Tina Holmes | |
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Born |
New York City, New York, U.S. |
July 13, 1973
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1998-present |
Tina Holmes (born July 13, 1973 in New York City, New York) is an American television and film actress.
Holmes grew up in New York City and Connecticut. She attended Yale University for two years followed by a move to Paris, France studying French Literature at the Sorbonne. After returning to the U.S., Holmes entered Brown University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Literature. After graduating from Brown, Holmes returned to Paris to serve as a research assistant on a documentary on famed novelist, poet and playwright Jean Genet. She also spent time at the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil.
Holmes has traveled, studied, and researched foreign language and documentary film. She has studied Brazilian literature and culture and was an intern at the production company, Good Machine. She then worked for photographer Bruce Weber as a production manager on his documentary on actor Robert Mitchum, she assisted documentary filmmaker Dr. Shirley Sun on her film about General Joseph Stilwell traveling to Hong Kong, Beijing, Malaysia and Singapore for research.