Holly Marie Combs

Biography

Holly Marie Combs was born December 3, 1973, in San Diego, California. At the time of her birth, her 15-year-old mother and 17-year-old father quit school to marry, only to divorce two years later. At the age of 8, Holly Marie moved to New York City with her mother, Lauralei, who had hopes of being an actress and a singer. Soon Holly Marie was appearing in print and television ads, so when her new stepfather moved into their cramped studio apartment when she was 12, he had two aspiring actresses on his hands. Holly Marie became increasingly committed to her pursuits, and gained her Screen Actors Guild card for her minor role in 1985's Walls of Glass, which also featured her mother. Small roles gradually came along, most notably 1988's Sweet Hearts Dance, in which she played the on-screen daughter of Don Johnson and Susan Sarandon, and a part in Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July, starring Tom Cruise.