Laura Howard (born as Laura Simmons; 1977 in Chiswick, London) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Cully Barnaby in the long-running British crime-mystery police procedural Midsomer Murders.
Howard's first major role came in 1992, playing the teenage daughter Tammy Rokeby in the BBC comedy series So Haunt Me. She went on to play Cully Barnaby, the daughter of John Nettles' character Tom, in Midsomer Murders from 1997 to 2011. Howard has also had a starring role in the Jack Rosenthal drama Interview Day and its sequel Cold Enough For Snow. Her other UK television credits include Soldier Soldier, The Bill, Doctors and Casualty.
Howard has appeared in numerous UK theatre productions, including the premiere of Life of Riley by Alan Ayckbourn. In June 2012, she appeared in Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests at the Liverpool Playhouse. In 2014, she starred in Invincible by Torben Betts at the Orange Tree Theatre and then its transfer to the St James's Theatre, London. In 2016, she appeared in two plays as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's "Making Mischief" Season.