Lauren Holly
Actress Lauren Holly at a charity event in November 2007
Born	Lauren Michael Holly October 28, 1963 (1963-10-28) (age 44) Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States
Spouse(s)	Danny Quinn (1991–1993) Jim Carrey (1996–1997) Francis Greco (2001–present)

Lauren Michael Holly (born October 28, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the TV series Picket Fences and as Mary Swanson in the 1994 film Dumb & Dumber, co-starring Jim Carrey. She currently portrays NCIS Director Jenny Shepard on the TV series NCIS. is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Bristol is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Philadelphia opposite Burlington, N.J. on the Delaware River. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian-American A-list film actor and comedian. ... is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Picket Fences is a 60-minute drama which initially ran from September 18, 1992 to June 26, 1996 on the CBS television network in the United States. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Dumb & Dumber Dumb And Dumber is a comedy film starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, released in 1994. ... James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian-American A-list film actor and comedian. ... NCIS Director Jennifer Jenny Shepard is a fictional character on the TV show NCIS played by Lauren Holly. ... NCIS can refer to: Naval Criminal Investigative Service US agency that investigates crimes that occur in the United States Navy or Marines NCIS (TV series) Television show about the American NCIS National Criminal Intelligence Service British law enforcement agency This page about a 4-letter acronym or initialism is a...

Biography

Early life

Lauren Holly was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Both of her parents are educators. Her father is an English Literature professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, her mother Michael Ann Holly an eminent art historian who was a professor at the University of Rochester. Lauren was raised in upstate Geneva, New York, and is a 1981 graduate of Geneva High School, where she was a cheerleader. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1985 with a B.A. degree in English Literature. Bristol is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Philadelphia opposite Burlington, N.J. on the Delaware River. ... Hobart and William Smith Colleges, located in Geneva, New York, are together a liberal arts college. ... The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. ... Geneva is a city in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 13,617 at the 2000 census. ... Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college located in metropolitan New York City, about a thirty-minute train ride north of Manhattan. ... A B.A. issued from the University of Tennessee. ...

Career

At the age of 23, Holly joined the cast of the iconic ABC television soap opera All My Children as Julie Chandler (1986–1989). She portrayed the comic book character Betty on television's Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again in 1990. All My Children (AMC) is a popular American soap opera that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC TV network since January 5, 1970. ...

Perhaps her best known film role came as Mary Swanson, Lloyd Christmas's love interest in the 1994 Jim Carrey comedy Dumb & Dumber. She also portrayed Linda Lee Cadwell, the wife of legendary martial artist and actor Bruce Lee in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), a doctor in Sydney Pollack's remake of Sabrina (1995) and a Naval officer, Lieutenant Emily Lake, the only woman aboard a submarine, in the Kelsey Grammer comedy Down Periscope (1996). Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Dumb & Dumber Dumb And Dumber is a comedy film starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, released in 1994. ... Linda Lee Cadwell (born 21 March 1945), a. ... Bruce Lee (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎolóng; Cantonese Yale: Léih Síulùhng; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Chinese-American martial artist, philosopher, instructor, and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most influential martial artist of the 20th century and a... Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a highly fictionalized biographical film about Bruce Lee. ... Sabrina may refer to: // Goddess of the River Severn in Insular Brythonic mythology. ... Down Periscope is a 1996 comedy movie starring Kelsey Grammer as the captain of a rust-bucket submarine (called the USS Stingray) who is fighting for his career. ...

Holly starred as small-town Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in David E. Kelley's long-running TV series Picket Fences. In 2005, she joined the cast of NCIS as Director Jenny Shepard. David Edward Kelley (born April 4, 1956) is a prolific multi-Emmy award winning American writer, executive producer, and creator of the well-known television series Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, and Boston Legal. ... Picket Fences is a 60-minute drama which initially ran from September 18, 1992 to June 26, 1996 on the CBS television network in the United States. ... NCIS is a CBS network show about a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. ... NCIS Director Jennifer Jenny Shepard is a fictional character on the TV show NCIS played by Lauren Holly. ...

