Holly Marie Combs (born December 3, 1973) is an American actress and television producer, best known for her role as Piper Halliwell on The WB television series Charmed (1998–2006). During the mid-90s, Combs appeared as Kimberly Brock on the CBS television series Picket Fences (1992–1996), which earned her a Young Artist Award. She also starred in films such as Sweet Hearts Dance (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Dr. Giggles (1992), Sins of Silence (1996), Daughters (1997) and Love’s Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997). Combs is currently starring in the ABC Family television series Pretty Little Liars as Ella Montgomery. 
In 1998, Combs landed a lead role in The WB television series Charmed, for which she portrayed Piper Halliwell, the middle of three sisters who discover they are witches. Combs’ friend Shannen Doherty portrayed the role of the eldest sister Prue Halliwell, while Alyssa Milano starred as the youngest sister Phoebe Halliwell. Following Doherty’s departure after the third season (2000–01), resulting in her character’s death, Combs’ became the eldest sister for the remaining five seasons of the show, and Rose McGowan was cast as Doherty’s replacement Paige Matthews in the fourth season (2001–02). Combs became a producer for Charmed from the fifth season (2002–03) and onwards. The series ended its run on May 21, 2006. In 2008, AOL named Combs’ character Piper the third greatest witch in television history. 
During Charmed, Combs made a cameo appearance in Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven (2001), and starred opposite Charisma Carpenter in the romantic comedy film See Jane Date (2003), portraying the role of “a struggling actress whose career benefits from an affair with an A-list actor.” In 2007, she starred in the Lifetime television film Panic Button as Kathy Alden, a wife and mother of a single child whose family moves to a “beautiful and supposedly secure gated community after she’s the victim of a violent house break-in.” The following year, Combs signed a contract with Lifetime to produce and star in the television series Mistresses, which is based on the British series of the same name. 
However, the show never made it to air. In 2010, Combs was cast in the ABC Family television series Pretty Little Liars as Ella Montgomery, the mother of one of the main characters Aria Montgomery (played by Lucy Hale). The show is currently in its third season.
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