# Holly Gagnier

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
### Video Game

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom | 1st Lieutenant Velina Sosa | |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | The Undertaker's Wedding | Louise | |
| 1985 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Natalie Sands | |
| 1991 | Alligator II: The Mutation | Sheri Anderson | Direct-to-video |
| 1999 | Free Enterprise | Laura Hafermann | Direct-to-video Saturn Award for Best Home Video Release |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade | Unknown | Episode: "Christmas at Walt Disney World" (S 1:EP 2) - December 10, 1978 |
| 1980 | Quincy, M.E. | Sherry | Episode: "The Winning Edge" S 5:EP17) |
| 1980 | The ABC Afterschool Special | Ginny Coker | Episode: "The Gymnast" (S 9:Ep 3) |
| 1981 | Fantasy Island | Janet Martin | Episode: "High Off the Hog / Reprisal" (S 4:EP 10) |
| 1981 | The Facts of Life | Helen | Episode: "Sex Symbol" (S 2:Ep 11) |
| 1982 | Mr. Merlin | Guest Star | Episode: "I Was a Teenage Loser" (S 1:Ep22) |
| 1982 | T.J. Hooker | Tammy Spencer | Episode: "Big Foot" (S 2:Ep 5) |
| 1985–1987 | Days of Our Lives | Ivy Selejko Jannings |
| 1985 | The A-Team | Tina | Episode: "Champ!" (S 3:Ep 16) |
| 1985 | Charles in Charge | Susan | Episode: "Charles' Spring Break (A.K.A.: The Last Resort)" (S 1:Ep 19) |
| 1986–1988 | One Life to Live | Cassie Callison | Contract role from 1987 – December 26, 1988 |
| 1989–1990 | Baywatch | Gina Pomeroy | Main role (season 1 only) |
| 1990 | Murder, She Wrote | Lindsay Barlow | Episode: "The Great Twain Robbery" (S 7:Ep 8) |
| 1991 | Going Places | Pam Stone | Episode: "The Camping Show" (S 1:Ep19) |
| 1991 | The Hogan Family | Elizabeth | Episode: "A Family Affair" (S 6:Ep 11) |
| 1992 | The New Lassie | Amelia | Episode: "Twin Pekes (aka 'Justice')" (S 2:Ep 11) |
| 1992 | Silk Stalkings | Vicky Stone/Victoria | Episode: "Lady Luck" (S 1:Ep 18) |
| 1992 | Bodies of Evidence | Dr. Michelle Robbins | Episode: "Whispers of the Dead" (S 2:Ep 1) |
| 1992 | Middle Ages | Guest Star | Episode: "Pygmalian in the Python" (S 1:Ep 3) |
| 1993 | Wings | Pam Chase | Episode: "Terminal Jealousy" (S 5:Ep 2) |
| 1994 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Maia | Episode: "Tournament" (S 2:Ep 9) |
| 1994 | Dream On | Sally | Episode: "The Courtship of Martin's Father" (S 5:Ep 13) |
| 1994 | ER | Tracy Young | Episode: "24 Hours" (Pilot) |
| 1995 | Platypus Man | Leah | Episode: "Lower East Side Story" (S 1:Ep 11) |
| 1995 | seaQuest DSV | Rachel | Episode: "Smoke on the Water" (S 3:Ep 3) |
| 1996 | Renegade | Karen Walker | Episode: "No Place Like Home" (S 4:Ep 12) |
| 1997 | Friends | Mary Angela Tribbiani | Episode: "The One Where Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister"; uncredited |
| 1997 | Renegade | Guest star | Episode: "Knock Out" (S 5"Ep 16) |
| 1997 | Brotherly Love | Guest star | Episode: "Art Attack" (S 2:Ep 18) |
| 1997 | Spy Game | Velocity Rapture | Episode: "What, Micah Worry?" (S 1:Ep 6) |
| 1998 | To Have & To Hold | Lisa | Episode: "Hope You Had the Time of Your Wife" (S 1:Ep 4) |
| 1998–2000 | Pacific Blue | Lt. Susan Jessup | Recurring role |
| 2001 | Dharma & Greg | Voice of Tina | Episode: "Papa Was Almost a Rolling Stone" (S 5:Ep 3) |
| 2003 | The Division | Guest star | Episode: "Body Double" (S 3:Ep 18) |
| 2004 | Crossing Jordan | Jennifer Robinson | Episode: "Devil May Care" (S 3:Ep 1) |
| 2009 | 90210 | Aunt Nancy | Episode: "The Party's Over" (S 1:Ep 22) |
| 2009 | House | Michelle Berkley | Episode: "Known Unknowns" (S 6:Ep 7) |
| 2012 | Ringer | Nurse | Episode: "I'm the Good Twin" (S 1"Ep 22) |
| 2013 | Perception | Angie | Episode: "Neuropositive" (S 2:Ep 7) |
| 2015, 2022 | General Hospital | Jennifer Smith | Recurring |