Profile: Laurie Holden
Born: December 17, 1972, Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 5' 6"
Occupation: Actress
Nationality: Canadian/American (dual citizenship)
Currently Resides: Los Angeles, Ca
Education: Attended Montreal's McGill University and studied economics/political science. She then transferred to UCLA to study in film and theatre.
Fact: Laurie won the "Look of the Year" modeling pagent in Toronto as a teenager
Biography: Laurie Holden
Laurie holds dual citizenship in both the United States and Canada. Daughter of Hollywood character actor Larry Holden and stage and film actress Adrianne Ellis, Laurie received her first film role when she was a young child. While on the set visiting her step-father, director Michael Anderson, a child actress hired to play Rock Hudson?s daughter in The Martian Chronicles never made it and Laurie filled in. ?All of a sudden, I?m Rock Hudson?s daughter.?
As a teenager, Laurie won The Look of the Year modeling contest in Toronto. However, she set her sights on acting and attended UCLA to pursue this goal and took acting classes from the late Robert Reed of Brady Bunch fame. She also won the prestigious Natalie Wood Acting award.
Laurie has appeared in various TV shows including Highlander, Murder She Wrote, and Due South for which she was nominated for a Gemini Award (the Canadian equivalent to an Emmy) as best guest star in 1996. Her most visible roles are as Marita Covarrubias on The X-Files, Special Agent Fox Mulder's latest informant and feisty frontier woman Mary Travis on The Magnificent Seven.
Recently, Laurie has appeared in The Majestic as Jim Carrey's love interest.
Filmography:
The Majestic (2001)--Adele Stanton
The sMan Who Used to Be Me (2000) (TV)--Amy Ryan
Echo (1998) (TV)--Scarlett
Past Perfect (1998)--Ally Marsey
The Magnificent Seven (1998) TV Series--Mary Travis
Inside the X Files (1997) (TV)--Marita Covarrubias/Herself
Dead Man's Gun (1997) (TV)--Bonnie Lorrine (segment "Fool's Gold")
The Alibi (1997) (TV)--Bet
The Pathfinder (1996) (TV)--Mabel Dunham
Expect No Mercy (1995)--Vicki
Destiny Ridge (1994) TV Series--Darlene Kubolek
TekWar: TekLab (1994) (TV)--Rachel Tudor
Family Passions (1993) TV Series--Claire
Young Catherine (1991) (TV)--Princess Deshkova
Scales of Justice (1990) TV Series
Physical Evidence (1989)--Matt's Girl
Separate Vacations (1986)--Karen
The Martian Chronicles (1979) (mini) TV Series--Marie Wilder