Holly Valance (born Holly Rachel Vukadinovic; Serbian Cyrillic: Холи Рејчел Вукадиновић, 11 May 1983) is an Australian model, actress and ARIA nominated singer.
Valance was born in New Zealand to a Serbian father Rajko and a British mother, Rachel. Her family moved to Melbourne when she was very young. She is related to the late British comedian Benny Hill— Hill's cousin was her grandfather. (They were first cousins twice removed.} Valance was ed...
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Holly Valance (born Holly Rachel Vukadinovic; Serbian Cyrillic: Холи Рејчел Вукадиновић, 11 May 1983) is an Australian model, actress and ARIA nominated singer.
Valance was born in New Zealand to a Serbian father Rajko and a British mother, Rachel. Her family moved to Melbourne when she was very young. She is related to the late British comedian Benny Hill— Hill's cousin was her grandfather. (They were first cousins twice removed.} 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.
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 #1 in both the Australian Recording Industry Association and UK Singles Charts...
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