Career
On 3 November 2014, Lauri was nominated to be the Minister of Finance in Taavi Rõivas"s first cabinet after minister Jürgen Ligi was forced to resign. Before her nomination, Lauri worked as the adviser for the Prime Minister. Previously she has worked as the head economist of Swedbank and for the Bank of Estonia.
Lauri was chosen to the Riigikogu in the 2015 election with 4,019 personal votes.