Laurie holds dual citizenship in both the United States and Canada. Daughter of Hollywood character actor Larry Holden and stage and film actress Adrianne Ellis, Laurie received her first film role when she was a young child.
While on the set visiting her step-father, director Michael Anderson, a child actress hired to play Rock Hudson's daughter in The Martian Chronicles never made it and Laurie filled in. “All of a sudden, I'm Rock Hudson's daughter.” As a teenager, Laurie won The Look of the Year modeling contest in Toronto.
However, she set her sights on acting and attended UCLA to pursue this goal and took acting classes from the late Robert Reed of Brady Bunch fame. She also won the prestigious Natalie Wood Acting award. Laurie has appeared in various TV shows including Highlander, Murder She Wrote, and Due South for which she was nominated for a Gemini Award (the Canadian equivalent to an Emmy) as best guest star in 1996.
Her most visible roles are as Marita Covarrubias on The X-Files, Special Agent Fox Mulder's latest informant and feisty frontier woman Mary Travis on The Magnificent Seven.
Knights of Impossingworth Park (2005) (pre-production) .... Jennifer
Silent Hill (2006) (post-production) .... Cybil Bennet
Fantastic Four (2005) .... Debbie McIlvane
Bailey's Billion$ (2005) .... Marge Maggs
The X Files: Resist or Serve (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Marita Covarrubias
Meet Market (2004) .... Billy
The X-Files: The Truth (2002) (TV) .... Marita Covarrubias
The Majestic (2001) .... Adele Stanton
The Man Who Used to Be Me (2000) (TV) .... Amy Ryan
Past Perfect (1998) .... Ally Marsey
"The Magnificent Seven" (1998) TV Series .... Mary Travis
Dead Man's Gun (1997) (TV) .... Bonnie Lorrine (segment "Fool's Gold")
The Alibi (1997) (TV) .... Beth Polasky
Echo (1997) (TV) .... Scarlett
Expect No Mercy (1996) .... Vicki
The Pathfinder (1996) (TV) .... Mabel Dunham
TekWar: TekLab (1994) (TV) .... Rachel Tudor
"Destiny Ridge" (1993) TV Series .... Darlene Kubolek
"Family Passions" (1993) TV Series .... Claire
Young Catherine (1991) (TV) .... Princess Deshkova
"Scales of Justice" (1990) TV Series
Physical Evidence (1989) .... Matt's Girl
Separate Vacations (1986) .... Karen
"The Martian Chronicles" (1980) (mini) TV Series .... Marie Wilder
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