Holly Valance

Birth Name 

Holly Rachel Vukadinović

Date of Birth

11 May 1983

Height

5' 8"

Nationality

Australian

Valance was born to an English mother and Serbian father. She has two sisters, Coco and Olympia.
Holly Rachel Vukadinović better known by her stage name Holly Valance, is an Australian model, actress and singer. Valance began her career as Felicity "Flick" Scully on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. In 2002, she released her debut album, Footprints, which yielded the international number-one hit single "Kiss Kiss".



Film and television career:
As a teen, she was 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.
In 2004, Valance returned to acting, this time in the United States, appearing in episodes of the television series CSI: Miami, Entourage. 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.
In 2006, Valance appeared in the National Lampoon comedy Pledge This!, alongside American socialite Paris Hilton. The same year, she was in DOA: Dead or Alive, an adaptation of the popular video game Dead or Alive, where she played Christie. In 2007, she appeared in the TV series Shark and Moonlight. In 2008, she had a role in the film Taken alongside Liam Neeson and Famke Janssen, and appeared in an episode of the The CW series Valentine. In 2009, Valance played Brenda Snow for the video game Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising. She is also set to appear as Angela in the movie Red Herring and as Sally in the upcoming thriller titled Luster.
She appeared in the Miss Marple television episode called "The Pale Horse".



Music career:
Valance at an airport filming an advert for 1800 Reverse
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 No. 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 appeared to be dancing naked. She revealed that she was topless but also wearing flesh-coloured underwear. The footage was then digitally retouched adding strategically placed lighting effects. The song was nominated for four ARIA Music Awards.


Valance's next single, "Down Boy" peaked at #2 in the UK and at #3 in Australia. Her début album, Footprints, was released on 14 October 2002. It debuted and peaked at #9 in the UK and #15 in Australia. The album's third and final single "Naughty Girl" peaked at #3 in Australia and at No. 16 in the UK. In 2003, the first single "State of Mind" from Valance's second album of the same name debuted and peaked at #8 in the UK and at #14 in Australia, but the album did not get into the top 50 of either country.


Valance has also featured in other music videos, first in 2000, when she appeared in Human Nature's music video He Don't Love You, and again in 2009 with British electro-pop newcomer Frankmusik in the video for his single "Confusion Girl".






Legal troubles:
In 2003, Valance fired her then-manager Scott Michaelson (who owns Biscayne Partners Pty Ltd) by phone, 15 months before his contract was due to expire. Biscayne Partners Pty. Ltd. sued Valance Corp., won their case and were awarded damages by the Supreme Court of New South Wales.


During the trial, Valance's mother claimed that Michaelson was negligent in his duties as a manager, which forced her to take over from his role as manager. Former Neighbours co-star Kym Valentine also gave evidence that Valance "said she was feeling bad, a bit stressed out, because she was leaving Scott" and that "she said the solicitors for her record company would get her out of the contract and would be faxing him the paper work (from the UK) to do so." Valance denied that she told Valentine this conversation in court, even though she had signed an affidavit where she stated she had no recollection of the conversation.


Justice Clifford Einstein said, "I have given close consideration to the question of whether or not the circumstances presently before the Court which do, it seems to me, show a calculated disregard of the rights of Biscayne as well as a cynical pursuit of benefit". The court subsequently ordered Valance Corp. pay $350,000 to Biscayne Partners Pty. Ltd. Of this amount, $47,264.56 was "from shares Ms Valance and Mr Michaelson had bought together on the London Stock Exchange", though the court did not award in favour of Biscayne getting a percentage of sales of her album, State of Mind.


Following the legal problems and poor sales from the album State of Mind, Valance was reportedly dropped from her recording company. She denied this stating, "I asked to be released, but Warner refused, so I hung out for a year until the contract expired. We parted on good terms". Valance later confirmed she is no longer interested in recording music, telling Men's Style magazine:
"No one can make any money. It was a really tough slog and I had a good go at it, but it was difficult. You put in so much effort and put in so many long hours for not much return. I was making all my money from endorsements and appearances, but I didn't make that much from the actual record sales. I think everyone is suffering in the music industry. It wasn't just me. I do something until it's not fun any more and then move on. Music wasn't fun any more."


In 2005, Valance returned to music, albeit briefly, when she appeared on Har Mar Superstar's album The Handler singing on the tracks "Back the Camel Up" and "Body Request".




Endorsements:
Valance appeared in adverts for the reverse charges service 1800 Reverse
In addition to film and television roles, Valance has also appeared in ads for Schwarzkopf hair care products and 1800 Reverse.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Chart positions				Sales and certifications
		AUS	IRL	JPN	UK
2002	Footprints First studio album Released: 14 October 2002	15	39	19	9	AUS: Gold UK: Gold
2003	State of Mind Second studio album Released: 6 November 2003	57	—	12	60	JPN: Gold

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions[21]														Certifications	Album
		AUS	AUT	BEL	DK	FIN	FR	GER	IRL	ITA	NL	NZ	SWE	SWI	UK
2002	"Kiss Kiss"	1	11	28	20	11	50	14	2	3	23	17	12	19	1	AUS: Platinum UK: Silver	Footprints
	"Down Boy"	3	—	34	—	—	—	61	8	11	36	37	—	70	2	AUS: Gold
	"Naughty Girl"	3	56	47	—	—	—	52	25	27	39	—	50	—	16	AUS: Gold
2003	"State of Mind"	14	—	—	—	16	—	—	27	41	—	—	—	—	8		State of Mind

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Work
2000	Logie Award	Nominated	Most Popular New Talent – Female	Neighbours
2002	ARIA Award		Highest Selling Single	"Kiss Kiss"
			Best Female Artist	"Kiss Kiss"
			Breakthrough Artist – Single	"Kiss Kiss"
			Best Pop Release	"Kiss Kiss"
2003	Disney Channel Kids Awards	Won	Breakthrough Artist	-
			Best Single	"Kiss Kiss"

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999–2002	Neighbours	Felicity "Flick" Scully	250 episodes
2004	CSI: Miami	Kay Coleman	Episode: "Addiction"
2005	Entourage	Leanna	Episode: "My Maserati Does 185"
2005	CSI: NY	Lydia	Episode: "Youngblood"
2005–2006	Prison Break	Nika Volek	5 episodes
2006	DOA: Dead or Alive	Christie Allen
2006	National Lampoon's Pledge This!	Jessica
2007	Moonlight	Lola	Episode: "B.C.
2007	Shark	Christina Shaw	Episode: "Every Breath You Take"
2008	Taken	Sheerah (Diva)
2008	Valentine	Vivi Langdon	Episode: "Act Naturally"
2009	Kambakkht Ishq	Herself (Cameo)
2010	Luster	Sally
2010	Agatha Christie's Marple: The Pale Horse	Kanga Cottam	Television movie
2010	Red Herring	Angela
2010	Surviving Georgia	Rose
2010	Big Mamma's Boy	Katie

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