| American actress Lauren Holly has herself admitted that turning down the
female lead in the Jim Carrey vehicle Ace Ventura, Pet Detective (1994)
may not have been the wisest career move. Holly was acting on instinct,
having co-starred with another highly individual comedian, Andrew Dice
Clay, in 1990's forgettable The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. But when
profits from Ace Ventura soared, Lauren was more than willing to sign on
for the subsequent Carrey vehicle, Dumb and Dumber (1995), during the
filming of which she and Carrey became an item. The blonde/then
redhead/then blonde again actress has kept busy ever since her first
important TV role as Betty in Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990)
and a stint on the ABC soap opera All My Children. Prior to her recent
film success, Holly was perhaps best known for her role as Deputy Maxine
Stewart on the CBS drama Picket Fences . |