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Holly Rachel Vukadinović (born May 11, 1983 to
Serbian father Rajko Vukadinović and British mother Rachel Stevens), who is
better known by her stage name of Holly Valance (pronounced valAnce, her full
name is spoken the same way as 'Oliver Lance'), She is a New Zealand born
actress and singer. Holly is related to the late British comedian Benny
Hill—Hill's cousin was her grandfather. She was educated at the Star of the Sea
College, a Catholic high school located in Melbourne, Victoria.
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Career
Acting
& Singing
Valance's big break came when she landed the role
of Felicity 'Flick' Scully in Neighbours. Holly's first single was Kiss Kiss
(based on Turkish singer Tarkan's hit single Simarik) was released in 2002. The
video for Kiss Kiss was notable for the impression that she was dancing naked,
with her nudity only concealed by strategically placed lighting. In fact she was
dancing wearing flesh-coloured underwear, and the footage of her dancing was
then digitally retouched to create the illusion. Her début album Footprints went
on sale at the end of that year.
Kiss Kiss debuted at #1 in both the Australia ARIA
charts and UK Singles Charts in (April-May 2002). Then her next single, Down Boy
peaked at #2 in the UK and at #3 in Australia, while her album Footprints
debuted and peaked at #9 in the UK and at #16 in Australia. Her third single
Naughty Girl peaked at #3 in Australia and at #16 in the UK. The first single
State of Mind from her next album of the same name then debuted and peaked at #8
in the UK and peaked at #14 in Australia, but the album didn't get into the top
50 of both charts.
Although "Somebody Out There," "Ricochets,"
"Desire" and "Everything I Hate" were all scheduled to be released as singles,
with "Please Please Please Me" to be the lead-off single for a third
album...following legal problems with her manager/boyfriend, and poor sales from
the album "State of Mind," Valance was dropped from her recording company.
In 2002 she won the British GQ Award for "Woman of
the Year".
In 2004 Valance returned 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 Prison Break. She will soon also appear
in the National Lampoon comedy Pledge This! and DOA: Dead or Alive, an
adaptation of the popular video game Dead or Alive. She also currently serves as
the promotional face of Australian collect call company 1-800-REVERSE.
Legal
action
In 2003 she fired her then-manager Scott Michaelson
(who owns Biscayne Partners Pty Ltd) by fax, 15 months before her contract was
due to expire. Biscayne Partners Pty. Ltd. sued Valance Corp., won their case
and were awarded damages by the High Court of Australia.[http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/scjudgments/2003nswsc.nsf/27602436db586906ca256983001e13
Discography
Chart
positions
|
Year |
Title |
Chart Positions |
|
UK Album Chart |
AUS Album Chart |
|
|
2002 |
Footprints |
9 |
16 |
|
|
2003 |
State Of Mind |
68 |
- |
|
|
Year |
Title |
Chart Positions |
|
UK Singles Chart |
AUS Singles Chart |
|
|
2002 |
Kiss Kiss |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2002 |
Down Boy |
2 |
3 |
|
|
2002 |
Naughty Girl |
16 |
3 |
|
|
2003 |
State of Mind |
8 |
14 |
|
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