Tina Holmes
Encyclopedia
Tina Holmes is an American
television
and film actress.
. An Ivy League
r, 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.
ian literature and culture and was an intern at the production company, Good Machine
. She then worked for the famous 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.
Voidstrutter, Holmes' music video
company, has produced music videos for Aphex Twin
, Blonde Redhead
and Pavement
.
Holmes taught video at Sidewalks of New York, an after-school program for children in homeless shelter
s. Holmes produced and directed the documentary short film, You're Nobody Until Somebody Loves You in which women in the 80s and 90s shared their experiences and offered advice on love. After directing and production work, Holmes decided to begin her acting career.
, playing the starring role of Maggie. She followed that with roles in the movies 30 Days in 1999; The Photographer
and Prince of Central Park in 2000; Seven and a Match
in 2003; "Pretty Persuasion
" in 2005; "Half Nelson
" in 2006; and Shelter
in 2007.
Holmes has also been featured in several television series such as 24
, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
, Invasion
, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
, Third Watch
, Cold Case (episode: "Dog Day Afternoons"), Prison Break
and in a recurring role as Maggie Sibley on the HBO original series, Six Feet Under during the fourth and fifth seasons.
She is currently portraying Moira on NBC
's Persons Unknown.
She appeared as a waitress/patient named Nadia on the February 14, 2011 episode of House
, entitled You Must Remember This
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and film actress.
Early years and education
Holmes grew up in New York City and ConnecticutConnecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
. An Ivy League
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
r, she attended Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
for two years followed by a move to Paris, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
studying French Literature
French literature
French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. Literature written in French language, by citizens...
at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
. After returning to the U.S., Holmes entered Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
where she earned her Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
Degree in Comparative Literature
Comparative literature
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the literature of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups...
. After graduating from Brown, Holmes returned to Paris to serve as a research assistant
Research assistant
A research assistant is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university or a research institute, for the purpose of assisting in academic research...
on a documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
on famed novelist, poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
Jean Genet
Jean Genet
Jean Genet was a prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but later took to writing...
. She also spent time at the Federal University of Pernambuco
Federal University of Pernambuco
The Federal University of Pernambuco is a public university located in Recife, Brazil, and established in 1946. UFPE has 70 undergraduate courses and 175 postgraduate courses. As of 2007, UFPE had near 35,000 students and about 2,000 professors. The university has three campuses: Recife, Vitória...
in Brazil.
Film and production
Holmes has traveled, studied, and researched foreign language and documentary film. She has studied BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian literature and culture and was an intern at the production company, Good Machine
Good Machine
Good Machine was an independent film production, film distribution, and foreign sales company started in the early 1990s by its co-founders and producers, Ted Hope and James Schamus. David Linde joined in the late 90s to start the international sales company...
. She then worked for the famous photographer Bruce Weber
Bruce Weber (photographer)
Bruce Weber is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker. He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and Gianni Versace, as well as his work for Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, Interview, and Rolling Stone...
as a production manager on his documentary on actor Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum was an American film actor, author, composer and singer and is #23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time...
, she assisted documentary filmmaker Dr. Shirley Sun on her film about General Joseph Stilwell
Joseph Stilwell
General Joseph Warren Stilwell was a United States Army four-star General known for service in the China Burma India Theater. His caustic personality was reflected in the nickname "Vinegar Joe"...
traveling to Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, Malaysia and Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
for research.
Voidstrutter, Holmes' music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
company, has produced music videos for Aphex Twin
Aphex Twin
Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...
, Blonde Redhead
Blonde Redhead
Blonde Redhead is an American alternative rock band composed of vocalist/rhythm guitarist Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace , which formed in New York City in 1993....
and Pavement
Pavement (band)
Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...
.
Holmes taught video at Sidewalks of New York, an after-school program for children in homeless shelter
Homeless shelter
Homeless shelters are temporary residences for homeless people which seek to protect vulnerable populations from the often devastating effects of homelessness while simultaneously reducing the environmental impact on the community...
s. Holmes produced and directed the documentary short film, You're Nobody Until Somebody Loves You in which women in the 80s and 90s shared their experiences and offered advice on love. After directing and production work, Holmes decided to begin her acting career.
Acting career
Holmes began her film acting career with 1998's Edge of SeventeenEdge of Seventeen (film)
Edge of Seventeen is a 1998 coming of age romantic comedy-drama film directed by David Moreton, written by Moreton and Todd Stephens, starring Chris Stafford, and co-starring Tina Holmes and Andersen Gabrych.-Plot:...
, playing the starring role of Maggie. She followed that with roles in the movies 30 Days in 1999; The Photographer
The Photographer (film)
The Photographer is a 2000 film directed by Jeremy Stein. It revolves around a photographer who has a single evening to find ten magical photographs, or else he stands to lose everything that is important to him.-Plot:...
and Prince of Central Park in 2000; Seven and a Match
Seven and a Match
Seven and a Match is an independent film directed and written by Derek Simonds. It was released in the United States on April 21, 2003.-Cast:*Eion Bailey– Sid*Heather Donahue – Wit*Devon Gummersall – Matthew...
in 2003; "Pretty Persuasion
Pretty Persuasion
Pretty Persuasion is a 2005 American black comedy/satirical film about a 15-year-old schoolgirl who makes an allegation of sexual harassment against her drama teacher. The film's tagline is: "Revenge knows no mercy." It was written by Skander Halim and directed by Marcos Siega...
" in 2005; "Half Nelson
Half Nelson (film)
Half Nelson is a 2006 American drama film directed by Ryan Fleck and written by Anna Boden and Fleck; it stars Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps and Anthony Mackie. The film was scored by Juno Award winning Canadian band - Broken Social Scene. Gosling received an Academy Award nomination for lead actor...
" in 2006; and Shelter
Shelter (2007 film)
Shelter is a 2007 American film directed and written by Jonah Markowitz. It stars Trevor Wright, Brad Rowe, and Tina Holmes. It was the winner of "Outstanding Film – Limited Release" at the 2009 GLAAD Media Awards, Best New Director and Favorite Narrative Feature at the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film...
in 2007.
Holmes has also been featured in several television series such as 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
, Invasion
Invasion (TV series)
Invasion is an American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for only one season beginning in September 2005. Somewhat similar to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the show told the story of the aftermath of a hurricane in which water-based creatures infiltrate a small Florida town and...
, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
, Third Watch
Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....
, Cold Case (episode: "Dog Day Afternoons"), Prison Break
Prison Break
Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an...
and in a recurring role as Maggie Sibley on the HBO original series, Six Feet Under during the fourth and fifth seasons.
She is currently portraying Moira on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Persons Unknown.
She appeared as a waitress/patient named Nadia on the February 14, 2011 episode of House
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
, entitled You Must Remember This
You Must Remember This (House)
"You Must Remember This" is the twelfth episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama House. It aired on February 14, 2011.-Plot:...
.