Biography: Laurie Holden

Heather Laurie Holden (born December 17, 1972) is a Canadian-American actress. She is noted for the recurring role of Marita Covarrubias on The X-Files, co-starring with Jim Carrey in the film The Majestic, playing the police officer Cybil Bennett in the Silent Hill movie, and Amanda Dunfrey in The Mist.

Personal Life

Holden was born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, the daughter of actors Larry Holden and Adrienne Ellis, sister of actor Christopher Holden, stepdaughter of film director Michael Anderson and stepsister of actor Michael Anderson, Jr. and producer David Anderson.^[1] Her parents divorced in 1975 and Holden was raised in Canada and spent her freshman year at McGill University, then transferring to UCLA to do a BA in Theatre Arts. She has dual citizenship with the United States and Canada.

Awards and nominations

She was nominated in 1996 for a Gemini Award at the Gemini Awards/1996 Gemini Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series for Due South (1994).

Filmography

• The Martian Chronicles (3 episodes, 1980) TV mini-series .... Marie Wilder
• Separate Vacations (1986) .... Karen the Babysitter
• Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1 episode, "Gemini and Counting", 1988) .... Erin
• Physical Evidence (1989) .... Matt's Girl
• Young Catherine (1991) (TV) .... Princess Catherine Dashkova
• Father Dowling Mysteries (1 episode, "The Hardboiled Mystery", 1991) .... Joyce Morrison/Judith Carswell
• Scales of Justice (1 episode, 1993)
• Secret Service (1 episode, "Larceny Inc./Reach Out and Rob Someone/Jet Threat", 1993) .... Suki
• Family Passions (unknown episodes, 1993) .... Claire
• Destiny Ridge (unknown episodes, 1993) .... Darlene Kubolek
• TekWar: TekLab (1994) (TV) .... Rachel Tudor
• Expect No Mercy (1995) .... Vicki
• Due South (1 episode, "Letting Go", 1995) .... Jill Kennedy
• Highlander: The Series (2 episodes, "Homeland" and "Dramatic License", 1995-1996) .... Debra Campbell (archive footage (uncredited) in "Dramatic License")
• Murder, She Wrote (1 episode, "What You Don't Know Can Kill You", 1996) .... Sherri Sampson
• The Pathfinder (1996) (TV) .... Mabel Dunham
• Past Perfect (1996) .... Ally Marsey
• Poltergeist: The Legacy (1 episode, "Thirteenth Generation", 1996) .... Cora Jennings/Sarah Browning
• Two (1 episode, "Many Happy Returns", 1996) .... Madeline Reynolds
• The X-Files (10 episodes, 1996-2002) .... Marita Covarrubias
• Echo (1997) (TV) .... Scarlett Antonelli
• Alibi (1997) (TV) .... Beth Polasky
• Dead Man's Gun (segment "Fool's Gold") (1997) (TV) .... Bonnie Lorrine
• The Magnificent Seven (14 episodes, 1998-2000) .... Mary Travis
• The Man Who Used to Be Me (2000) (TV) .... Amy Ryan
• The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Breaking Point", 2000) .... Susan McLaren
• Big Sound (1 episode, "Shabbas Bloody Shabbas", 2001) .... Piper Moran
• The Majestic (2001) .... Adele Stanton
• The X-Files: Resist or Serve (2004) (VG) .... Marita Covarrubias (voice)
• Bailey's Billion$ (2005) .... Marge Maggs
• Fantastic Four (2005) .... Debbie McIlvane
• Silent Hill (2006) .... Cybil Bennett
• The Mist (2007) .... Amanda Dumfries/Dunfrey
• Meet Market (2008) .... Billy (uncredited)
• The Shield (13 episodes, 2008) .... Agent Olivia Murray

References

1. ^ Laurie Holden Biography (1972-)

External links

• Laurie Holden at the Internet Movie Database

Laurie Holden main page.