Tina Holmes

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Holmes as Maggie Sibley on Six Feet Under

Tina Holmes is an American television and film actress.

1 Early years and education
2 Film and production
3 Acting career
4 External links

[edit] Early years and education

Holmes grew up in New York City and Connecticut. An Ivy League girl, 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.

[edit] Film and production

Holmes has traveled, studied, and researched foreign language and documentary film. She has studied Brazilian 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 shelters. Holmes produced and directed the documentary short film, You're Nobody Until Somebody Loves You in which women in the 80's and 90's shared their experiences and offered advice on love. After directing and production work, Holmes decided to begin her acting career.

[edit] Acting career

Holmes began her film acting career with 1998's Edge of Seventeen, playing the starring role of Maggie. She followed that with 30 Days in 1999 and Prince of Central Park in 2000. She has been featured in several present day television series such as 24, Law and Order: SVU, Invasion, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Third Watch and in a recurring role as Maggie Sibley on the HBO original series, Six Feet Under during the fifth and final season.