Filmography

• Seven Minutes in Heaven (1985) .... Lisa
• Band of the Hand (1986) .... Nikki
• The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) .... Jazz
• Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) .... Linda Lee
• Dumb & Dumber (1994) .... Mary Swanson
• Sabrina (1995) .... Elizabeth Tyson, MD
• Down Periscope (1996) .... Lt. Emily Lake, Diving Officer
• Beautiful Girls (1996) .... Darian Smalls
• A Smile Like Yours (1997) .... Jennifer Robertson
• Turbulence (1997) .... Teri Halloran
• Vig (1998) .... Marybeth
• No Looking Back (1998) .... Claudia
• Any Given Sunday (1999) .... Cindy Rooney
• Entropy (1999) .... Claire
• What Women Want (2000) .... Gigi
• The Last Producer (2000) .... Frances Chadway
• Spirited Away (2001) (voice) .... Chihiro's mother, Yuko Ogino
• Pavement (2002) .... Buckley Clarke
• Changing Hearts (2002) .... Amber Connors
• Raising Flagg (2003) .... Rachel Purdy
• In Enemy Hands (2004) .... Mrs. Rachel Travers
• Down and Derby (2004) .... Kim Davis
• The Godfather of Green Bay (2004) .... Molly
• The Chumscrubber (2005) .... Boutique Owner
• Fatwa (2005) ... Maggie Davidson
• Chasing 3000 (2008) .... Marilyn

Lauren Holly (right) with Holly Marie Combs (left) at the 1993 Emmy Awards

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Beautiful Girls (1996) is a film directed by Ted Demme and starring Matt Dillon, Uma Thurman, Mira Sorvino, Annabeth Gish, Timothy Hutton, Lauren Holly, Natalie Portman, Martha Plimpton, Michael Rapaport and Rosie ODonnell. ... The year 1997 in film involved some significant events. ... Turbulence is a 1997 film directed by Robert Butler which stars Ray Liotta and Lauren Holly. ... The year 1998 in film involved some significant events. ... No Looking Back a US dramatic film directed, written, produced and starring Edward Burns. ... Any Given Sunday is a 1999 film directed by Oliver Stone starring Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, Matthew Modine, John C. McGinley, Charlton Heston, Ann-Margret, Lauren Holly, Bill Bellamy, Lela Rochon, Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Berkley and Marty Wright. ... The year 1999 in film involved some significant events. ... 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Macy. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... Down and Derby is a 2005 film about the often, over-competitive Pinewood derby race. ... The Godfather of Green Bay is a fictional comedic movie released in 2005. ... The Chumscrubber is a 2005 dark comedy film directed by Arie Posin and written by Posin and Zac Stanford. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... Fatwa is a 2006 American drama/thriller film starring Lauren Holly. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... Chasing 3000 is a 2006 film chronicling the cross-country travel of two boys to see the 3,000 base hit of Major League Baseball legend Roberto Clemente. ... 2008 in film is expected to feature another battle of the sequels, as many properties release new installments, including: Ace Ventura Jr. ... 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Television

• Love Lives On (1985) .... Tracy
• All My Children TV Series .... Julie Rand Chandler (#2) (1986-1989)
• Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990) .... Betty Cooper
• The Antagonists (1991) TV Series .... Kate Ward
• Picket Fences TV Series .... Maxine Stewart (1992–1996)
• Fugitive Among Us (1992) .... Suzie Bryant
• Dangerous Heart (1994) .... Carol
• Chicago Hope TV Series .... Dr. Jeremy Hanlon (1999–2000)
• Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (2001) (mini) TV Series .... Ethel Kennedy
• Santa, Jr. (2002) .... Susan Flynn
• King of Texas (2002) .... Mrs. Rebecca Lear Highsmith
• Caught in the Act (2004) .... Jodie Colter
• Just Desserts (2004) .... Grace Carpenter
• NCIS (2005–Present) ...Director Jenny Shepard

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External links

• Lauren Holly at the Internet Movie Database
• Ask Men Profile