Holly Brisley

Holly Brisley (born 11 January 1978) is an Australian actress and television presenter. She began her career at the age of 16 on Agro's Cartoon Connection (1994–97) and more recently portrayed Amanda Vale-Baker on Home and Away (2005–09). Her most successful film roles include Garage Days (2001) and The Crop (2002).

Holly Brisley
Brisley at the I, Tonya movie premiere in Sydney.
Born (1978-01-11) 11 January 1978
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Spouse(s)Paul Ford (2006–present)
Children2

Early life

Brisley was born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. As Holly grew up, she excelled at speech and drama and joined the Paradise Performer's Dance Academy, where she participated in various classes such as jazz, ballet and tap dancing, and also took part in eisteddfods, winning many awards.

Career

By the age of 13 she was on the books of the Studio Search Agency on the Gold Coast, with her first roles being the Australian telemovies The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? in 1993 and Official Denial in 1994.

It was not until Holly began her regular television career in 1994 on the Logie Award winning children's program Agro's Cartoon Connection that she began to receive recognition. She would later host The Looney Tunes Show in a more adult style, along with World's Craziest Videos and various shows for Foxtel. Holly was ranked 5th (2000) and 29th (2001) in FHM's Australia's 100 Sexiest Women.

Brisley maintained her acting career throughout this period with some of her notable roles being in Garage Days, The Crop and Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure.

After various guest appearances and hosting gigs, Holly was featured in Dancing with the Stars in 2005, and then landed the permanent role of town vixen Amanda Vale on soap opera Home and Away, where she remained for two years. In February 2008, Holly briefly returned to Home and Away, reprising her role again in July 2009 and leaving in mid August 2009. Holly has said she would love to return to Home and Away.

Over the years, Holly has worked (at one stage or another) for most networks, including Channel 10 and Foxtel, but mostly she has worked for Channel 7 and 9.

In 2008, Holly voiced the title character in the ABC children's series CJ the DJ which has screened in Australia from late 2009 to early 2010. Holly played the female lead Tara in the feature film Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011).

In November 2019, she appeared on 7mate in the reincarnation of Fat Pizza, as Pauly’s former high school crush, who works in the local pharmacy.

Personal life

Brisley's family moved from Adelaide to the Gold Coast while she was still very young.

Holly became engaged to marketing executive Paul Ford in Venice in 2005 and they married on 11 February 2006 in Manly, Sydney. They exchanged vows in the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel, in the grounds of St Patrick's Seminary overlooking the ocean.

Holly gave birth to their son, Levi Harper Ford, at the Royal North Shore Private Hospital on 16 July 2009. On 20 July 2012 Holly gave birth to the couples second child, a daughter Willow Jade Ford.[1]

Holly has Coeliac Disease, and appeared on the cover of "The Australian Coeliac" September 2005 edition.[2]

In July 2010, Holly climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa for a charity trek, whereby she raised $50,000 for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation, a worthy cause that helps sick children. She had a near death experience having contracted pulmonary edema caused by the high altitude but is in good health now.

Awards and nominations

On 1 June 2005, she received a Film Award for 'Best Actress – Feature Film' at the New York Film & Video Festival for her portrayal of "Geraldine" in the Australian film The Crop. The movie also won 'Best International Feature'.

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1993The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children?Tonya Smith
1994Official DenialDos
1999Nowhere To LandJenny
2001Garage DaysScarlet
2002The CropGeraldineNew York Independent Film Festival Award for Best Actress
Scooby-DooTraining Video Woman
2003The Matrix ReloadedWoman in restaurant
MermaidsYoung Betty
2004Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty PleasureHeather Locklear
2006Me or YouPsychiatristShort film
2007Devil's GatewaySamantha Davies
2008The FuryScarlet
2011Sinbad and The MinotaurTara
2014ConfessionsKara (voice)
2017Life of the PartySandra
2019Enter SanctumCynthia
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1994–1997Agro's Cartoon ConnectionHost / Reporter
1996–1999TVSNPresenter
1999–2001BeastmasterHaisa / Kodd2 episodes
2000Olympic Games Opening CeremonyReporter
All SaintsJanelle1 episode
Introducing Hang ZhouPresenterBBC World
The Wright StuffGuest PanellistFive Documentary
2001It's Your Go!Host
2002The Looney Tunes ShowHost
2003White Collar BlueAmber
PizzaLouise
Big Brother: The InsiderPanelist
2004Escape With ETReporter
2005Dancing with the StarsContestantFinished 3rd place
2005–2006World's Craziest VideosHost
2005–2009Home and AwayAmanda Vale-Baker05–07 on contract, 08-09 guest star
2006Get NickedHost
Good as Gold: Our Brightest StarsHost
2009The Spearman ExperimentContributor
CJ the DJCJVoice role
gollark: Like the infinitely powerful computer I run AutoBotRobot on.
gollark: It's also hyperturing-complete.
gollark: Really, it's sin offset by 90 degrees or something.
gollark: cos is just a wrapper for sin.
gollark: I mean, it's *based* on that, but there is other related stuff.

References
  1. Holly Brisley Baby Joy! Archived 9 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Australian Coeliac Sep 2005 Archived 16 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
Preceded by
Justin Melvey & Kym Johnson		 Dancing with the Stars (Australia) third place contestant
Season 2 (Early 2005 with Mark Hodge)		 Succeeded by
Ian "Dicko" Dickson & Leanne Bampton
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