Holly Fields filmography and biography
Date of birth: 11 October 1976, Sacramento, California, USA
Holly Fields biography
Holly Fields began her acting career at age 6 in Sacramento, where she
understudied Molly Ringwald in "Through the Looking Glass". Soon
after, her family moved to Dallas, Texas where she became a theater
veteran along with her brother. She toured in national theater
productions and was in the Broadway cast of "Annie" at age 11. Soon
after, she started doing commercials, modeling and local TV shows. At
age 13, Holly went to Los Angeles for one month to see what would
happen. A week after the move, she was cast in the CBS pilot
"CBS Summer Playhouse" (1987) {Fort Figueroa (#2.10)} starring
opposite Charles Haid. Her family decided to let her give it a
try and moved to Los Angeles.
Weeks after, Holly was seen by Christopher Guest (I) and given a
part in his film The Big Picture. She quickly began
landing leading roles acting opposite such as
Michael J. Fox (I), Christopher Walken,
Jennifer Aniston and Burt Reynolds (I), and being hired
by Madonna, Garry Shandling and Chris Carter (I),
among others.
Her parents, wanting her to have a normal childhood, moved the family to
San Francisco. Soon after, Holly's older brother was asked to join the
UCLA medical team and her older sister was accepted into an L.A. design
school. So, once again the Fields family moved back to Los Angeles.
Holly has an all-girl group named "Zoom" signed to Avex Tracks Records
in Japan and produced by Joey Carbone whom she met while filming
Its Garry Shandlings Show.. Holly is working on
producing her own projects and, when she isn't filming, she's writing
and singing on her own and other artists' albums.
Holly Fields trivia
- Great Aunt was Nancy Gross, also known as Slim. Slim was married to
Howard Hawks, Leland Hayward, and Lord Kenneth Keith.
- Great-grandfather was Edward B. Gross who was one of those responsible
for starting Cannery Row.
- She has been Cameron Diaz's voice in over 10 projects thus far,
including the Shrek 2 (2004) (VG).
- Passed on the lead role in
Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
- Hand picked by Madonna for her controversial Pepsi commercial.
- Starred in the National tour of A Christmas Carol for two years.
- Was engaged to Corey Haim in 1996 but broke the engagement.