Laurie Holden was born on 17 December 1972 in Los Angeles, California to Larry Holden and Adrienne Ellis. When she was 5, her parents divorced and her mother married director Michael Anderson. Laurie then split her time between L.A. and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As a teenager, she won the "Look of the Year" modeling pageant in Toronto. After her freshman year at Montreal's McGill University (as an economics major), she transferred to UCLA and completed her BA in theater arts in 1993. She has studied acting under the late 'Robert Reed (I)' (of "The Brady Bunch" (1969) fame). Laurie is perhaps best known for her roles as "Marita Covarrubias" on "The X Files" (1993) and as "Mary Travis" on "The Magnificent Seven" (1998). Laurie is single and lives in Los Angeles when not on location.