Thanks to Ted's endless quest to find their mother, How I Met Your Mother just cast another beauty for this season for Ted to date fresh after Laura Prepon's brief appearance as Karen.

This week's lucky lady is the lovely Rebecca Budig of All My Children fame.  Budig will play Holly, a new girlfriend of Ted's during the final episodes of the season according to TV Guide.

While we highly doubt Budig plays the mother, her appearance does set the table for a small tease as to the Mother's identity.  More on that in the coming week.

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