Born: October 28, 1963

American actress Lauren Holly has herself admitted that turning down the female lead in the Jim_Carrey vehicle Ace_Ventura,_Pet_Detective (1994) may not have been the wisest career move. Holly was acting on instinct, having co-starred with another highly individual comedian, Andrew_Dice_Clay, in 1990's forgettable The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. But when profits from Ace_Ventura soared, Lauren was more than willing to sign on for the subsequent Carrey vehicle, Dumb and Dumber (1995), during the filming of which she and Carrey became an item. The actress has kept busy ever since her first important TV role as Betty in Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990) and a stint on the ABC soap opera All_My_Children. Prior to her recent film success, Holly was perhaps best known for her role as Deputy Maxine Stewart on the CBS drama Picket_Fences . Hal Erickson, Rovi

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