Laura Harring is a Mexican-American actress and former Miss USA . She is known for her role as Rita in Mulholland Drive. She was born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. Her mother, María Elena Cairo, is a spiritual teacher, real estate investor, and secretary. Her father, Raymond Herring, was a developer and organic farmer of Austrian-German descent. The two divorced in 1971. Harring lived the first ten years of her life in Mexico, before her family relocated to San Antonio, Texas. Caught by stray fire from a driveby shooting at age 12, Harring suffered a head wound from a .45 bullet. At... age 16, she convinced her family to let her study in Switzerland at Aiglon College. She eventually returned to America, settling down in El Paso, Texas and entered the world of beauty pageants. She won the title of Miss El Paso USA, and soon after, Miss Texas USA. Harring spent the next year traveling through Asia, exploring Europe and working as a social worker in India. In 1987, she married Count Carl-Eduard von Bismarck-Schönhausen, great-great-grandson of Otto von Bismarck.
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| Birthdate: | March 3, 1964 |
| Birthplace: | Los Mochis |
| Age: | 48 |
| Height: | 5' 6" |
| Education: | Aiglon College |
| Also known as: | Laura Elena Herring, Laura Elena Herring Martínez, Laura Elena Harring |