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Birth Name: Holly Marie Combs
Born: December 3, 1973
Birth Place: San Diego, CA
Height: 5'2"
Marital Status: ex:Bryan Bugsy Smith (from 1993 to 1997) Her current boyfriend is David Donoho, they are living together, and met about 2 years ago.
Family: Holly's mother Lauralei is only 15 years Holly's senior, and her father only 17. Holly's an only child. Her parents remained married for two years after her birth.
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� Pets: Four horses: Jesse, Jake, Jezebel and ?; seven dogs: Hugo, Travis, Sugar, Thunder, Lola and the other 2 I don�t know three cats: Blue and Selina (named after Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman) and ?; three lovebirds: Lollipop, Flower and Glow. Holly also has five rabbits and koi fish! She also use to have 2 physically challenged hamsters, one was very fat and one only has 3 legs. The hamsters were classroom pets of Storm Lyndon's and they went home in the summer break. When she was younger she had a siberian husky, named Wiley, which was given to her by Actor, Don Johnson.
� She was a vegetarian for 7 years but then she just had to have a cheeseburger so she isn't any longer!
� She hates to be naked in movies because when she was 21 she went topless for a few seconds in 'A reason to believe' and didn't think anything of it (She didn't read the script, and by the time she got there is was too late to turn back), then all of a sudden the pictures were all over the internet and captured in 15 different poses. She recently did a semi topless shot for the magazine "Stuff" and due to people editing and adding to the picture I don't think she'll be doing that again for a while.
� Holly & Shannen are best friends and even though Shannen and Alyssa Milano fell out, she still considers Alyssa a close friend. Shannen & Holly were friends 7 years before "Charmed".
� Holly got married to Bryan (Bugsy) Smith (an actor) when she was 19yrs old but they got divorced four years later. They only went out for 8 days before they got married. (In a Las Vegas chapel). She then dated Brian Bouma. He worked on the crew for 'Our Mother's Murder'. A few years later, she then got engaged to Storm Lyndon (who is a second grade school teacher from Venice Beach and He teaches in South Central L.A) but they broke up in late 2000. They met while While on a holiday in Mexico with 'Charmed' ex co-star and bestfriend, Shannen Doherty. Her current boyfriend is David Donoho, they are living together, and met about 2 years ago. He use to be the key grip on Charmed.
� The character Piper set a hair trend in season 4 when she wore a Hair Glove. Since then the Hair Glove has had a reasonable amount of sales. Holly herself has also set a trend with her eyebrows, because of the very slight yet well defined arch she has. This is due to a small scar. People are selling Brow Stencils so that people can have eyebrows like Holly's.
Biography:
Holly was born on December 3, 1973 to her 15 year old mother Lauralei Combs and her father who was 17. Holly's parents split, 2 years after Holly was born as they were very young and were finding marriage hard, especially with young Holly. Her parents dropped out of high school, and made ends meet as best they could.
Holly was born in San Diego, California but moved to Manhattan, New York when she was 8 years old where she attended Beekman Hill Elementary School. It was then when her mom decided to pursue acting for Holly. Holly's mother held down waitressing and modeling jobs to help pay the bills, while her stepfather--who married her mom when Holly was 12--worked as a bartender. All three lived with Holly's grandmother at one point. They lived in a long series of small studio apartments, never living in one place for very long. Holly says she is now a pack rat because she never had any place to keep things while she was growing up. She also blames her passion for interior decorating on her gypsy-like childhood. Instead of constantly moving, she now constantly redecorates her house. She spent four years looking for the right house to buy. "I was drawn to this house because of the beautiful land. There are no houses or anyone living behind me. There's about 30,000 acres of parkland that won't ever be built on. And that's pretty cool because I own only two and a half acres, but it looks like I have so much more that I didn't have to pay for!". The deciding factor was a large kennel for her dogs. Plus, plenty of room for her other pets. She keeps her horses at Shannen's ranch. At first, Holly's mother was living in her guest room.
