1. Heather Laurie Holden was born on December 17,1969 and is an American-Canadian actress, producer, model, and human rights activist.
21 Facts About Laurie Holden
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Laurie Holden is best known for her portrayals as Marita Covarrubias in The X-Files, Andrea Harrison in AMC's The Walking Dead, and Amanda Dumfries in The Mist.
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Laurie Holden received her first film role when she was a young child.
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Laurie Holden attended McGill University, where she studied economics and political science.
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Laurie Holden transferred to University of California, Los Angeles and received a degree in theater and film in 1993.
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Laurie Holden then pursued a master's degree in human rights at Columbia University.
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Early in her career, Laurie Holden made a name for herself by co-starring opposite Burt Reynolds in Physical Evidence, Vanessa Redgrave in Young Catherine, and William Shatner in the TV Movie TekWar: TekLab.
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Laurie Holden played Mabel Dunham in the TV Movie The Pathfinder.
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Laurie Holden had a supporting role, as Mary Travis, opposite Michael Biehn and Ron Perlman, in the CBS TV series based on the MGM classic, The Magnificent Seven and a role as Debra Campbell on Highlander: The Series.
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Laurie Holden co-starred alongside Dean Cain, Jennifer Tilly, and Tim Curry in the Canadian comedy Bailey's Billion$.
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Laurie Holden played Adele Pinchelow, the main antagonist of the Farrelly brothers comedy.
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In 2017, Laurie Holden joins the cast of The Americans in the fifth season, when she plays Renee.
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Laurie Holden was cast in indie thriller Pyewacket, a movie directed by Adam MacDonald.
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In 2018, Laurie Holden appeared in the crime thriller Dragged Across Concrete, starring Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn.
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Laurie Holden joined the cast of American legal drama television series Proven Innocent, where she plays Greta Bellows.
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Laurie Holden is a founding board member of the Canadian Somaly Mam Foundation, which campaigns against human trafficking, and an advisory board member of the Somaly Mam Foundation in the US.
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Laurie Holden was named as one of the top 100 Most Creative People in Hollywood in Entertainment Weekly's It List and One of Ten Actors to Watch by Variety.
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Laurie Holden won "The Look of The Year" Elite model search in Toronto and was nominated in 1996 for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series for Due South.
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Laurie Holden is named as one of "Ten Actors To Watch" by Variety in 2002.
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Laurie Holden was nominated in 2011 for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Television for the series The Walking Dead.
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In 2013, Laurie Holden won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work on The Walking Dead.