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	It is said that Holly was the peace keeper on the set of Charmed because Shannen and Alyssa do not get along.
	The scar over her eyebrow was caused by walking into a marble coffee table when she was little and was trying to learn how to walk.
	Her mother, Lauralei, was only 14 she got pregnant and 15 when Holly was born
	When she married Brian Smith, she wasn't really dating him. They had been sleeping together for eight days when they decided to elope in Las Vegas.
	Her favourite colour is blue
	Her best friend is Shannen Doherty. They have other mutual friends and shared a ranch where they ride horses.
	She received a dog from Lin Milano, aside from that one her other dog is Hugo.
	She has two lovebirds, one named Lollipop.
	She had a horse.
	She allowed fan to name her birds.
	Favourite movies are Wild At Heart and The Matrix. She also likes Star Wars.
	She loves animals.
	For her portrayal of a teenager Holly won a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a TV series
	It is agreed by everyone that Holly has one of the most beautiful heads of hair in Hollywood. So, what does it take to keep those gorgeous locks? Not much. Holly just follows the basics and no special treatment, preparation or maintenance is necessary. It's just natural beauty - to die for!
	Holly is happily married to former Charmed key grip, David W. Donoho. They tied the knot on Valentine's Day, 2004. The couple became proud parents when Holly gave birth to their son, Finley Arthur Donoho on April 26, 2004
	Holly made her movie debut in the 1985 film Walls Of Glass. Then, in 1988, she was cast to play Susan Sarandon's and Don Johnson's daughter in the film Sweet Hearts Dance
	Upon Shannen Doherty's departure from Charmed, Holly's character Piper became the oldest sister, despite being the youngest of all four actresses who have played Halliwell sisters in the series
	Holly (along with actresses Tangi Miller and Alyson Hannigan) is a spokesperson for breast cancer, and appeared in a four page brochure in 2000 (featured in Vogue, Glamour, Self, Mademoiselle, and Women's Sports and Fitness) to raise awareness about the disease.
	Reportedly, at the end of Kelly Clarkson's Because of You video, if you look closely, it's the wedding picture of Holly and her husband.
	In 2001, Holly made a cameo appearance in the big-time film Ocean's Eleven (in the poker tutorial scene), along with other WB stars like 7th Heaven's Barry Watson and Dawson's Creek's Joshua Jackson.
	There was a rumor that was set in motion that Holly's and David’s relationship was on the rocks. Holly was quoted as saying that she and David are fine. No truth to any of these rumors.
	Holly reveals that she sees Alyssa more then her boyfriend. She states they know everything about each other and that sometimes they don’t even have to say things out loud to know what the other is thinking.
	Holly says she spends most of her weekends taking care of her menagerie of animals. But exactly how many animals does she have? - 3 horses named Jesse, Jezebel and Jake - dogs Hugo, Travis, Sugar, Thunder and Lola(Given her name by Lin, Alyssa's mom) - 2 cats called Blue and Selina(Named after Michelle Pfeiffer's 'Catwoman') - 3 lovebirds Lollipop, Flower and Glow - she also has 1 other horse, 1 other cat, 1 other dog, 5 rabbits(two of them are named Thumper and Jack), a turtle and a koi fish. Also, she has 2 physically challenged hamsters [one is, as she puts it, “really fat” and the other only has 3 legs. they were classroom pets of Storm Lyndon's and they go home to Holly in the summer.] The cats and rabbits are the only pets that live indoors.
	When she was younger she had a siberian husky, named Wiley, which was given to her by actor, Don Johnson.
	Holly's scariest stunt on Charmed was when they did the episode when they tried to drown her. She stated it was cool at first but then she thought they were “doing away with me” for real.
	Holly wears her wedding rings on Charmed too.
	When Holly was growing up she tried to rebel but it didn’t work for her as her parents were musicians in a band.
	Holly tells us of her family. She says her cousins love Charmed and when at school they tell their friends that Piper is their cousin. She says the kids don’t believe her cousins.
	Holly was a vegetarian for seven years. She no longer practices meatless dinning. She said she always had cravings and finally gave in and had a cheeseburger.
