--- name: "Lauren Holly" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lauren-holly" fi1m_id: "lauren-holly" imdb_id: "nm0000452" tmdb_id: 34485 wikidata_id: "Q229560" roles: ["Actor"] born: "28 October 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 69 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-05T01:48:32.869728+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Lauren Holly ## Identity Lauren Holly - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lauren-holly - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** lauren-holly - **IMDb ID:** nm0000452 - **TMDB ID:** 34485 - **Wikidata ID:** Q229560 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Holly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229560, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000452/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34485 Actor. Born 28 October 1963 in Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 28 October 1963, Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA - **Active:** 1994–2003 - **Also known as:** Lauren Michael Holly - **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (1), 2000s 65 (2) - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Romance 1 - **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $621m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Holly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229560, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000452/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34485 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*NCIS*](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md) (66), [*What Women Want*](https://film.one/film/what-women-want.md) (64) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Lauren Holly is an American and Canadian actress. She was born on 28 October 1963 in Bristol, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. Her early career included appearances in Hill Street Blues and the soap opera All My Children. She gained prominence playing Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the series Picket Fences (1992–1996). Holly is known for her film roles as Mary Swanson in Dumb and Dumber (1994) and Linda Lee in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), and for playing NCIS Director Jenny Shepard in the series NCIS (2005–2008). She was married to actor Jim Carrey from 1996 to 1997. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *NCIS* (2003), Fi1m 66, as Jenny Shepard — [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md) - *What Women Want* (2000), Fi1m 64, as Gigi — [page](https://film.one/film/what-women-want.md) - *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), Fi1m 76, as Mary Swanson — [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md) ## Complete filmography (99) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Broad Trip* (2026), as Jeanie - *Loathe Thy Neighbor* (2025), as Wanda Bellerose · Executive Producer - *Christmas Under the Northern Lights* (2024), as Lori - *Hot Frosty* (2024), as Jane Miller - *The Irrational* (2023), series, as Mayor - *Country Roads Christmas* (2022), as Skye's Mother - *The Lake* (2022), series, as Mimsy - *Don't Hang Up* (2022), as Tracy - *Family Law* (2021), series, as Joanne Kowalski - *Tiny Pretty Things* (2020), series, as Monique - *The Cuban* (2020), as Nurse Baker - *Tammy's Always Dying* (2019), as Ilana Wiseman - *Hailey Dean Mysteries: Killer Sentence* (2019), as Paulina - *Hailey Dean Mysteries: A Prescription for Murder* (2019), as D.A. Paulina D'Orazio - *Hailey Dean Mysteries: Death on Duty* (2019), as D.A. Paulina D'Orazio - *Christmas Catch* (2018), as Captain Bennett - *My Perfect Romance* (2018), as Adele - *Dead Shack* (2017), as Neighbor - *The Blackcoat's Daughter* (2017), as Linda - *Designated Survivor* (2016), series, as Lynn Harper - *My Summer Prince* (2016), as Deidre Kelley - *The Stepchild* (2016), as Beth - *Lucifer* (2016), series, as Roxie Pagliani - *How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town* (2015), as Mauren Cranston - *Marshall's Miracle* (2015), as Susan - *A Country Wedding* (2015), as Margaret Feldburg - *Field of Lost Shoes* (2015), as Mrs. Clinedinst - *Good Witch* (2015), series, as Melanie Anderson - *After the Ball* (2015), as Elsie - *Hoovey* (2015), as Ruth Elliott - *The