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Lauren Michael Holly |
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Female |
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5' 5" |
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US - United States of America |
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October 28, 1963 |
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Bristol, Pennsylvania |
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c/o Paradigm |
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500 Fifth Avenue, 37th Floor |
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New York, NY 10110 |
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USA |
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See also:
Down and Derby, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
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Lauren Michael Holly was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, October 28,1963. Both of her parents working as professors at Northeastern arts colleges. She enrolled at the Sarah Lawrence College to pursue an Arts degree in English literature. After graduating in 1985, Lauren moved to Los Angeles and pursued her dream as an actress. In less than a year, she landed a role on the soap opera, All My Children. After three-year, Lauren landed her first starring role as Betty Cooper in Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again. She was given the chance to prove her ability on the big screen in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. Lauren returned to television on the critically acclaimed series, Picket Fences (1992).
In 1993, she was given the chance to play Linda Lee, wife of Bruce Lee, in the highly successful biopic, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. In Dumb and Dumber, she jumped at the opportunity and has been her most successful project. Here she fell in love with Jim Carrey, whom she eventually married in 1996 and divorced one year later. Since then, Lauren has found success by playing supporting roles in major movies like Any Given Sunday and What Women Want. Lauren also returned home to television, with a recurring character on the hit drama Chicago Hope, and a starring role in the Women of Camelot miniseries. She remarried in 2001 to investment banker Francis Greco, and adopted a son in June of the same year.
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