Laurie Holden Biography

Heather Laurie Holden (born December 17, 1969) is an American-Canadian actress, producer, and human rights activist. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Marita Covarrubias in The X-Files, Adele Stanton on The Majestic, Cybil Bennett in Silent Hill, Amanda Dumfries in The Mist, Olivia Murray in The Shield, and Andrea in The Walking Dead.

Early life

Born in Los Angeles and raised in Toronto, Holden holds dual citizenship in both the U.S. and Canada. After her parents, actors Glen Corbett (aka Lawrence Holden) and Adrienne Ellis, divorced, her mother married director Michael Anderson.

Holden's first role was on The Martian Chronicles (1980), when she played Rock Hudson's daughter. After graduating from The Bishop Strachan School, she attended McGill University, where she majored in economic investing, and later graduated from UCLA,where she was a member of the National Honor Society and received the prestigious Natalie Wood Acting Award. She pursued a Master of Human Rights degree at Columbia University.

Career

Holden has starred in numerous television and film projects and has received worldwide critical acclaim and honorable recognition for her diverse and eclectic choices of roles.

Early in her career, Holden made a name for herself by costarring opposite Burt Reynolds in Physical Evidence (1989), Vanessa Redgrave in Young Catherine (1991), and William Shatner in the TV Movie TekWar: TekLab (1994). She also played Mabel Dunham in the TV Movie The Pathfinder (1996) (based on the novel of James Fenimore Cooper). Onstage, she starred in Time and the Conways, written by J. B. Priestley, and The Winter's Tale, based on the play by William Shakespeare. Other stage roles include Regina in Ghosts and Procne in The Love of the Nightingale.

After making various guest appearances on Due South, Murder, She Wrote, and Poltergeist: The Legacy, Holden found some success playing a memorable recurring role on the seminal sci-fi series The X-Files: Marita Covarrubias, a mysterious government worker who becomes an informant to Special Agent Fox Mulder, from seasons four through the final one (1996"2002). She also 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 (1998"2000) and a role as Debra Campbell on Highlander: The Series.

Some of Holden's most notable roles include starring opposite Jim Carrey in Frank Darabont's film The Majestic (2001) (It was while performing on stage in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, that Holden was discovered by Darabont). As Carrey's long lost love, she received critical acclaim and praise for her performance. In 2002, she played Marita Covarrubias for the final episode of The X-Files. She also co-starred alongside Dean Cain, Jennifer Tilly, and Tim Curry in the Canadian comedy Bailey's Billion$ (2004). Other movies roles of hers include those of Michael Chiklis' former love interest in Fantastic Four (2005), Cybil Bennett in Christophe Gans' artistic-horror video game adaptation of Silent Hill (2006), Amanda Dumfries in The Mist (2007), and Olivia Murray in The Shield.

From 2010 began the role Andrea in the AMC post-apocalyptic drama The Walking Dead.

In 2014, she joins the movie Dumb and Dumber To, co-starred Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels and Kathleen Turner.

Laurie Holden actively produces film, theatre and television projects in addition to her acting pursuits. In 2013, she joins the movie Honeytrap as executive producer.

Charity work

Holden is a Founding Board Member of the Canadian Somaly Mam Foundation and an Advisory Board Member of The Somaly Mam Foundation in the U.S.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Separate Vacations	Karen
1989	Physical Evidence	Matt's girl
1995	Expect No Mercy	Vicki
1996	The Pathfinder	Mabel Dunham	TV Movie
1996	Past Perfect	Ally Marsey
1997	Echo	Scarlett Antonelli	TV Movie
1997	Alibi	Beth Polasky	TV Movie
1997	Dead Man's Gun	Bonnie Lorrine	Segment: "Fool's Gold"
2000	The Man Who Used to Be Me	Amy Ryan	TV Movie
2001	The Majestic	Adele Stanton
2005	Bailey's Billion$	Marge Maggs
2005	Fantastic Four	Debbie McIlvane
2006	Silent Hill	Cybil Bennett
2007	The Mist	Amanda Dumfries
2008	Meet Market	Billy
2013	Honeytrap		Producer
2014	Dumb and Dumber To	Adele Pichlow

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	The Martian Chronicles	Marie Wilder	Episodes: "The Expeditions", "The Settlers", and "The Martians"
1988	Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future	Erin	Episode: "Gemini and Counting"
1991	Young Catherine	Princess Catherine Dashkova	TV Miniseries
1991	Father Dowling Mysteries	Joyce Morrison / Judith Carswell	Episode: "The Hardboiled Mystery"
1993	Secret Services	Suki	Episode: "Larceny Inc./Reach Out and Rob Someone/Jet Threat"
1993	Scales of Justice	Nancy Oakes	Episode: "Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes?"
1993	Family Passions	Claire	Season 1
1993	Destiny Ridge	Darlene Kubolek	Season 1
1994	TekWar	Rachel Tudor	Episode: "TekLab"
1995	Due South	Jill Kennedy	Episode: "Letting Go" Nominated - Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series
1995-1996	Highlander: The Series	Debra Campbell	Episodes: "Homeland", "Dramatic License"
1996	Murder, She Wrote	Sherri Sampson	Episode: "What You Don't Know Can Kill You"
1996	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Cora Jennings / Sarah Browning	Episode: "Thirteenth Generation"
1996	Two	Madeline Reynolds	Episode: "Many Happing Return"
1996"2002	The X-Files	Marita Covarrubias	10 episodes
1998"2000	The Magnificent Seven	Mary Travis	Season 1-2 (series regular; 18 episodes)
2000	The Outer Limits	Susan McLaren	Episode: "Breaking Point"
2001	Big Sound	Piper Moran	Episode: "Shabbas Bloody Shabbas"
2008	The Shield	Olivia Murray	13 episodes
2010"2013	The Walking Dead	Andrea	Season 1-3 (series regular; 31 episodes) Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on TV (2011) Nominated - Scream Award for Best Supporting Actress on TV (2011) Satellite Award for Best Cast " TV Series (2012) Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on TV (2013)

Video game

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The X-Files: Resist or Serve	Marita Covarrubias	Voice

Theatre

• The Only Game in Town (2000), based on the play by Frank D. Gilroy
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2000), based on the play by Tennessee Williams
• The Love of the Nightingale, based on the play Procne by Timberlake Wertenbaker
• Ghosts, based on the play Regina by Henrik Ibsen
• Toros Y Hevos
• A Chorus Line, based on the book Kristine by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante
• The Winter's Tale, based on the play Hermione by William Shakespeare
• Time and the Conways, based on the play Madge by J. B. Priestley

Awards and nominations

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. She also 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 (1994).

She was nominated in 2011 for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Television for the series The Walking Dead. For her role in this series, she was also nominated in 2011 for the Scream Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2013, Laurie Holden was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work on The Walking Dead and won.

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1986	Look of the Year
1993	Natalie Wood Acting Award	Natalie Wood Acting Award for Best Actress
1996	Gemini Award	Gemini Award for Best Guest Star in Television	Due South
2011	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television	The Walking Dead
2011	Scream Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television	The Walking Dead
2012	Satellite Award	Best Cast - Television Series	The Walking Dead
2013	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television	The Walking Dead