The daughter of university professors, 'Lauren Holly' (qv) began
her acting career in 1986 with a three-year stint playing Julie
Cortlandt Chandler on the daytime drama _"All My Children" (1970)_
(qv). It wasn't long before she was cast in the 1986 'Paul Michael
Glaser' (qv)-directed gang warfare flick _Band of the Hand (1986)_
(qv) but it wasn't until she landed her pivotal role in TV's
_"Picket Fences" (1992)_ (qv) and a part portraying 'Bruce Lee'
(qv)'s wife in the well- received biopic _Dragon: The Bruce Lee
Story (1993)_ (qv) that she started to emerge as a genuine
Tinseltown presence. She turned down 'Courteney Cox' (qv)'s role in
'Jim Carrey' (qv)'s hit _Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)_ (qv),
but was given a second chance to hook up with the rubber-faced
comedian in 1994's _Dumb & Dumber (1994)_ (qv).
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– Reminds herself of her humble beginnings by buying macaroni and cheese.
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– Was screen-tested for the female lead role in ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE (1994), but turned it down.
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– Her film debut was DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY where she was at her most sexy and beautiful screen prescence as her natural hair color of blonde in the opinion of many moviegoers.
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– Denies having dated Ed Burns, insisting they were just friends. (September 1999)
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– Turned down the Courteney Cox role in ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE (1994)
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– Was a cheerleader in high school.
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– Adopted a baby boy named Alexander. (June 2001)
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– Eye Colour: Green-Grey
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– Hair Colour: Originally Red, sometimes Blonde
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– Her maid of honor at her March 2001 wedding to Francis Greco was actress Amanda Peet
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– Named her adopted son (Alexander Joseph Greco) in honor of her 14-year-old brother Alexander who was killed in a fire in 1992.
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– Was married to Jim Carrey for less than a year, between 1996 and 1997.
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– Was Mary Ann in the Dixie Chicks' Goodbye, Earl video.
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– Lived with actress Robin Givens during college
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