Holly attended the Children's Professional school, where her teachers included Ernie Martin, where other big names like Sarah Michelle Gellar studied. It was there where Holly was noticed by film and TV executives for her exceptional acting abilities. Holly's career started in television commercials and print ads when she was ten. Holly obtained her SAG (Screen Actor's Guild) card when she appeared in Walls of Glass aka Flanagan (1985), a film in which Holly's mother, Lauralei also had a role.
Holly's big break came in Picket Fences where she played 'Kimberly Brock' at the age of 18. Her first meeting with David E. Kelley did not go well. He had told Holly she didn't have enough heart to Play Kimberly on Picket Fences. "I was terribly hurt -- and angry. I thought he was just being mean", says Holly. He then ultimately decided to cast her and rewrote the character to fit Holly's personality when he was unable to find anyone who fit the part. Kelley had to convince Holly to take the part. "Suddenly, he can't find anyone else and now I'm right for the part. Sorry!" He had to keep asking Holly for a couple of weeks before she finally agreed. "I had quite an attitude going" says Holly. It was this part which made Holly into a house hold name. It was a highly successful series - the show won fourteen Emmys in four years. Holly was nominated for two SAG Awards, along with the rest of the Picket Fences cast, for best ensemble acting in a television drama. Her performance on the show earnt her Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a New Television Series in 1993. Holly is now enjoying the huge success of Charmed, now in it's 5th season playing Piper Halliwell. She's also a Producer in Charmed from season 5, along with co star, Alyssa Milano.
Holly married Bryan 'Bugsy' Smith in 1993, and then divorced in 1997, afterwards Holly said they were too young to cope, just like her parents were. They only went out for 8 days before they got married. (In a Las Vegas chapel). She then dated Brian Bouma. He worked on the crew for Our Mother's Murder. A few years later, she then got engaged to Storm Lyndon (who is a second grade school teacher from Venice Beach and He teaches in South Central L.A) but she called off the engagement in late 2000. They met while While on a holiday in Mexico with Charmed ex co-star and best friend, Shannen Doherty. She currently lives with her long term boyfriend David Donoho, who used to work as a Key Grip on the set of Charmed.
Holly currently lives in the Bell Canyon area which is located in the San Fernando Valley in California, in a Spanish style, three bedroom house with all of her pets and boyfriend, David. Her mother was a guest star on Charmed in the episode 'Just Harried' (Episode: #3.15), 22 February 2001 as a girl in the bar. Lauralei now works as an actress and a singer and lives in Texas. Her stepfather is a musician.
Holly supports the charity 'Thursday's child' because she remembers herself as a troubled child, She was often mean to her mum, punished by her teachers and dressed in black. She didn't have a good time in high school. "I kind of had a problem with authority, I wasn't very outgoing. I was shy. It was a tough time for me". Nowadays Holly is a very down to earth person. Holly says she is not into the whole Hollywood scene. The simple pleasures in life suit her just fine. She is also the official spokesperson for the Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. Her favorite food is Italian-"Pretty much all kinds". She also loves Cheeseburgers, Coca Krispies, Salami, and Bacon. Her Hobbies include, Horseback riding, gardening & collecting antiques. She loves to play Scrabble as well as other games like Trivial Pursuit, Beyond Balderdash, Monopoly and the Worst-Case. And she has a lot of pets!
Filmography:
� "Charmed" TV Series..... Piper Halliwell (1998- )
� Daughters (TV).....Alex Morrell (1997)
� Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (TV).....Diane Zamora (1997)
� Vector (uncredited) (1996)
� Sins of Silence (TV).....Sophia DiMatteo (1996)
� A Reason to Believe.....Sharon (1995)
� A Perfect Stranger (TV).....Amanda (1994)
� Chain of Desire.....Diana (1992)
� Dr. Giggles.....Jennifer Campbell (1992)
� "Picket Fences" TV Series.....Kimberly Brock (1992-1997)
� Simple Men.....Kim (1992)
� Born on the Fourth of July.....Jenny (1989) (uncredited)
� New York Stories.....Costume Party Guest (1989) (uncredited)
� Sweet Hearts Dance.....Debs Boon (1988)
� Walls of Glass.....Classmate In Flash Back (1985)