Holly Valance

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 Melbourne, to a Serbian father Rajko and a British mother, Rachel. She is related 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 ... more

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 Melbourne, to a Serbian father Rajko and a British mother, Rachel. She is related 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. 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 charts in April/May 2002. The director's cut version of the music video was notable in that Valance... less