiering the first episode, the show gained over 50,000 subscribers on YouTube, and continues to grow. Dailey has also appeared in several commercials, and has traveled to locations such as Tel Aviv, Israel and Riga, Latvia to shoot commercials for high-profile clients. She collaborated with the famed art photographer Buck Ellison to create two portraits in his series "Tender Option." The photographs have since been featured in W Magazine and Aperture, and displayed at The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and several museums in Europe. Authority Magazine calls Lora Dailey a "Rising Star," and VoyageLA Magazine refers to her as a "Trailblazer" for advocating for female representation in film. Born as Lora Hakanson in St. Louis, Missouri, she began her professional training at Missouri State University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting. She also studied Shakespeare Performance at the Theatre Academy London, and trained in combat for screen and stage at Rapier Wit in Toronto. Since taking up residence in Los Angeles, she has been working regularly and continuing her improv training with The Groundlings and The Second City.