Holly Marie Combs

Infobox actor

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caption = Combs (left) with Lauren Holly at the 1991 Emmy Awards
birthname = Holly Marie Combs
birthdate = birth date and age|1973|12|3
birthplace = San Diego, California, U.S.A.
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occupation = Actress, presenter, producer
yearsactive = 1985–present
spouse = Bryan Travis Smith (1993–1997)
David W. Donoho (2004–present)
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children = Finley Arthur Donoho (2004)
Riley Edward Donoho (2006)
awards = Best Young Actress in a New Television Series
1993 "Picket Fences" (1992)

Holly Marie Combs Donoho (born December 3 1973) is an American actress. Her roles have included portrayals of Piper Halliwell in the American television series "Charmed" and Kimberly Brock in "Picket Fences", for which she received a Young Artist Award.cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001061/awards|title=Holly Marie Combs - Awards|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=2007-04-05] cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms14.htm|title=Young Artist Award|publisher=youngartistawards.org|accessdate=2008-05-06]

Biography

Early life

Holly Marie Combs was born in San Diego, California, USA. At the time of her birth, her mother, Lauralei Combs (née Berckhem), was sixteen years old and her father was seventeen.cite news|title=Holly Charms Hollywood|url=http://charmed-net.de/en/webtv/show_article.asp?id=47|publisher=Cosmopolitan|date=December 2000|author=Deanna Kizis] Combs' biological parents married, but the two split up after two or some years, [ [http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_150/176_holly_marie_combs.html Ask Men.com Feature] ] feeling they were too young to make a marriage work. While Combs was learning to walk, she hit her head on a marble table, resulting in a scar over her right eyebrow. She went through many different homes with her mother, often having very little privacy, while her mom attempted to pursue an acting career. When Combs was seven, she and her mother moved to New York City. She was 12 when her mother married her stepfather. In New York City, Combs attended Beekman Hill Elementary and then The Professional Children School of Acting.Holly did much of small budget films like simple men and a perfect stranger but her successes were found in TV series like Picket Fences and Charmed.She also played in high budget film Ocean's Eleven starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt.She did a special appearance in the movie which was a blockbuster hit .

Career

Although she had a number of minor roles in the late 1980s, including a brief speaking part in Oliver Stone's "Born on the Fourth of July", Combs' major acting debut arrived in the 1992 TV drama series "Picket Fences". She auditioned for the role of Kimberly while she was in New York. The casting agent told her that she wasn't right for the part because, "She didn't have a big enough heart." Combs retorted, "If you're looking for someone with a big heart, what the hell are you doing in New York?" She was later called back and offered the job. "Picket Fences" ran for four years, winning Combs critical acclaim and a Young Artist award.

In 1992, Combs made her appearance in "Simple Men", "Chain of Desire", and "Dr. Giggles", in which she plays its protagonist, the 19-year-old daughter of Cliff De Young's character and girlfriend of Glenn Quinn's character, Jennifer Campbell.

Combs was with her friend Shannen Doherty when Doherty was given the pilot script for "Charmed". Doherty took Combs along to the audition when Combs said she wanted to take part in the audition. When they did, Combs auditioned for the role of Prue Halliwell and Doherty for Piper Halliwell, but they ended up switching roles. Alyssa Milano and Combs both became producers for "Charmed" in the fifth season.cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158552/combined|title="Charmed" Full Cast and Crew|work=IMDb.com|accessdate=2006-06-21] For the first three seasons of "Charmed" (debuted in 1998 and was a hit TV series, which ended in May 2006), Combs played the second oldest of the three sisters. When the eldest, Doherty, left after the third season and Rose McGowan joined the cast, Combs played the eldest sister for the remaining five seasons of the show, even though she was the youngest of the four actresses.

In 2008, Combs has signed on to play the character Jane, a lead role in the American version of the television series "Mistresses".

Personal life

In 1993, Combs married Brian "Travis" Smith; they divorced in 1997.cite news|title=Breakthroughs: Holly Marie Combs|url=http://www.hollymcombs.com/70.jpg|publisher=People Magazine|date=December 1998|accessdate=2008-05-06] She then went on to marry former Charmed key-grip and long time boyfriend David Donoho on Valentine's Day 2004. They are parents to two boys, Finley Author Donoho and Riley Edward Donoho.

Combs has four tattoos: she has a rose on her right shoulder blade, a butterfly on the inside of her right wrist, an Anglo Saxon design around her left wrist, and a Tribal design around her right wrist, which was repaired in November 2000 because the original design was unbalanced.

In an article in "ePregnancy Magazine," Combs admits she had been smoking from the age of fifteen whenever she was nervous.cite news|title=The Charming Holly Marie Combs|url=http://www.hollymcombs.com/EPreg.htm|publisher=ePregnancy Magazine|date=June 4, 2004|accessdate=2008-05-06] That changed as soon as she found out about her pregnancy with first child, Finley Arthur, when she decided to immediately stop:

Filmography

Film roles

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0001061|name=Holly Marie Combs
*tvtome person|id=1532|name=Holly Marie Combs