Laura Tesoro is a Belgian singer and actress. She represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song What's the Pressure. She is also known for portraying Charlotte on the Flemish soap opera Familie, and placing second on season three of The Voice van Vlaanderen.
Dubbing[]
- 2016 - Trolls - Poppy
- 2016 - Moana - Moana
- 2017 - The Emoji Movie - Jailbreak
- 2018 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Gwen Stacy
- 2023 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Gwen Stacy
Biography[]
Tesoro was born on 19 August 1996 in Antwerp to an Italian father and a Belgian mother. She had her first acting role in the Flemish crime drama Witse as Evy Cuypers in 2008, and went on to perform in musicals such as Annie and Domino. She performed at Ketnetpop in 2009. From 2012 to 2014, she appeared as Charlotte in Familie, a love interest to Guido. In 2014 she appeared in season three of The Voice van Vlaanderen, where she ended up as the runner-up. Throughout her time on the show, she was a member of Team Koen. She released her debut single Outta Here the same year, which peaked at number 23 on the Belgian Flemish Singles Chart.
In 2015, she released her second single Funky Love. In November 2015, Tesoro was announced as one of the five participants of Eurosong 2016. In the first show, she covered the song Düm Tek Tek by Hadise, which represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. In the second show she revealed her Eurovision candidate song What's the Pressure, and received the highest televoting score. In the final on 17 January 2016, she was declared the winner after placing first with both the Belgian public and international juries. She represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, where she placed tenth in the final.
On 28 April 2017, she released the single Higher, the song peaked at number 21 on the Flemish Singles Chart.