Well, Caity Lotz has her detractors as well, so as always there are conflicting opinions about an actors' acting skills. Here are a few samples:

Hey, you're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine. If you want to hear my opinion, I don't think that "Team "Arrow" is the "the heart of the show". Oliver is the heart of the show, and Oliver and Diggle in the "Arrowcave" in S1 worked very well for me. The way I see it the only indispensable character in…

I would say that it is too early to say whether there is nothing for Laurel's character or not. It is up to the writers to give Laurel a meaningful storyline and so far in they haven't managed to do that in season two. Katie Cassidy is a competent actress, IMHO more competent and experienced than "fan favourite" Emily…