Image Credit: Mathew Imaging/FilmMagicMerlotte’s is adding yet another wackadoodle to its payroll: Lauren Bowles has been cast in the major recurring role of Holly, an oddly prescient single mom who gets hired as a waitress at Sam’s watering hole.
Look for Bowles, whose credits include Watching Ellie, Seinfeld, and The New Adventures of Old Christine (she’s the half-sister of Julia Louis-Dreyfus), to debut midway through True Blood‘s upcoming third season and possibly return as a series regular in season 4.
Thoughts?
I wonder if her Red Shirt means something….
Yeah, probably. Especially since it says in the article that she’s coming back for Season 4…
Holly in the books in a minor character at first, but ends up being A LOT MORE leading Team Sookie into a great war.
yeah she is more important later on, don’t think in the third book she is all that special.
I wanna see the fairy twins if they are gonna go that route or not? I’m guessing yes b/c they keep hinting at sook’s specialness, but will they show the twins…and who will play that hot sibs?
Me, too! I can’t watch True Blood (I don’t have HBO), but I like to see who has been cast and how they fit with my perception from reading the books. I think Eric was PERFECT casting
You can watch TrueBlood on line at several places but I like Yidio.com the best!
Bring on HOT CLAUDE!
I’ve been dying to see Claude and Claudine (and Claudette for her brief moments) too! I hope they bring them into the show at some point.
This actress fits my vision of Holly from reading the books, unlike many of the actors cast in this show.
I thought Holly was an early-20s brunette?
I don’t like her. Not sure why. Maybe cause I pictured Holly more feminine than this woman.
If I go by the unflattering picture you have posted she does nothing for me!
I knew I’d seen her somewhere before, but despite the credits listed, I couldn’t remember why she stuck out in my mind… and then it hit me: she’s the waitress that gives George the ‘bird’ surreptitiously!
In which show?
Seinfeld.
AHAHAHA AWESOME.
I’ve read the first 5 books in the series but I’m having a hard time remembering her character. Hmm.
Noooooooooooooooooooo! Lauren Bowles is a horrible casting decision. Horrible. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
i think holly was one of the witches in the books right?
Yah, she was the wicca that was semi-helping Sookie.
She’s so much like I pictured her from the books. Great casting!!
I’ve seen her on a BUNCH of stuff through the years. Great addition to an AWESOME show.
Black Hair pppppppppppplease and Emilia Broadway: Double Please