	In high school Holly had dreams of being a Marine Biologist but when she was cast in her first movie those dreams as she put it, "went out the window".
	Both of Holly's parents were musicians, thus Holly's amazing vocal talent though, she's not one to go out and sing on camera. The last time she did was on Picket Fences.
	Holly isn't into the whole Hollywood scene. She'd much rather stay at home and play with her pets than attend a Hollywood premiere or go on some massive shopping spree like other stars do.
	Her husband, David, made Holly a special trophy which said: Best Dismount On A Pleasure Trail which holds her hospital I.D. bracelet from the time she fell off her horse while riding and was rushed to the emergency room after knocking herself unconscious for a some time. She received a concussion as a result and a memory which she shares with all her friends fondly.
	On Charmed Holly makes $102,000 per episode.
	Holly and Alyssa are really close friends, she even goes to Alyssa's parents' house for Sunday dinners.
	Her mom, Lauralei and her stepfather worked nights so Holly spent most of her nights alone while growing up. She feels as though she wants a strong family unit with husband, David, and son, Finley, to make up for her childhood.
	Holly was a smoker since the age of 15. When she became pregnant with her son Finley, she decided to quit, not only for her baby's health, but she couldn't stand the smell of smoke anymore.
	Nearly every season of Charmed, for promotional photos, Holly is photographed by the doorstep.
	Holly was born the same year as her character, Piper, whom she plays on Charmed.
	Since 2002(season 5), she has been a producer of Charmed, along with co-star Alyssa Milano
	Her parents were married for 2 years after her birth.
	She hates to be naked in movies because when she was 21 she went topless for a few seconds in "A Reason to Believe". Soon after, pictures showed up all over the internet and captured in 15 different poses. Luckily, Alyssa Milano's mother, Lin, having experience with that, helped to get the pictures off the Internet.
	She recently did a semi-topless shot for "Stuff" magazine and they retouched it to make her breasts look bigger. The point of the photo shoot was to show people how beautiful an "A" cup could be, but it didn't turn out that way.
	When on the set of Charmed, Holly and Shannen Doherty looked in the mirror at what they were wearing and then all of a sudden the mirror fell and broke without them even touching it, making the crew think they were real witches. Yes, it was a joke.
	Holly and Shannen Doherty were having lunch in a restaurant and a woman came up to them with a six-year-old girl and said "Look, honey, those are the witches from TV." Holly almost cried when she saw the little girl back away in fear.
	She says fame isn't a big deal, the simple pleasures in life do her fine
	At 16, she was a full-blown rebel. She was often mean to her mom and punished by her teacher. She also dressed in black all the time
	She had been friends with Shannen Doherty for 7 years before they started working together on "Charmed".
	Holly once had Uterine Fibroid. Fortunately, during the operation, Shannen Doherty was there the entire time and Alyssa Milano stayed with her for 15 days. The show(Charmed) had to shut down for two weeks. " These girls, I mean, Shannen was with me through every doctor's appointment and held my hand, and Alyssa was in my hospital room every day, she even climbed into bed with me. These are kind of life-and-death things when you really need people, and they're actually there. It's pretty nice." - Holly, ("Charmed" Life)
	She got her first tattoo at the age of 16
	David E. Kelley told Holly she didn't have enough heart to play Kimberly on "Picket Fences". She yelled at him, while in New York, and ended up with the part.
	She says she supports the "Thursday's Child" charity because she can relate in that she never had an easy childhood.
	When she was a child, she moved around a lot so now, instead of moving, she decorates her house constantly
	Holly was certified as an official scuba diver when she was 13 years old
	One of her favorite episodes of Charmed is "Awakened" and she also enjoyed shooting the Pilot, with Lori Rom.
	Shannen Doherty and Holly decided to read Wicca books so they wouldn't offend anybody with "Charmed".
	She prefers "Holly" not "Holly Marie" because her mother calls her "Holly Marie" when she's angry.
	Holly is known to get restless and bored very easily.
