May 11, 1983

Melbourne, Australia

Holly Rachel Vukadinovi? who is better known by her stage name of Holly Valance, is an Australian-born actress and ARIA nominated singer. Holly is related to the late British comedian Benny Hill — Hill's cousin was her grandfather (i.e., they are cousins twice removed). She was educated at the Star of the Sea College, a Roman Catholic high school located in Melbourne.
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Holly's first single as a recording artist was Kiss Kiss (based on Turkish singer Tarkan's hit single ?&#... ... (read more...) 305;mar?k), released in 2002. Her début album Footprints went on sale at the end of that year.
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In 2004, Valance turned to acting, this time in the United States, appearing in episodes of the television series CSI: Miami and Entourage, and 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. She also had a small role in an episode in the second season of US TV show Entourage.

She appeared in the National Lampoon comedy Pledge This! and DOA: Dead or Alive, an adaptation of the popular video game Dead or Alive, where she played Christie. Valance is also set to play a Bosnian Muslim in a new movie titled 'The Tourist', a true story set in the Balkan war.

She also served as the promotional face of Australian collect call company 1800-Reverse and the UK equivalent.