Laurie has been in the film business for over twenty-five years. She is Co-Founder and Co-President of Elevation Pictures, Canada's largest film distribution company, with accolades including Academy Award-winning films The Imitation Game, Moonlight, Everything Everywhere All at Once and its strong slate of Canadian films, Paw Patrol: The Movie, BlackBerry, Indian Horse, Infinity Pool. 

Prior to Elevation, Laurie was Executive Vice President at Entertainment One, She had joined Alliance as Executive Vice President before that. Laurie was the co-president and co-founder of Maple Pictures from April 2005 until the sale to Alliance.

Before founding Maple, Laurie was Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs for Lionsgate from 1997-2005, where she oversaw legal for production, distribution and corporate matters including the credit facility with JP Morgan and the acquisitions of Trimark Pictures and Artisan Entertainment. She sat on the board of directors of Lionsgate from 2005-2010. 

Laurie received her law degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, practiced corporate and entertainment law at Oslers, and was an adjunct professor of Entertainment and Sports Law at Western Law School. She was a mentor for Women in Film and Television and in 2010 was the recipient of the WIFT Outstanding Achievement Award. In June 2017 she became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and in 2023 Laurie was named one of the Most Influential Women in International Film by The Hollywood Reporter.