Lauren Holly
Work in Progress with Sophia Bush
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Long before portraying Sophia's mom in their new comedy "Broad Trip," Lauren Holly was '90s TV and movie royalty, starring in the smash hit "Dumb and Dumber" opposite then-boyfriend Jim Carrey and in the wildly popular dramatic series "Picket Fences." Here, Lauren opens up about which role still lingers with her and why moving away from Hollywood was the best decision she could have made. Plus, the unexpected question she asked herself before stepping into this new project with Sophia.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:04.4 | Hey, everyone. It's Sophia. |
| 0:06.7 | Welcome to Work in Progress. |
| 0:18.9 | Welcome back to Work in progress, friends. |
| 0:21.7 | Today we have one of my favorite coworkers ever. |
| 0:26.9 | And one of the most incredible women who I've ever been lucky enough to call my mom on screen. |
| 0:33.8 | Today I am interviewing actor, writer, philanthropist, and all around Hollywood icon Lauren |
| 0:42.4 | Holly. |
| 0:43.4 | She has built a career defined not just by those iconic roles, but by an ability to step |
| 0:49.1 | away, recalibrate, and redefine and redetermined success on her own terms in so many versions of |
| 0:56.6 | artistry. |
| 0:58.5 | Morin is so much fun to be around and so incisive and so brilliant, probably because she grew up |
| 1:07.9 | in a family steeped in academia and storytelling, and that foundation shaped |
| 1:12.7 | her creative instincts and her sense of personal purpose. She went on to use her artistic |
| 1:18.6 | voice across every single popular genre from outrageous comedies like dumb and dumber to character-driven |
| 1:25.7 | dramas like picket fences and Chicago Hope. |
| 1:29.8 | Lauren is such an incredible scene stealer and chameleon because she manages to ground a story, |
| 1:37.8 | any kind of story she's in, bringing her intelligence and warmth and emotional credibility. |
| 1:43.3 | I can say from experience she elevates whatever she takes on. |
| 1:47.7 | I had the incredible privilege of getting to see it up close on the set of our movie Broad Trip, |
| 1:53.7 | which premieres on Real Cool this Friday. |
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