Arabella Holzbog

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Arabella Holzbog
Born
Arabella Laura Holzbog

(1966-10-01) 1 October 1966 (age 59)
Education Pomona College (BA)
Occupation(s)Actress, visual artist
Years active1988–present
Spouse
(m. 1999)
Children2

Arabella Laura Holzbog (born 1 October 1966) is a British-American actress and visual artist, occasionally credited as Arabella Tjye.

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Early life and education

Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, [1] Holzbog is the daughter of Thomas Jerald Holzbog, an American architect, by his marriage to the Anglo-Norwegian artist, Wendy-Ann Wilson, [2] whose parents were the painter Frank Avray Wilson and his wife Ivy Higford Eckbo. [3] They were married in Surrey in 1958, [4] and had an older daughter, Jessica, born in Kensington in 1963. [5]

Holzbog graduated from Pomona College with a first degree in art, then studied performance art and theatre at Riverside Studios in London. She went on to work as an actress in films, television, and on stage.

Career

Holzbog appeared in episodes of Alias , Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction , and Tales from the Crypt. She also appeared in the films Catalina Trust , Carnosaur 2, Stone Cold, Bad News Bears, and Across the Universe. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Personal life

In 1995, Holzbog began to work with Daniel Ezralow, particularly on dance theatre projects, and they were married in 1999 and have two children.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990The Last SamuraiCaro
1991 Stone Cold Nancy
1992SoulmatesSara Foster
1995 Carnosaur 2 Sarah Rawlins
1995Hologram ManNatalie
1997CupidLinda
2000Catalina TrustSiobhan O'Riordan
2002Ocean ParkEllen Thorne
2005 Bad News Bears Shari Bullock
2007 Across the Universe Prankster

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Tales from the Crypt Dead CorpseEpisode: "Easel Kill Ya"
1993 Riders Helen Macaulay / Campbell-BlackTelevision film
1995 Red Shoe Diaries AnnaEpisode: "Tears"
1995 The Watcher KimEpisode: "Till There was You"
1996 Women: Stories of Passion Young MadelaineEpisode: "As Always, Madelaine"
1997 Silk Stalkings Janet PearsonEpisode: "A Question of Faith"
1997 L.A. Firefighters Rebecca HardyEpisode: "The Big One"
1998 Conan the Adventurer SaleaEpisode: "The Labyrinth"
1999, 2000 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Mrs. Woodward2 episodes
2001 Alias Laura Bristow

References

  1. "HOLZBOG, ARABELLA LAURA", in Register of Births for Stroud Registration district, vol. 7B (1966), p. 898
  2. Paid Notice: Deaths HOLZBOG, THOMAS JERALD, in The New York Times dated September 28, 2008, accessed 21 January 2018
  3. Contemporary Authors (1975), p. 679
  4. "HOLZBOG, Thomas J, and WILSON, Wendy A." in Register of Marriages for Surrey North, vol. 5g (1958), p. 874
  5. "HOLZBOG, JESSICA J", in Births, Kensington, vol. 5C (1963), p. 1816
  6. Rob Stone, The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don't Run (2013), p. 199
  7. Jacob Levich, The Motion Picture Guide 1996 (1996), p. 186
  8. Mark F. Berry, The Dinosaur Filmography (2005), p. 340
  9. John Willis, ed., Screen World 1992 (Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers, 1993), p. 49
  10. Nikki Stafford, Robyn Burnett, Uncovering Alias: An Unofficial Guide (2004), p. 193