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A striking and intelligent leading lady, Lauren Holly found success as an actress in both television and... (Learn more)

Top Projects: Chicago Hope, NCIS, Caught in the Act (View All)

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Lauren Holly’s Milestones
Formed Hollycould Productions
Grew up in Geneva, New York
Portrayed sheriff's deputy Maxine 'Max' Stewart on the CBS drama series "Picket Fences"; initial TV collaboration with David E Kelley
1986 Feature acting debut, "Band of the Hand"; appeared opposite first husband Daniele Quinn
1986 - 1989 Portrayed teen heroine Julie Chandler on the ABC daytime soap, "All My Children"
1986 TV acting debut, a guest appearance in an episode of "Spenser: For Hire"
1989 Had recurring role on the NBC sitcom "My Two Dads"
1990 Had female lead opposite Andrew Dice Clay in "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane"
1990 TV-movie debut, as Betty in "Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again" (NBC)
1991 Co-starred in the short-lived series, "The Antagonists" (CBS)
1993 First feature lead role, "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story"; played Lee's wife Linda
1994 Acted with future husband Jim Carrey in "Dumb and Dumber"
1995 Played Greg Kinnear's fiance in "Sabrina"
1996 Acted in Ted Demme's "Beautiful Girls"
1997 Reteamed with Kinnear for the romantic comedy "A Smile Like Yours"
1998 Starred opposite Ed Burns in Burns' "No Looking Back"
1999 Appeared with Peter Falk and Timothy Hutton in "VIG"; film premiered on Cinemax
1999 Had role alongside Stephen Dorff in Phil Joanou's autobiographical "Entropy"; released direct-to-video in 2000
1999 Played Dennis Quaid's wife in "Any Given Sunday", directed by Oliver Stone
1999 Returned to series TV playing a plastic surgeon on "Chicago Hope", overseen by David E Kelley
2000 Cast as an aspiring actress in "The Last Producer"; screened at Cannes; aired on USA Network in 2001
2005 Co-starred in Arie Posin's ensemble "The Chumscrubber," a darkly satiric story about life crumbling in the midst of a seemingly idyllic suburbia
2005 Joined the cast of "NCIS," (CBS) as Jenny Shepard, the head of the NCIS unit
2007 Cast opposite Alan Arkin in director Neal Miller's character-driven comedy drama, "Raising Flagg"

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Born

October, 28 1963 in Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA

Education

  • Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York: roommate was actress Robin Givens
  • London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, London, England:

Professions

actor

Lauren Holly's Top Projects