Early life

Holloman is the youngest child in her family. She has two older brothers. She attended the University of North Carolina where she graduated with a degree in Performance Communication. She appeared in numerous theater productions in Chapel Hill and Raleigh, North Carolina, as well as in Chicago and London. She studied painting and sculpting at UCLA and at The San Francisco Art Institute.

Career

Acting

After graduating from UNC, Holloman moved to Chicago to work with the Piven Theatre Workshop. She studied with John Lynn in Los Angeles, and was cast in David Orr's independent feature Blossom Time. She moved to New York City in early 1994 and appeared in stage productions such as Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, Carson McCullers' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter at the Theatre for the New City. Holloman also performed off-Broadway in Julia Jordan's Night Swim at Playwright's Horizons.

In 1995, Holloman began her film career with her role as Randy Dean in The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love. She worked steadily in a variety of mostly independent film roles, such as The Myth of Fingerprints, Boogie Nights and Tumbleweeds.

In 2005, Holloman appeared in Showtime's The L Word as Tina Kennard. For this role, she was presented with a Golden Satellite Award in 2005 as Best Actress in a Drama series.

Painting

In 2012, Holloman had two solo shows: Coeur libre and Free Falling. She received favorable reviews for Free Falling, which was held at the Ateneo Veneto in Venice, Italy. Art critic Lea Mattarella reviewed Holloman's works in La Repubblica: "Holloman's paintings take us elsewhere, and at the end of the day, this is what art is all about". In April 2013, Holloman exhibited in a solo show "All The World Inside", at Palazzo Italia, in Berlin, Germany. Holloman's painting, "Swell", was chosen to be part of the group show entitled "Nell' Acqua Capisco" at the Venice Biennale, 2013. Holloman won 1st Place in Discipline Painting at the 2014 Contemporary Art Biennale of Argentina. Holloman had two entries in the 2015 Florence Biennale and won a prize for "Into the Woods". In November 2015 she has a solo show at the Menier Gallery in London titled "The Innocents".

Personal life

Holloman married architect Paul Macherey on July 13, 2002. They have a daughter, Lola Reiko Macherey, who was born on November 4, 2004. They adopted a second daughter, Nala Belle (meaning 'beautiful gift') on March 25, 2008. In 2011, Holloman filed for divorce, which was finalized on June 18, 2012.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The Price of Love	Roxanne	Television film
1995	The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love	Randy Dean
1996	Blossom Time	Francis Bodean
1996	Dalva	Karen	Television film
1997	Boogie Nights	Sheryl Lynn
1997	The Myth of Fingerprints	Leigh
1997	Dying to Belong	Shannon	Television film
1997	Prefontaine	Elaine Finley
1997	The Clearing	N/A	Short film
1997	The First to Go	Carrie
1998	Stamp and Deliver	N/A
1999	Cherry	Evy Sweet
1999	Chapter Zero	Jane
1999	Loving Jezebel	Samantha
1999	Tumbleweeds	Lauri
1999	Loser Love	Lily Delacroix
1999	Tide	Lilly	Short film
1999	Lush	Ashley 'Ash' Van Dyke
2000	Committed	Adelle
2001	Morning	Shelly
2001	Popcorn Shrimp	Cop #1	Short film
2001	Last Ball	Cathy
2001	The Rising Place	Emily Hodge
2001	Liberty, Maine	N/A
2002	Alone	Charlotte

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Cracker: Mind Over Murder	Carol	Episode: "True Romance: Part 1"
2001	That's Life	Karen Matlin	3 episodes
2001-2002	Angel	Justine Cooper	8 episodes
2003	Without a Trace	Joan Wilson	Episode: "Underground Railroad"
2004-2009	The L Word	Tina Kennard	70 episodes Satellite Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama
2009	Castle	Sandy Allen	Episode: "Deep in Death"
2010	Gigantic	RaeAnne Colvin	4 episodes

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