Laurel Griggs

Laurel Clair Griggs (June 28, 2006 – November 5, 2019) was an American child actress, primarily acting in Broadway theatre, and also appearing in films and on television, including two appearances in Saturday Night Live sketches and a small part in the Woody Allen film Café Society.

Her first appearance on Broadway was at the age of six as the character Polly in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She played the character Ivanka in the musical Once for a record-setting seventeen-month stint between 2013 and 2015. Her Broadway career was reported to have encompassed over a thousand performances. She also appeared on episodes of the TV series Louie and Bubble Guppies.

Griggs died of a massive asthma attack on November 5, 2019, at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital. She was 13 years old. Griggs was Jewish. She is buried at New Montefiore Cemetery.