Laurie Holden
Portrays	Andrea
Occupation	Actress
Born	Heather Laurie Holden December 17, 1972 Los Angeles, California, USA
Age	40
Years Active	1980-Present
Gender	Female
Hair	Blonde
Ethnicity	Canadian-American
Also Known For	Marita Covarrubias in The X-Files Olivia Murray in The Shield Adele Stanton in The Majestic Cybil Bennett in Silent Hill Amanda Dumfries in The Mist
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Heather Laurie Holden, or more commonly known as Laurie Holden, was born December 17, 1972 in Los Angeles, California to actors Glenn Corbett (born Lawrence Holden) and Adrienne Ellis. When she was five, her parents divorced and her mother married director Michael Anderson. Laurie then split her time between L.A. and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her first role was on "The Martian's Chronicles" (1980), when she played Rock Hudson's daughter. As a teenager, she won the "Look of the Year" modeling pageant in Toronto. After her freshman year at Montreal's McGill University (as an economics major), she transferred to UCLA and completed her BA. Early her career, Holden made a name for herself by costarring opposite Vanessa Redgrave in the miniseries "Young Catherine" (1991) and William Shatner in the TV Movie "TekWar : TekLab" (1994). She played Mabel Dunham in the TV Movie "The Pathfinder" (1996) (based on the novel of James Fenimore Cooper).

She is best known for her role as portraying Andrea on AMC's The Walking Dead. Laurie is also known for her other roles as "Marita Covarrubias" on "The X-Files" (1996–2002) as "Mary Travis" on "The Magnificent Seven" (1998–2000) and as "Olivia Murray" on "The Shield" (2008). She plays also Adele Stanton on The Majestic movie (co-starred Jim Carrey), Debbie McIlvane on Fantastic Four (2005), Cybil Bennett on Silent Hill (2006) and Amanda Dunfrey on Stephen King's The Mist (2007) with actors Jeffrey DeMunn (Dale Horvath) and Melissa Suzanne McBride (Carol Peletier). Laurie is still currently single and lives in Los Angeles. She's also a Founding Board Member of the Canadian Somaly Mam Foundation and an Advisory Board Member of The Somaly Mam Foundation in the U.S. In 2013, she joins the British movie Honeytrap, as executive producer.