LAURIE HOLDEN is best known to audiences as Andrea in the hit AMC drama series The Walking Dead. However, Laurie's big acting break came much earlier in her career, starring with Vanessa Redgrave in the critically acclaimed TNT mini-series Young Catherine. Since that auspicious beginning, she has appeared in several groundbreaking television series, including seminal roles on FOX's The X-Files, FX's The Shield, and currently FX's The Americans. Holden's big screen debut found her starring alongside Jim Carrey in Frank Darabont's The Majestic. The 1950's period piece earned Holden critical acclaim and a place on Entertainment Weekly's "100 Most Creative People in Entertainment" list and Variety's "Ten Actors To Watch" list. Laurie entered the comic book world when she co-starred opposite Michael Chiklis in Fox's Fantastic Four and then ventured into the gamer genre with her starring role as the iconic Cybil Bennett opposite Sean Bean in Christophe Gans' cult horror classic Silent Hill. She also starred with Thomas Jane and Marcia Gay Harden in Stephen King's sci-fi thriller The Mist and in the Farrelly Brothers' Dumb and Dumber To with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. She will soon be seen in Adam MacDonald's Pyewacket with Nicole Munoz and will be voicing the role of "Dakota" in the animated feature Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad. In 2011, Holden received two Best Supporting Actress nominations for her work on The Walking Dead: one from Spike TV's Scream Awards and another from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films' Saturn Awards. She won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Walking Dead in 2013. Earlier in her career, she also received a Best Actress nomination from the Genie Awards a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating modern day slavery, she volunteered in the field in Cartagena, Colombia with O.U.R. on a mission that helped liberate 55 young sex slaves and brought down notorious sex trafficker Marcus Bronschidle. The successful sting operation was featured on ABC's Nightline and is the subject of an upcoming documentary entitled The Abolitionists. Holden serves on the Board of Alamasi Collaborative Arts, a Zimbabwean dramatic arts collaborative. She also actively supports HomeFromHome, a South African non-profit NGO that provides shelter and education for orphans infected and afflicted by HIV.
Family: daughter of actors Glen Corbett and Adrienne Ellis , stepsister to actor Michael Anderson Jr. and producer David C. Anderson.
Step-daughter of film director Michael Anderson.
Was raised in Canada, is a dual citizen of Canada and USA.
Won the "Look of the Year" modeling pageant in Toronto while still a teenager.
Attended Montreals McGill University and studied economics/political science, then transferred to UCLA to study in film and theatre.
She won her first acting job a week after receiving the "Natalie Wood Acting Award" upon graduating from UCLA. Member of the National Honor Society.
Has a younger brother named Christopher Holden , and a half- sister.
Younger stepsister of actor Michael Anderson Jr. and producer David C. Anderson.
Her brother, Christopher Holden , worked with her in Silent Hill as a AD.
Named as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Hollywood "It List".
Named as one of "Ten Actors To Watch" by Variety in 2002.
Huge crusader for childrens charities including O.U.R, Home From Home, Almasi and Feed the Children.
I feel defensive about my character because I really love Andrea, and we,share the same heart.
I am a tomboy and I love being with the boys and shooting guns and,stuff.
I really, really, really want to do a silly romantic comedy where I can,just have a crush on the guy, trip over myself, and laugh and be goofy.
I just feel like all I do is cry, sob, and fight zombies and the bad,guys.
I do not like to run.
Driving through much of the southern part of the U. S. reminds me of,where I grew up in Canada. The trees, homes, sense of community. . . I,love the South.
I really, really, really want to do a silly romantic comedy where I can just have a crush on the guy, trip over myself, and laugh and be goofy. I just feel like all I do is cry, sob, and fight zombies and the bad guys. .
