American actress Lauren Michelle Holly is best known to a wide audience as the key role actor for the television series Outpost of Swordsmen, which does not lose its relevance in the comedy Dumb and Dumber and the thrilling action movie Turbulence.
The vicissitudes of fate
Lauren Holly was born in the Bristol area of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the end of October 1963, in a family of teachers. Her father was a literature teacher at the colleges of Hobart and W. Smith. Mother, working in a Rochester institution of higher education, majored in historical sciences. The early childhood of the actress took place in Ontario County, New York. The girl attended high school, was a member of the cheerleader team. Moreover, she was convinced of her external unattractiveness, considered herself ugly thin and unworthy of male attention.
Young Lauren Holly continued her education at college. S. Lawrence, and in 1985 received a bachelor of arts degree in English literature. If the circumstances were different, perhaps the public would never have known about her acting talent, because the girl planned to realize herself in scientific activity, to follow in the footsteps of her parents. But life decreed otherwise.
Dramatic art as a hobby
While studying at law school, Lauren Holly joined the world of theater. She played in various student productions, regarding drama as a hobby. Once she met one of the producers, who offered Lauren a small role in the film, convincing her to try her hand on television. Holly decided to devote a couple of months to filming, but after her debut, a lot of offers fell on her. And after a short time, she no longer saw herself as any other than an actress. At the age of twenty-three, the performer joined the ensemble of the television series “We Are All Children”, in which for three years she played the role of Julia Chandler. After the closure of the project, the actress continued to work in the television show "Return to Riverdale."
The door to the world of great cinema opened for Lauren Holly in 1993, when she was approved for the role of Linda Lee Cadwell in the biographical drama “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story”, which tells about the life of the legendary Bruce, who died a mysterious death.
After the release of the picture, in the life of Loren, a personal tragedy occurs - her first marriage with actor Danny Quinn collapses.
Novel on the set
After an episodic role in the detective thriller Dangerous Heart, Lauren Holly, whose filmography at that time was made in most television films, gets acquainted with Jim Carrey. She sincerely regrets that she refused to play in AC Ventura and does not intend to cede her role to another actress during the casting of the comedy Dumb and Dumber. After the release of a comedy film, the actress not only becomes famous, but also marries Jim Carrey. Their marriage lasted only a year. From experienced emotions, the screen image of the heroines of Holly changes.
Finest hour
According to the majority of cinema experts, the finest hour of the actress came at the time of the release of the film “Turbulence”, in which Lauren Holly played the main role. Her character became an air hostess with an iron character. According to the performer, such an image was very close to her. At first a sweet girl, but, depending on the circumstances, a tough and decisive woman. The actress is sure that if she had to protect her family and friends, she would be just as brave and tough.
However, she soon played the controversial image of E. Tyson in the remake of S. Pollack “Sabrina” and confirmed her viability in the comedy role in the film “Remove the Periscope”.
Over the past period, Lauren Holly was decorated by the films “Fashionable Feature”, “February”, “Juggler” and the television series “Lucifer” with her presence.
In 2001, the actress legalized relations with financier-banker Francis Greco. The couple adopted three children, but in 2014 the couple began the divorce process. Currently, Lauren looks great and is full of creative plans, the implementation of which she works tirelessly, devoting herself exclusively to work.