Laurel Holloman

Birth Name:

Laurel Lisa Holloman

Birth Place:

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Profession

Actress

Exhibited one of her paintings at the 55th "Biennale" in 2013, a prestigious arts festival held in Venice once every two years
Often donates her drawings and paintings to be auctioned off for charities like Doctors Without Borders, Bark, and the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust
Graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with degrees in Performance Studies and Art
Studied painting and sculpting at UCLA and The San Francisco Art Institute
Was discovered in a New York production of "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter․"
Quote: "Even when actors are not working, they are still working․ If you're not learning lines, then you're on the computer researching cop jargon because you have to audition for a role you don't really know completely․"
Quote: "I personally feel like I don't act for likability, I act for the truth of the character․ I think that's important as a performer, because you have to find the inner truth of why someone's behaving this way․"
Best known as a painter and for her role as Tina Kennard in "The L Word․"
She has had solo exhibitions of her artwork in Paris, Venice, and Berlin

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