Holly Fields Explained

Holly Fields
Birth Date:11 October 1976
Birth Place:Sacramento, California, United States
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1987–present

Holly Fields (born October 11, 1976) is an American actress.

Career

Fields was Molly Ringwald's understudy at age 7 in Through the Looking Glass. After touring the country in the national show, she joined the Broadway cast of Annie at age ten. She starred in many other shows, including the National Tour of A Christmas Carol as Tiny Tim for two years. Following success on stage, she transitioned to television, commercials and modeling. Fields, then age 13, was booked for the CBS pilot for CBS Summer Playhouse: Fort Figueroa (1988)[1] and starred alongside Charles Haid.

She then appeared in over 100 commercials and 40 TV shows and films by the end of 1990, including MacGyver, Charles in Charge, Charmed, Quantum Leap, and Growing Pains. For her extensive work during this time, she was presented with two Youth in Film awards for "Best Newcomer" and "Best Female Guest Star".

Christopher Guest then cast her in The Big Picture (1989).

She discovered at an early age that she was able to copy voices, and after looping for others when asked, she became a professional voice match artist/looper. She voiced Cameron Diaz's voice and singing in over 60 projects, including Princess Fiona in Shrek.[1] Fields re-voiced stars such as Drew Barrymore, Kate Bosworth, Leslie Mann, Brittany Murphy, Paula Abdul, Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Hailee Steinfeld.

Fields starred in Wishmaster 2, Seedpeople, and other horror films. She voiced Nadia Grell in the video game and appeared on The OC as Aunt Cindy, Julie Cooper's estranged sister.

In 2014 Fields appeared as a mentor in the reality TV show The Reel Deal alongside Eric Roberts, Don Wilson, Judy Norton, Dustin Diamond, and Tim Russ. The celebrities were paired with new actors, writers, directors and composers to make a movie in 4 days.[2] Fields

Fields sings with bands and does vocal work on albums, including three of her own. She was produced by Robbie Nevil and Joey Carbone and was given a record deal in Japan, where she tours.

She is the great granddaughter of Edward B. Gross, who was one of the founders of Cannery Row. She is grandniece of Slim Hawks and Howard Hawks.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1989 The Big Picture Daughter
Communion Prying Mantis Girl
1992 Seedpeople Kim Tucker
1997 First Encounter
1999 Interceptor Force Lucy
1999 Wishmaster 2 Morgana Truscott
2001 Fishes Bambi
2004 Sunflower Rachael
Wild Roomies Holly
2006 The Still Life Stephanie
The Iron Man Swedish Girl
2007 Starting from Scratch Kathy
2013 Four Senses Esther

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Hard Copy Finny 1 episode
Married... with Children Jenny 1 episode
ABC Afterschool SpecialsLisa Kirk 1 episode
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse Michell Perry 1 episode
It's Garry Shandling's Show Madeline 1 episode
1989 MacGyver Jennifer Reiner, Crystal 1 episode
Quantum Leap Jill 1 episode
Falcon Crest Tami 1 episode
A Brand New Life Tammy 3 episodes
ALF Joanie 1 episode
Dragnet Linda Randell 1 episode

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Shrek 2 Activity Center: Twisted Fairy Tale FunPrincess Fiona
Shrek 2Princess Fiona, Female Citizens [3]
Spider-Man 2
2005 Shrek SuperSlam Princess Fiona
2006 Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing
2007 Shrek the Third Princess Fiona, Ogre Baby #1, Witch #3
Princess Fiona, Ogre Babies
2008 Shrek's Carnival Craze Party Games Princess Fiona, Puppet Singers
2010 White Knight Chronicles 2 Additional voices[4]
Shrek Forever After Princess Fiona
2011 DreamWorks Super Star Kartz
Nadia Grell
2023 DreamWorks All-Star Kart RacingPrincess Fiona

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holly Fields - Biography. TheReelDeal.com. July 31, 2016.
  2. Web site: Anticipated Reality TV Show, "The Reel Deal", Announces Celebrity Cast . Prweb.com . 2014-03-06 . 2016-09-15.
  3. Web site: Holly Fields (visual voices guide). Behind The Voice Actors. January 4, 2020.
  4. Web site: White Knight Chronicles (2010 video game) . Behind The Voice Actors . 28 July 2021.