	She(along with Shannen Doherty) was a bridesmaid at Alyssa Milano's wedding to Cinjun August Tate (1999)
	Holly is known to turn up on the Charmed set in her PJ's and slippers, because she finds it pointless to play dress-up when all the make-up and everything else gets redone on the set.
	She attended an elementary school with Sarah Michelle Gellar
	She never went to college
	In the first couple of episodes, if Piper's breasts look bigger it's because the producers asked her to wear a padded bra so she would match with Alyssa Milano and Shannen Doherty. She stopped wearing it because it wasn't her.
	Holly tuned into Alyssa Milano's infamous show "Who's the Boss?" religiously as a child/teen
	She once made a pilot for CBS, named "Rockenwagner" which was obviously never picked up.
	Holly is a right-hander.
	Sometimes it only takes eight days to film an episode of Charmed.
	Holly sometimes suffers from stage fright. She relates that "when 'Picket Fences' won the first year and the whole crew went up to accept, „I was so petrified that they had to hold me up to keep me from falling over."
	Michelle Pfeiffer left Holly completely starstruck when they first met.
	Holly calls the Charmed set the "Estrogen Dome" because the set is populated with women
	She had to pay a fine as a result of Holly telling TV Guide what happened with Shannen's departure.
	She smokes only when she's nervous.
	Holly has 3 tattoos- a bracelet on each wrist and a rose on her right shoulder
	#62 in FHM's 100 sexiest women countdown [2002]
	#78 in Stuff magazines 103 sexiest women countdown [2003]
	Susan Surandon gave her an irish wedding ring, and Don Johnson gave Holly a dog. They both worked with Holly in the movie 'Sweet Heart's Dance' when Holly was 13. And Tom Cruise gave her an antique brooch when he saw that she was wearing an antique ring, she wore it on her leather jacket for years and then one day lost it. (She worked with Tom in 'Born on the Fourth of July' when she was 16)
	Holly and her mom are very close
	Holly used to have an Official Website on SafeSearching.Com ( where Alyssa's mom, Lin Milano is a CEO). She still posts messages there, though.
	The Charmed Stars play pranks on each other to sometimes relieve the tension (they spend 12-14 hours on the set). "There are occasional food fights. We had Friday-night grape night. Because when I had the scene with Josh and the wine, we started picking up the plastic grapes and throwing them at each other. By Friday night we were so tired, and the director couldn't control us! There were grapes all over the floor." - Holly, (from Transcript of Holly's Chat)
	And more fun... "A few weeks ago, we had real pigs' feet on the set that we had to throw in to make a spell," says Combs. "A foot got tossed at Rose, and she really flinched, which caused me to crack up. Maybe I shouldn't have laughed as hard as I did." Indeed, days later, the severed pig's foot began turning up in all sorts of unlikely places, until, finally, Combs detected a sickly smell emanating from somewhere in her Dodge truck. Her dog, Lola, and Australian Shepard, rooted out the offending porcine body part, which was in an advanced state of decay on the flatbed of the vehicle. "I'm not accusing anyone of anything," Combs says, laughing. "But...."
	Shannen, Alyssa and Holly are all Star Wars fans and toured the Sky Walker Ranch
	Even though Shannen and Alyssa Milano fell out, Holly still considers Alyssa a close friend
	She use to keep her horses on the same ranch has Alyssa and she loves to go riding. Shannen now has her own ranch so Holly keeps hers there too.
	Holly lived in really bad housing, once she lived in a house where the only place she could have privacy was in the bathroom.
	Holly once admitted she is a little clumsy "I'm the clumsy one on the show. If there's any wire around, I'll trip and fall". She once she stumbled on an air ventilator and landed on some concrete. Fortunately, her swollen elbow wasn't broken.
	Her favorite comedian is Chris Rock
	Loves "chick rock"...Sarah McLaughlin, Tori Amos and Paula Cole "and all the girls", along with country music.
	Her two favorite groups are Supremes and U2.
	Recommends Julie Reeves (country) CD "It's About Time".
	Her favorite live concert was Tori Amos, but claims Sarah is better in concert. Her favorite solo artist is Sarah.
	She thinks the sexiest guy on The WB is Joshua Jackson.
