Lauren Holly

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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.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

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 1993's Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, a doctor in Sydney Pollack's 1995 remake of Sabrina and as 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 had adopted 3 sons, Alexnader, George, and Henry.

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

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