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Laura Harring (born Laura Elena Martínez Herring on March 3 1964 in Los Mochis , Sinaloa ) is a Mexican American Actress and former Miss USA (1985). Harring lived the first ten years of her life in Mexico , before her family relocated to San Antonio, Texas . At age 16 she convinced her family to let her study in Switzerland at one of the top schools, Aiglon College. She eventually returned to America, settling down in El Paso, Texas and entered the world of Beauty Pageant s. She won the title of Miss El Paso, and soon after, Miss Texas USA - the first of the ' Texas Aces '. In 1985 she became the first Hispanic to ever win the Miss USA crown. She spent the next year traveling through Asia, exploring Europe and working as a social worker in India . It was in Europe that she was introduced to the world of nobility and, in 1987, she married Count Carl-Eduard von Bismarck-Schönhausen. While she retains the title of Countess von Bismark-Schönhausen, the couple decided to divorce in 1989 , but still remain friends to this day. Harring studied theatre at the London Academy of Performing Arts and is skilled in the French style of Commedia Dell'arte , as well as in most of the Latin dances, including the Argentine Tango . She is best known her performance in David Lynch 's '' Mulholland Drive '' ( 2001 ), opposite Naomi Watts . Controversy arose when Lynch blurred one of Harring's nude scenes on the DVD release of the film, the only film in which she has appeared nude. In 2003 she starred in ''Mi Casa, Su Casa'' together with Barbara Eden of '' I Dream Of Jeannie '' fame. In 2006 , she joined the cast of the FX Networks crime drama, '' The Shield ''. Her performance on the show earned her a "Jeer" from '' TV Guide '' before her first episode aired. Films
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