	Her friends say that she has those feelings that everyone takes really seriously cause she's usually right.
	Every time she gets a new job, she redoes a portion of her house and always saves just incase she never works again
	On the episode 'Coyote Piper' on Charmed, Shannen teached Holly how to dance. She was the choreographer.
	She was often compared to a gypsy in her younger years, spouting from the fact that she moved from place to place.
	In 1993, she Won Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a New Television Series for: "Picket Fences" (1992)
	In 1994, She was Nominated Young Artist Award Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series for: 'Picket Fences' (1992)
	In 1995, She was Nominated Young Artist Award Best Performance by a Youth Actress in a TV Mini-Series or Special for: Perfect Stranger, A (1994) (TV)
	In 1999 she was a Hostess for the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
	In 2002, she did a series of mini interviews to promote Charmed (season 4) for UK television.
	The character Piper set a hair trend in season 4 when she wore a Hair Glove. Since then the Hair Glove has had a reasonable amount of sales. Holly herself has also set a trend with her eyebrows, because of the very slight yet well defined arch she has. This is due to a small scar. People are selling Brow Stencils so that people can have eyebrows like Holly's.
	Holly received a lot of hate mail when she made the movie 'Love's Deadly Triangle' because it was based on a true story and people were scared of her.
	Holly obtained her SAG card when she appeared in Walls of Glass aka Flanagan (1985), a film in which her mother, Lauralei also had a role.
	Her mother was a guest star on Charmed in the episode 'Just Harried' (Episode: #3.15), 22 February 2001 as a girl in the bar.
	David (her husband) taught Holly how to ride four-wheel dirt bikes, and the two regularly go camping and riding in Pismo Beach, two hours north of L.A. "I'd never been an adrenaline junkie," Combs says. "And riding these things on huge sand dunes is ridiculously frightening. But when it's over, you're like 'Yeah, I did that!'"
	She used to collect Baskets, lanterns, candlesticks and angels. She now collects antiques that she has collected over time or found at fairs. She also likes to keep a box full of foreign money from places that she has gone to like Canada and Mexico.
	When Holly announced the news about the Charmed Premiere ratings to the crew in the makeup trailer they told her to speak English.
	Her clothes on 'Charmed' are from shops like Gap, Banana, Republic or Guess.
	Holly describes Shannen as "Strong, determined and loving" and Alyssa as "Sweet, nurturing and spiritual".
	She admitted on the Regis and Kathy Lee show that she had taken some pictures at Alyssa's wedding and they showed up in The Star. The drugstore (where she got them developed) had sold them to the newspaper.
	Holly went out with David for 2 years before marrying him.
	Holly doesn't have a TV in her house.
	Holly's home is decorated in a Western ranch style.
	Holly's stunt double in Charmed is Nancy Thurston.
	A guy was posing as a trailer inspector and had a video camera outside of Holly and Alyssa's trailers. Rose had seen him trying to sneak a peak of the girls while they undressed and had alerted security of him.
	Holly says she felt a few kicks before she saw the premiere of "The Last Samarai".
	Comments from Holly & David regarding their wedding! Holly says: "We had kind of a deadline, so we decided to do it real quick," "We got married at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara. Yes, I pulled a Gwyneth. I know, it wasn't original, but it was quick!" David says: “We decided to make it about our commitment to our new family”, referring to the baby boy the couple is expecting in April.
	Holly has a trailer for infant son Finley and his nanny.
	The Charmed girls got a raise for season 8 from $80,000 to $102,000.
	Holly is a spokesperson for "Ortho Women's Health". She supports the charity in a big way.
	She has family in South Carolina and Virginia.
	Holly's tape mark colour for Charmed is orange. (this is so she knows where to stand in each scene)
	One of her favourite directors is Mel Damski.
	She gained 40 pounds during the pregnancy of Finley.
	Holly keeps in shape by doing Pilates and yoga.
	Holly got her 3 tattoos(a braid on each wrist and a rose on her shoulder) when she was 16. The rebelling failed as her stepfather said to that: 'Oh, I want one like that.'

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