A cute, kittenish brunette who played Sheriff Brock’s teenage daughter in the cultish CBS dramatic series “Picket Fences” (1992-96), Holly Marie Combs returned to series work as one of three sisters who discover they are witches in the surprise hit “Charmed” (The WB, 1998- ). On “Picket Fences”, Combs’ character Kimberly frequently found herself at odds with her parents as she navigated the growing pains of adolescence in the slightly wacky world of the series’ fictional setting of Rome, Wisconsin. On “Charmed”, the more mature actress portrayed the middle daughter with aspirations to be a chef who learns she possesses the ability to stop time. Combs began her career as a child actor having small roles in several features including Oliver Stone’s “Born on the Fourth of July” (1989), the Francis Ford Coppola-directed segment of “New York Stories” (1989) and Hal Hartley’s “Simple Men” (1992). She segued to more grown-up parts as the killer teen in the based-on-fact 1997 NBC drama “Love’s Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder”.
- Also Credited As:
Holly Marie Combs
- Born:
on 12/03/73 in San Diego, California
- Job Titles:
Actor
Family
- Mother: Laralei Combs. was 14 years old when she became pregnant with Combs; divorced from Combs’ father
Significant Others
- Husband: Bryan Smith. married in Las Vegas c. 1992; divorced in 1996
Education
- Professional Children’s School, New York, New York
Milestones
- 1981 Moved to New York with her mother
- 1988 Feature film debut, “Sweet Hearts Dance”
- 1992 TV series debut in recurring role, “Picket Fences”
- 1994 TV-movie debut, “Danielle Steel’s ‘A Perfect Stranger’” (NBC)
- 1997 Portrayed real-life convicted killer Diane Zamora in the NBC TV-movie “Love’s Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder”
- 1998 Returned to series TV as co-star of “Charmed” (The WB)
