Laura Robinson

Laura Robinson is a Canadian actress/ inventor/ producer and happily married mother of two. she co-invented the classic, best-selling board game "Balderdash", which has sold over twenty-five million copies worldwide. Laura launched a new game, "Identity Crisis: The Funniest Game About Famous Names", to great success in 2008. Along with well-known celebrity partners, Robinson recently sold a 1-hour prime-time television game show based on the game to a major U.S. network. It is scheduled to launch in the summer of 2011. Laura has enjoyed a successful and varied career as an actress with many roles in film and television, both in Los Angeles and Toronto. She was a regular on the long-running CBS show "Night Heat", played the title character in Lifetime Television's original detective drama "Veronica Clare", and guest-starred on many hit shows like "Cheers" and "Frasier", to name a few. In 2009, Robinson had the honor of becoming a Chicken Soup for the Soul author with the bestselling book Count Your Blessings, all about the transformational power of gratitude, and co-created an inspiring family board game of the same name. Robinson was featured in the book Women Invent, and has been a keynote speaker at numerous events. She has appeared as a guest on "Entertainment Tonight Canada", "Rogers Daytime", and "The Gill Deacon Show" on CBC TV. Laura also consults and advises inventors on the trademark/ copyright process and on creating cohesive brand strategies. She can be reached at laurarobinson@rogers.com