Holly Valance (born Holly Rachel Vukadinović on 11 May 1983 on Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian-British actress, singer, and model.
Valance began her career as Felicity "Flick" Scully on the Australian Soap Opera Neighbours. In 2002 she released her first album, Footprints, which included the international number-one hit single "Kiss Kiss". (1999-present)
She has starred in Pledge This!, Prison Break, and DOA: Dead or Alive.
She has hit songs such as "Kiss Kiss" and "State of Mind".
Discography:
- Footprints (2002)
- State Of Mind (2003)
Filmography:
Filmography
- Neighbours (1999-2002) as Felicity "Flick" Scully
- CSI: Miami (2004) as Kay Coleman
- Entourage (2005) as Leanna
- CSI: NY (2005) as Lydia
- Prison Break (2005 — 2006) as Nika Volek
- DOA: Dead or Alive as Christie Allen (2006)
- National Lampoon's Pledge This! (2006) as Jessica
- Moonlight (2007) as Lola
- Shark (2007) as Christina Shaw
- Taken as Sheerah (Diva) (2008)
- Valentine (2008) as Vivi Langdon
- Kambakkht Ishq (2009) as Herself
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising (2009) as Brenda Snow
- Luster (2010) as Sally
- Marple (2010) as Kanga Cottam
- Surviving Georgia (2011) as Rose
- Big Mammas Boy (2011) as Katie
- Strictly Come Dancing (2011) as Herself / Contestant
- Shopaholic Showdown (2013 — 2014) as Herself / Judge
- Red Herring (2015) as Angela
Tropes
- Auto-Tune: Used to vocoder her voice in most of State Of Mind.
- Celebrity Endorsement: In addition to film and television roles, Valance has also appeared in ads for Schwarzkopf hair care products and 1800 Reverse. In 2011 Valance appeared in an advert for Foster's Gold bottled beer
- Cover Version: "Kiss Kiss" Was a cover of a cover of the Turkish singer Tarkan's "Kiss Kiss".
- Intercourse with You: Most of State Of Mind.
- Lens Flare Censor: Strategically placed lens flare preserve her modesty in the "Kiss Kiss" video.
- Ms. Fanservice: Spends a lot of "Kiss Kiss" naked covered only by Lens Flare Censor and a lot of her roles take advantage of her sex appeal.
- New Sound Album: State Of Mind was rather forward-thinking electric pop.
- Obsession Song: "Desire" "Tongue Tied" "Double Take", "Everything I Hate"
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Spiritual Successor: Kind of filled in the space between Kylie Minogue albums in 2002 and 2003. - Refuge in Audacity: In her time she was particularly seen as out there.
- The Rival: To Delta Goodrem, to Kylie Minogue, To Vanessa Amorosi, to Britney Spears in various ways in her time.
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What Could Have Been: Was slated to play Cammy in a Street Fighter sequel in 2003 but it was scrapped due to the rights to the franchise leaving Universal to Fox.
