Laura is an unincorporated community in Martin County, Kentucky, Kentucky, United States. It is located at 37°43′33″N 82°26′35″W / 37.72583°N 82.44306°W / 37.72583; -82.44306 (37.7259317, -82.4429252) and at an elevation of 676 feet (206 m). The zip code is 41250.

Coordinates: 37°43′33″N 82°26′35″W / 37.72583°N 82.44306°W / 37.72583; -82.44306

Kentucky (ⁱ/kɨnˈtʌki/), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the Upper South of the United States. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the fact that bluegrass is present in many of the pastures throughout the state, because of the fertile soil. It made possible the breeding of high-quality livestock, especially thoroughbred racing horses. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park; the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States; and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River. It is also home to the highest per capita number of deer and turkey in the United States, the largest free-ranging elk herd east of Montana, and the nation's most productive coalfield. Kentucky is also known for horse racing, bourbon distilleries, bluegrass music, automobile manufacturing, tobacco and college basketball.

Laura Ashley Bell Bundy (born April 10, 1981) is an American actress and singer who has performed in a number of Broadway roles, both starring and supporting, as well as in television and film. Her best known Broadway roles are the original Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray and the original Elle Woods in the musical version of Legally Blonde. She signed to Mercury Records Nashville and released her first country music single, "Giddy On Up," in early 2010. The album's second single, "Drop on By", was released to country radio on August 9, 2010.

Bundy was born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. Her mother, Lorna Bundy-Jones, manages a Victoria's Secret. Her father, Don Bundy, is an electrical engineer. She grew up dancing at Town and Village school of Dance, in Paris, Kentucky. Her parents divorced when she was 16 years old; both have since remarried. She made her stage debut in regional theatre when she was nine years old. She graduated from Lexington Catholic High School in 1999. She got her start at Images Model Agency. Bundy was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease when she was about 18/19 years old.

Laura Bechtolsheimer (b 31 January 1985, Mainz, Germany) is a British dressage rider competing at Olympic level. 

As of 30 April 2011 the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) rank her 3rd in the world riding Mistral Hojris and 23rd on Andretti H. 

A granddaughter of the billionaire property magnate Karl-Heinz Kipp who founded the Massa chain of department stores, she was born in Mainz, Germany in 1985 to parents Wilfried, an entrepreneur and horse trainer, and Ursula.  She has three brothers, Felix, a singer with rock group Hey Negrita who battled heroin addiction and now tours prisons helping others, Goetz, and Till. 

The family moved to Ampney St Peter in Gloucestershire when she was one and she started riding aged three having been given a pony called Peacock for her birthday.  She went on to compete in Pony Club eventing and won the National Championships of Independent Schools at Stonar School aged 12.  Bechtolsheimer started to concentrate on dressage aged 13 and was selected to ride at the Pony European Championship the following season, winning a team silver medal at her first major competition.  In 2005 she became the youngest British dressage champion at age 20, riding Douglas Dorsey.  She graduated from Bristol University in 2007 with a BSc in Philosophy and Politics.  She competed in the 2008 Olympic Games on Mistral Hojris, gaining 18th place in the Individual Grand Prix Special and 6th place in the team event and was named as British Dressage's Rider of the Year.  At the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games held in Kentucky USA Bechtolsheimer surpassed her personal best scores and gained three British International Grand Prix records with Mistral Hojris getting 82.511% in the Grand Prix, 81.708% in the Grand Prix Special and 85.350% in the Grand Prix Freestyle, gaining her three silver medals, being beaten only by the celebrated Edward Gal and Moorlands Totilas. 

Laura Julyen Harper (born 22 January 1984 in Plymouth, Devon) is an international cricketer who played for the England women's cricket team. At the time of her debut, she was the youngest player to have played for England.

She made her Test cricket debut against Australia at Shenley in 2001 and last appeared against India in Delhi in 2005. In 6 Test matches she scored 182 runs at 22.75 with a best of 31 and took 11 wickets bowling off spin at 35.63 with a best of 5 for 66.

She has played 25 One Day Internationals, scoring 195 runs at 15.15 with a top score of 41 and taking 33 wickets at the excellent average of 16.3 with a best analysis of 5 for 12. She made her One-day International debut against the Netherlands in 1999 in the Women's European Championships at the age of 15 and won the player of the match award for a remarkable spell of 5 for 12. She also played in the World Cup in New Zealand in December 2000.

She earned her first international call-ups whilst studying for her GCSE examinations at Truro School and played whilst studying A-levels at Truro College, Cornwall. She played her regional cricket for Somerset women from 2001 to 2006. She played with the Braves from 2002 to 2003, the Super Strikers from 2004 to 2005 and the Emeralds in 2006 in the 'Super Fours' elite women competition. She also appeared for England under-21s Women in 2004.