A native of Lakewood, Ohio, Holly studied acting in Chicago and was a member of the acclaimed Remains Theatre Company, where she starred in the American premieres of "Road", "Our Country's Good" and "Lloyd's Prayer", working, among others, with Tony award-winning director Robert Falls. She has been working in TV and Film in Hollywood for the last thirty+ years. When she was younger she played every famous (Jamie Lee Curtis, Ellen DeGeneres, Rene Russo, etc.) actress' best friend, then played wacky aunts (Aunt Judy in "Zenon, Girl of 21st Century"), TV moms (Mom to to Ashlee Simpson on "7th Heaven"), and sad and crying women experiencing trauma ("CSI," "The Practice"). Recently she created, wrote, produced and starred in "Speaking of Beauty," interviewing women of all ages and races about their views of beauty. "The Hollywood Beauty Detective," an exploration of beauty in a beauty obsessed culture, followed that. She has now founded and is the CEO of a nonprofit, "True Beauty Discovery," whose mission is to provide a platform for girls and women to understand that it is their individuality that makes them beautiful and powerful.
