Holly Gagnier
| Holly Gagnier | |
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| Born |
December 12, 1958 Ventura, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
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| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Hugh Gagnier and Eleanor Gagnier |
| Website | http://hollygagnier.webs.com/ |
Holly Gagnier (born December 12, 1958 in Ventura, California) is an American actress.
Gagnier was born on December 12, in Burbank California to Hugh Gagnier, a cinematographer and Eleanor Gagnier, a stenographer for the United Nations. Eleanor served as a stenographer on the Nuremberg trials. Holly is one of 5 siblings.
Gagnier's notable roles include long running stints on daytime's One Life to Live, Days of Our Lives in the ground-breaking role of young teen mother Ivy Jannings, and on General Hospital as the insane Jennifer Smith. While on One Life to Live, she appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show as one of daytime's most popular characters. She was a series regular on Baywatch, and has had recurring roles on several television series including Pacific Blue, Middle Ages and as a young teen on House Calls opposite Lynne Redgrave. She has been seen on television shows including Scandal, Private Practice, House, Perception, Friends (as one of Joeys famous sisters) ER, Dream On and Ringer to name a few. She has performed in several theater productions both in New York City and Los Angeles. Most recently in Christopher Durang's "Beyond Therapy". In October, Gagnier completed the Lifetime movie "The Hunted" with fellow soap vet Maive Quinlan. On the big screen, she made her debut in New World Pictures, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Gun, Son of an Afghan Farmer, the cult film Free Enterprise, The Undertakers Wedding, and Breakout. Holly has a penchant for being in short films and has been in several award winning shorts on the film festival circuit in the last few years. Ms Gagnier has a huge, successful mentorship program where she coaches young artists on their career paths. the majority of these artists are now highly successful in front of and behind the camera, as well as on stage and screen.
Holly is very involved in Veterans charities. She is a proud sponsor of Task Force Omega. She has also produced one of Los Angeles longest running plays "Welcome Home Soldier A Tribute to Vietnam Veterans" now in its 25th year. It has been written up and attended by Veterans groups nationwide and still runs the first Saturday of every month at Playhouse West in North Hollywood. All of the proceeds go directly to Veterans charities. On a personal note, Ms. Gagnier was seriously involved with Alec Baldwin for several years. In 1996 she married Hollywood mega-manager David Guillod with whom she has one child. After her divorce from Mr. Guillod in 2002, she dated and ultimately became engaged in 2009 to actor Parker Stevenson. Having traveled and lived in several parts of the world. Gagnier currently resides in Los Angeles with her daughter.
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