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Holly Rachel Vukadinovic (born 11
May 1983), better known by her stage name, Holly Valance, is an Australian
model, actress and singer. Valance began her career as Felicity "Flick"
Scully on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. In 2002, she released her
debut album, Footprints, which yielded the international number-one hit
single "Kiss Kiss".
Valance was born to a Serbian father Rajko and a British mother, Rachel.
Her family moved to Melbourne when she was very young. Valance is first
cousin once removed to the late British comedian Benny Hill— Hill's cousin
was her grandfather.
Valance was educated at the Star of the Sea College, a Roman Catholic high
school in Brighton, Victoria. While modeling as a teen, she was discovered
and cast in the long-running Australian soap Neighbours. Cast as Felicity
"Flick" Scully in 1999, Valance left the series in 2002 to pursue a music
career.
In 2004, Valance returned to acting, this time in the United States,
appearing in episodes of the television series CSI: Miami, Entourage. In
2005, she appeared in an episode of CSI: NY. She then guest-starred in
Prison Break, in 2006, as Nika Volek, a role which she continued to
portray in the show's second season.
In 2006, Valance appeared in the National Lampoon comedy Pledge This!,
alongside American socialite Paris Hilton. The same year, she was in DOA:
Dead or Alive, an adaptation of the popular video game Dead or Alive,
where she played Christie. In 2007, she appeared in the TV series Shark
and Moonlight. In 2008, she had a role in the film Taken alongside Liam
Neeson and Famke Janssen, and appeared in an episode of the The CW series
Valentine. In 2009, Valance provided the voice of Brenda Snow for the
video game Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising. She is also set to
appear as Angela in the movie Red Herringand as Sally in the upcoming
thriller titled Luster. Valance appeared with British electro-pop newcomer
Frankmusik in the video for his single Confusion Girl, which was released
on August 3rd 2009.
Valance's first single as a recording artist was a cover of Turkish singer
Tarkan's "Kiss Kiss" (composed by Turkish "Diva" Sezen Aksu), released in
2002. The song debuted at No. 1 in both the Australian Recording Industry
Association and UK Singles Charts charts in April/May 2002. The director's
cut version of the music video was notable in that Valance appeared to be
dancing naked, but in fact she was wearing flesh-coloured underwear but no
top. The footage was then digitally retouched adding strategically placed
lighting effects. The song was nominated for four ARIA Music Awards.
Valance's next single, "Down Boy" peaked at No. 2 in the UK and at No. 3
in Australia. Her début album, Footprints, was released on 14 October
2002. It debuted and peaked at No. 9 in the UK and No. 15 in Australia.
The album's third and final single "Naughty Girl" peaked at No. 3 in
Australia and at No. 16 in the UK. In 2003, the first single "State of
Mind" from Valance's second album of the same name debuted and peaked at
No. 8 in the UK and at No. 14 in Australia, but the album did not get into
the top 50 of either country.
Valance, who lives in Los Angeles, has dated Australian actor Alex
O'Loughlin. The couple split up in February 2009. She also dated musician
Frankmusik after bonding at the set of his video, Confusion Girl in which
Valance played his love interest. Valance is now reportedly dating former
English footballer Jonny Dixon. |
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Red Herring (2010) .... Angela
Luster (2009) .... Sally
X Returns (2009) .... Sammy Walters
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (2009) (VG) .... Brenda
Snow
"Valentine" .... Vivi Langdon (1 episode, 2008)
- Act Naturally (2008) TV episode .... Vivi Langdon
Taken (2008/I) .... Sheerah
"Shark" .... Christina Shaw (1 episode, 2007)
- Every Breath You Take (2007) TV episode .... Christina Shaw
"Moonlight" .... Lola (1 episode, 2007)
- B.C. (2007) TV episode .... Lola
Pledge This! (2006) .... Jessica
... aka National Lampoon's Pledge This! (USA: complete title)
"Prison Break" .... Nika Volek (5 episodes, 2005-2006)
... aka Prison Break: On the Run (Australia: second season title)
- First Down (2006) TV episode .... Nika Volek
- Scan (2006) TV episode .... Nika Volek
- The Key (2006) TV episode .... Nika Volek
- And Then There Were 7 (2005) TV episode .... Nika Volek
- Sleight of Hand (2005) TV episode .... Nika Volek
DOA: Dead or Alive (2006) .... Christie Allen
... aka D.O.A. - Dead or Alive (Germany)
... aka DOA (USA: short title)
"CSI: NY" .... Lydia (1 episode, 2005)
- YoungBlood (2005) TV episode .... Lydia
"Neighbours" .... Felicity Scully / ... (306 episodes, 1999-2005)
- Friends for Twenty Years (2005) TV episode .... Felicity Scully
- Episode #1.4155 (2002) TV episode .... Felicity Scully
- Episode #1.4145 (2002) TV episode .... Felicity Scully
- Episode #1.4136 (2002) TV episode .... Felicity Scully
- Episode #1.4130 (2002) TV episode .... Felicity Scully
(301 more)
"Entourage" .... Leanna (1 episode, 2005)
- My Maserati Does 185 (2005) TV episode .... Leanna
"CSI: Miami" .... Kay Coleman (1 episode, 2004)
... aka CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional title)
- Addiction (2004) TV episode .... Kay Coleman |
