Lauren Holly
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
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–present
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 Maxine Stewart in the TV series Picket Fences, as Mary Swanson in the 1994 film Dumb & Dumber, and her relationship with Canadian actor Jim Carrey. She also portrayed Jenny Shepard on the TV series NCIS from 2005 until 2008.

Biography

Early life

Lauren Holly was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania. 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.

Career

At age 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.

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 martial artist and actor Bruce Lee, in 1993's Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story; a doctor in Sydney Pollack's 1995 remake of Sabrina; and Lieutenant Emily Lake, the only woman aboard a submarine, in the 1996 Kelsey Grammer comedy Down Periscope.

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.

In March 2001, she married investment banker Francis Greco and has adopted 3 sons, Alexander, George, and Henry.

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
• The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009) .... Liza Genson

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

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 (2005–2008) ...Director Jenny Shepard

References

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Notes

External links

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