Laurie Holden
Laurie Holden
Heather Laurie Holden, better known as Laurie Holden, is an American actress, producer, model, and human rights activist. She is best known for her roles as Marita Covarrubias in The X-Files, Adele Stanton in The Majestic, Cybil Bennett in Silent Hill, Amanda Dumfries in The Mist, Olivia Murray in The Shield, Dr. Hannah Tramble in Chicago Fire, and Andrea in The Walking Dead...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth17 December 1969
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I don't want my tombstone to say actress. I want it to say human being.
I think women are amazing and womens friendships are like a sisterhood and we should see more of it in television and film.
I knew that we'd have a big following because the graphic novel [ The Walking Dead] is so popular, and I knew that with Frank Darabont and Gale Ann Hurd at the helm that we were doing something very special.
I thought it would fit a niche. I didn't anticipate, nor do I think anybody did, that it would become this global phenomenon, the way that it has. The critics have been so kind and favorable, it has really garnered such wonderful praise, and the numbers have been through the roof. It's actually been quite surreal. I'm still pinching myself because it's amazing. For me, we went to Atlanta and we spent our summer shooting this little zombie show, and it was ours. It was our sweet little zombie show [The Walking Dead], and the world has embraced us.
When The Walking Dead officially got greenlit, Frank Darabont called me up and said, "My passion project just got off the ground. There's a role I think you're perfect for. Would you consider the role of Andrea?" And I was like, "Wow, I'd love to take a look at it." So, I read the pilot script and was knocked out.
The beauty of 'The Walking Dead' and the beauty of being on a television show for a while, is that, it's your backstory, it's part of what you are, it's what you carry with you every day.
I've never been a fan of sociopaths who have no conscience. That scares me because they're capable of anything.
I've had a quite a few nightmares about being chased by walkers.
It's a really dark, emotionally wrenching world that we've created on 'The Walking Dead.'