Lauren Holly: Holly Takes Hollywood

"Sex, I love that!" declares Lauren Holly in reference to the theme of this month's Movieline.

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"I've always been the girl-next-door, the good friend or the tomboy, and all of a sudden that trend is changing." In the past, Holly's been best known for portraying a policewoman on TV's "Picket Fences," but since making waves as Bruce Lee's kung fu wife in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, she's been considered for love-interest roles. How does it feel to finally be thought of as sexy? "I'm adoring it right now, are you kidding?"

Holly will next be playing the cat's meow to Jim Carrey (her offscreen flame) and Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber. Did sparks fly when she met Carrey? "We met over a year ago when I was offered Courteney Cox's role in Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, which I turned down," she says. "We didn't start dating until we filmed Dumb and Dumber." Meaning, I guess, that it wasn't a case of "animal" attraction at first.

With a new image, a pepped up career and the hottest film funnyman as her beau, what more could Holly want? A few less speeding tickets, that's what. "Sometimes a police officer will recognize me and I'll say, 'You're a cop, I'm a cop. How 'bout it?'" she says. "But he's like, 'Well, if you're a cop, you should know better,' and he'll keep writing that ticket. I've never gotten out of it."

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Jamie Painter