Biography of Holly Valance (a.k.a.: Holly Rachel Candy)

Holly Rachel Candy (née Vukadinović; born May 11, 1983), known professionally as Holly Valance, is an Australian model, actress and singer. Valance began her acting career on the Australian soap opera Neighbours, as Felicity Scully (1999–2002, 2005, 2022). She released her first album, Footprints (October 2002), which provided her top 3 singles, "Kiss Kiss" (April 2002), "Down Boy" (September) and "Naughty Girl" (December). By that time she had relocated to Los Angeles. Her second and final album, State of Mind, appeared in November 2003. Her film roles include, DOA: Dead or Alive (2006), Pledge This! (2006), Taken (2008) and Kambakkht Ishq (2009). Valance has lived in her mother's native United Kingdom since 2009 and became a contestant on the BBC One dance competition Strictly Come Dancing in 2011. In 2013, she was a mentor and judge of fashion competition, Shopaholic Showdown. In September 2012, Valance married British property developer Nick Candy; the couple have two children.