Holly Gagnier is an American actress.
Early life Gagnier was born in Los Angeles, California. Her parents were Hugh Gagnier, a cinematographer and Eleanor Gagnier, a stenographer for the United Nations. Eleanor served as a stenographer on the Nuremberg trials. Gagnier is one of five siblings.
Career A former actress, Gagnier's notable roles include long running stints on daytime's One Life to Live, Days of Our Lives in the 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 had recurring roles on television series Pacific Blue, Middle Ages, and as a young teen on House Calls opposite Lynn Redgrave. She had roles on Scandal, Private Practice, House, Perception, Friends (as one of Joey's sisters), ER, Dream On, and Ringer. She performed in theater productions both in New York City and Los Angeles, including in "God of Carnage" and "Yellow Face," as well as Christopher Durang's "Beyond Therapy". Gagnier completed the Hallmark movie Kiss on Candy Cane Lane and The Stalker Club for Lifetime with fellow soap vet Maeve Quinlan. On the big screen, she made her debut in New World Pictures'cult classic Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Gun, Son of an Afghan Farmer, the cult film Free Enterprise, The Undertaker's Wedding, and Breakout. She appears in Reckless Juliets on Amazon.
Gagnier finished the pilot "A Family Affair" opposite Pete Gardner, as well as on Brat's YouTube show Chicken Girls and Baby Doll Records as the evil Robin Robbins, where she completed Season 3.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes1984Gimme an 'F'Dancer1985Girls Just Want to Have FunNatalie Sands1991Alligator II: The MutationSheri AndersonThe Last HeroNatasha1997The Undertaker's WeddingLouise1998BreakoutLynn Hadley1999Free EnterpriseLaura HafermannFashionably L.A.Salesperson
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1980Quincy, M.E.SherryEpisode: "The Winning Edge"ABC Afterschool SpecialGinny CokerEpisode: "The Gymnast"1981Fantasy IslandJanet MartinEpisode: "High Off the Hog / Reprisal"The Facts of LifeHelenEpisode: "Sex Symbol"1982Mr. MerlinGuest StarEpisode: "I Was a Teenage Loser"T.J. HookerTammy SpencerEpisode: "Big Foot"1985–1987Days of Our LivesIvy Selejko Jannings139 episodes1985The A-TeamTinaEpisode: "Champ!"Charles in ChargeSusanEpisode: "Charles' Spring Break (A.K.A.: The Last Resort)"1986–1988One Life to LiveCassie Callison4 episodes1989–1990BaywatchGina Pomeroy11 episodes1990Murder, She WroteLindsay BarlowEpisode: "The Great Twain Robbery"1991Going PlacesPam StoneEpisode: "The Camping Show"The Hogan FamilyElizabethEpisode: "A Family Affair"1992The New LassieAmeliaEpisode: "Twin Pekes (aka 'Justice')"Silk StalkingsVicky Stone/VictoriaEpisode: "Lady Luck"Bodies of EvidenceDr. Michelle RobbinsEpisode: "Whispers of the Dead"Middle AgesGuest StarEpisode: "Pygmalian in the Python"1993WingsPam ChaseEpisode: "Terminal Jealousy"1994Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesMaiaEpisode: "Tournament"Dream OnSallyEpisode: "The Courtship of Martin's Father"ERTracy YoungEpisode: "24 Hours"1995Platypus ManLeahEpisode: "Lower East Side Story"seaQuest DSVRachelEpisode: "Smoke on the Water"1996RenegadeKaren WalkerEpisode: "No Place Like Home"1997FriendsMary Angela TribbianiEpisode: "The One Where Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister"; uncreditedRenegadeGuest starEpisode: "Knock Out"Brotherly LoveGuest starEpisode: "Art Attack"Spy GameVelocity RaptureEpisode: "What, Micah Worry?"1998To Have & To HoldLisaEpisode: "Hope You Had the Time of Your Wife"1998–2000Pacific BlueLt. Susan Jessup5 episodes2001Dharma & GregVoice of TinaEpisode: "Papa Was Almost a Rolling Stone"2003The DivisionGuest starEpisode: "Body Double"2004Crossing JordanJennifer RobinsonEpisode: "Devil May Care"200990210Aunt NancyEpisode: "The Party's Over"HouseMichelle BerkleyEpisode: "Known Unknowns"2012RingerNurseEpisode: "I'm the Good Twin"2013PerceptionAngieEpisode: "Neuropositive"2015–2022General HospitalJennifer Smith11 episodes2025Venice: The SeriesElizabeth Winters4 episodes
Video Game YearTitleRoleNotes1996Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom1st Lieutenant Velina Sosa
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