Laura Summer is a skilled actress with experience in theatre, voice acting, and television. Her career began with her portrayal of Emily, an Eastland School student, on The Facts of Life in the 1983 episode Graduation. She later reprised this role in the same season's Help from Home episode. Throughout her career, she has appeared in numerous TV shows such as Night Court, She's Out of Control, and Grace Under Fire. Additionally, she had a small part in the movie Shallow Hal in 2001. As an original voice actor, Laura Summer provided the voices for Janine Melnitz on The Real Ghostbusters animated series (1986) and Patamon in the first series of Digimon.