{{short description|Canadian actress and playwright (born 1974)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Holly Lewis | image = | caption = | birth_place = Scarborough, Ontario | occupation = Actress, Writer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|12|17}} | years_active = 1999–present | children = 2 | spouse = Daryl Cloran<ref>{{cite web|last1=Valiulis|first1=Daina|title=tist Interview: Daryl Cloran and Holly Lewis|url=http://mondomagazine.net/tag/toronto/page/17/|website=www.mondomagazine.net|accessdate=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093826/http://mondomagazine.net/tag/toronto/page/17/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} '''Holly Lewis''' (born December 17, 1974) is a Canadian actress and writer. Born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario, she is known for her television and film work, as well as her stage experience.
==Film and television== Initially providing minor roles in television shows such as ''Puppets Who Kill'', Lewis's acting career became more strongly introduced into television and film when she joined the regular cast of Ken Finkleman's award-winning satirical television program, ''The Newsroom''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Newsroom: Season 1, Episode 8 The Fifty|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1109825/|website=IMDb|accessdate=27 July 2015}}</ref> She joined the cast in the second season, which aired in 2004, as George's assistant, Claire. Also in 2004, she played a recurring character on ''Train 48''. She appeared opposite David Boreanaz<ref>{{cite web |title=These Girls |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439008/ |accessdate=31 August 2015 |website=IMDb}}</ref> in ''These Girls''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jaffer |first1=Dave |title=These Girls Get it Good |url=http://hour.ca/2006/03/02/some-girls-get-it-good/ |accessdate=31 August 2015 |website=www.hour.ca}}</ref>
==Theatre==
Holly Lewis has acted in many theatre productions across Canada and internationally. Her work includes: Educating Rita at the Arts Club in Vancouver, Canada,(2015)<ref>{{cite web|title=Educating Rita House Programme|url=http://artsclub.com/shows/2014-2015/pdf/house-programmes/educating-rita.pdf|website=www.artsclub.com|publisher=Arts Club Theatre|accessdate=27 July 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414022410/http://artsclub.com/shows/2014-2015/pdf/house-programmes/educating-rita.pdf|archivedate=April 14, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> as well as Western Canada Theatre<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hewlett|first1=Jason|title=The Challenges of Educating Rita|url=http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/arts-entertainment/local-a-e/the-challenges-of-educating-rita-1.1237613|website=Kamloopsnews.ca|accessdate=31 August 2015}}</ref> Molly in the Canadian premiere of ''Peter and the Starcatcher'' at Western Canada Theatre and Sylvia in Tribes (play) at Canadian Stage Company for which she received a Dora Award nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ttdb.ca/people/holly-lewis/|title = Holly Lewis | the Toronto Theatre Database}}</ref>
==Writing== Holly Lewis' most recent play, The Fiancée, was shortlisted for the 55th annual Alberta Playwriting Competition <ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Alberta Playwrights|accessdate=2 November 2021|title=apc-history|url=https://albertaplaywrights.squarespace.com/apc-history}}</ref> and won the Noviciate Prize. Billed as a "wig-swapping, door-slamming, cake-facing farce", it premiered at the Citadel Theatre in November 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Nichols|first1=Liz|title=A real live in-person season at the Citadel, starting this summer|date=June 24, 2021 |url=https://12thnight.ca/2021/06/24/10792/}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|1661274}} * [http://www.pjo.ca/thesegirls/hl.html Short biography from the film These Girls] * [https://playwrightsguild.ca/paupress/profile/holly-lewis/view/]
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