Holland Roden

Holland Roden (born July 1988) is an American Actor and recent graduate from UCLA.

She currently portrays the popular and highly intelligent Lydia Martin on MTV’s Teen Wolf.

Holland was born in Dallas, Texas and now lives in the Los Angeles area.

She showed interest in performing at an early age by staging plays and doing impressions of British Monarch Elizabeth II for her family.

While she did take acting classes, Holland had initially planned to become a scientist. She spent a year studying molecular biology but then changed course and pursued acting full time. She ultimately returned to college and completed a degree in women’s studies at UCLA.

Since entering the profession, Holland has continued to work steadily. She co-starred as Skyler in the Direct to DVD release “Bring It On: Fight to the Finish”

Her television credits include roles on “Lost” (where she played John Locke's mother), "Cold Case" and “CSI”.

She also had a guest starring role on an episode of “Criminal Minds” which was the first show created by Teen Wolf creator Jeff Davis.