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Heather Laurie Holden (born December 17, 1969) is an American-Canadian actress, producer, and human rights activist. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Marita Covarrubias in ''Series/TheXFiles'', Adele Stanton on ''Film/TheMajestic'', Cybil Bennett in ''Film/SilentHill'', Amanda Dumfries in ''Literature/TheMist'', Olivia Murray in ''Series/TheShield'', and Andrea in ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
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!!Filmography
!!!Film
* ''Film/TheMajestic'' (2001) as Adele Stanton
* ''Film/BaileysBillions'' (2005) as Marge Maggs
* ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2005}}'' (2005) as Debbie [=McIlvane=]
* ''Film/SilentHill'' (2006) as Cybil Bennett
* ''Literature/TheMist'' (2007) as Amanda Dumfries
* ''Film/DumbAndDumberTo'' (2014) as Adele Pinchelow
* ''Film/DraggedAcrossConcrete'' (2019) as Melanie Ridgeman
* ''WesternAnimation/ArcticDogs'' (2019) as Dakota (voice)

!!!Television
* ''Literature/TheMartianChronicles'' (1980) as Marie Wilder
* ''Series/CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture'' (1988) as Erin
* ''Series/FatherDowlingMysteries'' (1991) as Joyce Morrison/Judith Carswell
* ''Series/DueSouth'' (1995) as Jill Kennedy
* ''Series/HighlanderTheSeries'' (1995-1996) as Debra Campbell
* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' (1996) as Sherri Sampson
* ''Series/{{Two}}'' (1996) as Madeline Reynolds
* ''Series/TheXFiles'' (1996-2000, 2002) as Marita Covarrubias
* ''Series/TheMagnificentSeven'' (1998-2000) as Mary Travis
* ''Series/{{The Outer Limits|1995}}'' (2000) as Susan [=McLaren=]
* ''Series/TheShield'' (2008) as Olivia Murray
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' (2010-2013) as Andrea
* ''Series/MajorCrimes'' (2014-2015) as Ann [=McGinnis=]
* ''Series/ChicagoFire'' (2014) as Dr. Hannah Tramble
* ''Series/TheAmericans'' (2017-2018) as Renee
* ''Series/ProvenInnocent'' (2019) as Greta Bellows
* ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' (2022) as Crimson Countess

!!!Theater
* ''Theatre/CatOnAHotTinRoof'' (2000)
* ''Theatre/AChorusLine''
* ''Theatre/TheWintersTale''

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!!Tropes associated with her roles
* ActionGirl: Practically [[TypeCasting most of her known roles]].
* CastTheRunnerUp: She auditioned for the role of Lori Grimes but was cast as Andrea.
* TheCastShowoff: She sings "America's son" and "Chimps Don’t Cry" in Season 3 of ''The Boys''
* ChronicallyKilledActor: [[Film/SilentHill Cybil]], [[Literature/TheMist Amanda]], [[Series/TheWalkingDead Andrea]] (who ''[[DeathByAdaptation vastly outlived the adaptation]]'' in the source material) and [[Series/{{The Boys|2019}} Crimson Countess]]. Also noting that [[Series/TheXFiles Marita]] suffers a FateWorseThanDeath.
* MsFanservice: Her characters tend to show a lot of skin.
* ProductionPosse: She usually always works with Creator/FrankDarabont.
* ThoseTwoActors: As part of Darabont's ProductionPosse above, she worked with Creator/JeffreyDeMunn and Melissa [=McBride=] on a few movies. Outside of the group, she worked twice with both Creator/JimCarrey (as his LoveInterest in ''Film/TheMajestic'' and as the BigBad of ''Film/DumbAndDumberTo'') and Creator/MichaelChiklis (as his estranged wife in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' and her having a recurring role in ''Series/TheShield'' where he's the main lead) on different occasions.
* TypeCasting: She's almost always a woman fighting the "supernatural", which she [[http://twitpic.com/apbb96/full lampshaded]] in Website/{{Twitter}}. She's also usually always a Government worker, particularly a FairCop ([[ActionGirl effective]] or [[FauxActionGirl not]]).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: She was supposed to be the main lead of ''Series/ChicagoMed'' (with her character already making an EarlyBirdCameo in ''Series/ChicagoFire''), but dropped out because of "family reasons". She also auditioned for Lori in ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.

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