By Samantha Bornemann

Playboy.com: You've played high school students of all types: Sugar & Spice was about cheerleaders; you played an athlete on Once and Again. Are any of these close to what you were like in school?

Alexandra Holden: I guess that, like in Sugar & Spice, I obviously had times in high school when I felt like I didn't fit in. And the sporty Alex? I kinda got into that junior and senior year -- when I started playing tennis. My parents are really into tennis. I was home recently and Wimbledon was on all the time...and if they didn't see it, they taped it. [Laughs]

PB: Any good stories about playing Bruce Willis' daughter on Friends?

AH: Oh, that was cool! You know, I had no idea that I was gonna have a dad on the show or who it was gonna be, so I was totally surprised -- that was a good surprise.

PB: This summer you filmed the NBC miniseries Uprising, which also features your Friends boyfriend David Schwimmer. Was it like old times working with him again?

AH: That was weird, 'cause a lot of my little scenes are with him, but it was so different than Friends. He's yelling at me with a Polish accent....

PB: Tell us about the movie.

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WHO IS SHE?:

A blonde, sweet-faced native of Minnesota, 24-year-old Alexandra Holden has been popping up on TV and silver screens in a steady, teasing rhythm for years.

WHAT HAS SHE DONE?:

What hasn't she done? Her film credits include Dancer, Texas Pop. 81, In & Out, Sugar & Spice and Drop Dead Gorgeous. She was the anorexic reigning pageant princess in that deliciously tasteless film: You may remember her lip-synched performance of Don't Cry Out Loud while delivering an interpretive dance from her wheelchair. On TV, Alex played Ross' coed honey and Bruce Willis' daughter on Friends, the soccer player who lured Eli from his girlfriend on Once and Again and the aspiring actress who sought Richard Fish's help last spring on Ally McBeal. Last weekend, she crossed enemy lines with a star-studded cast in the WWII miniseries Uprising.

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