Town That Came A-Courtin'* (2014), as Abby Houston · Executive Producer - *Motive* (2013), series, as Dr. Betty Rogers - *Layover* (2012), as Suzanne Hollingsworth - *Do No Harm* (2012), as Dr. Thorne - *The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll* (2011), as Liza Genson - *Alphas* (2011), series, as Senator Charlotte Burton - *Chuck & Friends: Big Air Dare Movie* (2011), as Haulie (Voice) - *Scream of the Banshee* (2011), as Professor Isla Whelan - *Call Me Mrs. Miracle* (2010), as Lindy Lowe - *The Town Christmas Forgot* (2010), as Annie Benson - *You're So Cupid* (2010), as Audrey Valentine - *The Adventures of Chuck and Friends* (2010), series, Actor - *Lost Girl* (2010), series, as Sadie - *Chasing 3000* (2010), as Marilyn - *Rookie Blue* (2010), series, as Superintendent Elaine Peck - *The Final Storm* (2010), as Gillian Grady - *Too Late to Say Goodbye* (2009), as Heather - *Crank: High Voltage* (2009), as Psychiatrist (uncredited) - *Before You Say 'I Do'* (2009), as Mary Brown - *The Least Among You* (2009), as Kate Allison - *Leverage* (2008), series, as Tobey Earnshaw - *Raising Flagg* (2006), as Rachel Purdy - *The Pleasure Drivers* (2006), as Daphne Widesecker - *Fatwa* (2006), as Maggie Davidson · Executive Producer - *The Chumscrubber* (2005), as Boutique Owner - *The Godfather of Green Bay* (2005), as Molly Mahoney - *Down and Derby* (2005), as Kim Davis - *Caught in the Act* (2004), as Jodie Colter · Executive Producer - *In Enemy Hands* (2004), as Rachel Travers - *Just Desserts* (2004), as Grace Carpenter - *NCIS* (2003), series, as Jenny Shepard — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md) - *Pavement* (2002), as Buckley Clarke - *Santa, Jr.* (2002), as Susan Flynn - *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Hayley Wilson - *King of Texas* (2002), as Mrs. Rebecca Lear Highsmith - *Living with the Dead* (2002), as James' Wife - *Changing Hearts* (2002), as Amber Connors - *Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot* (2001), series, as Ethel Skakel Kennedy - *What Women Want* (2000), as Gigi — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/what-women-want.md) - *The Last Producer* (2000), as Frances Chadway - *Any Given Sunday* (1999), as Cindy Rooney - *Entropy* (1999), as Claire - *Providence* (1999), series, as Darla Rosario - *Money Kings* (1998), as Marybeth - *Becker* (1998), series, as Laura - *Fantasy Island* (1998), series, as Heather Finn - *No Looking Back* (1998), as Claudia - *A Smile Like Yours* (1997), as Jennifer Robertson - *Turbulence* (1997), as Teri Halloran - *Down Periscope* (1996), as Lt. Emily Lake - *Beautiful Girls* (1996), as Darian Smalls - *Sabrina* (1995), as Elizabeth Tyson - *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), as Mary Swanson — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md) - *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Jeremy Hanlon - *Dangerous Heart* (1994), as Carol - *Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story* (1993), as Linda Lee - *Picket Fences* (1992), series, as Maxine Stewart - *Live Wire* (1992), as Suzie Bryant (uncredited) - *Fugitive Among Us* (1992), as Suzie Bryant - *The Antagonists* (1991), series, as Kate Ward - *The Adventures of Ford Fairlane* (1990), as Jazz - *Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again* (1990), as Betty Cooper - *My Two Dads* (1987), series, Actor - *Seven Minutes in Heaven* (1986), as Lisa - *Band of the Hand* (1986), as Nikki - *Spenser: For Hire* (1985), series, Actor - *Love Lives On* (1985), as Tracy - *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md) - *Ruby Road*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Lauren Holly](https://film.one/media/person/85078/gallery-fecd77fdb5a0.jpg) Lauren Holly — lukeford.net, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Lauren_Holly_lf.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/85078/gallery-acd49a369d47.jpg) OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA (2015) — subliminal_G, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Kiernan_Shipka_-_FEBRUARY_%2AWorld_Premiere%2A.jpg/1280px-Kiernan_Shipka_-_FEBRUARY_%2AWorld_Premiere%2A.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![1993 Emmy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. 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