Holly Valance

Actress and Singer Holly Valance
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Profession: Actress and Singer

Nationality:
Australia
Australian

Biography: Holly Valance is an Australian model, actress, and singer best known for her roles as Felicity Scully on the Australian soap opera Neighbours (1999–2002) and Nika Volek in Prison Break (2005–2006). She has also had a music career, with several hit singles.

Valance was born in Melbourne to a Serbian father and a British mother. She started modeling as a teenager and left school at 16 to join the cast of Neighbours.

After leaving Neighbours, Valance pursued a music career, releasing her debut album, Footprints (2002), which featured the hit single "Kiss Kiss." She released her second album, State of Mind (2003), the next year.

Valance returned to acting in the mid-2000s, appearing in shows like CSI: Miami, Entourage, and Prison Break, as well as films such as DOA: Dead or Alive (2006), Pledge This! (2006), Taken (2008) alongside Liam Neeson, and Kambakkht Ishq (2009). In 2011, she was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, finishing fourth.

Valance married billionaire property developer Nick Candy in 2012, and they have two daughters together. She has been involved in charity work as an Ambassador for The Children's Trust since taking a hiatus from her career in 2013.

In 2022, Valance made a cameo appearance as Felicity Scully in the final episode of Neighbours. She has expressed conservative political views, supporting the Reform UK party.

Born: May 11, 1983
Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Age: 40 years old

Generation: Millennial
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Star Sign: Taurus


Married Life

  • 2012-09-29 Actress Holly Valance (29) weds property developer Nick Candy (39) in Beverly Hills, California