Holly Rachel Vukadinovic was born on 11th May 1983 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, of part-Serbian and Spanish ancestry, and is a model, actress and singer who as Holly Valance, began her career portraying Felicity Scully in the long-running Australian television series “Neighbours”. Then, she released her debut album, “Footprints” which included the single “Kiss Kiss” that brought her success and helped to popularize her name around the world. Valance has been active in the entertainment industry since 1999.
How much is the net worth of Holly Valance? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $20 million, as of the data presented at the beginning of 2018. Television, film and music are the major sources of Valance’s fortune.
Holly Valance (Actress) Net Worth $20 million
To begin with, the girl was raised in Melbourne, and was educated at Star of the Sea College, a high school of the Roman Catholic church in Brighton.
Concerning her professional career, she was noticed as a teenage model – her talent was discovered and she was invited to join the television series “Neighbours” (1999 – 2002), and was cast to play Felicity Scully. Later, she appeared in the video “He Do not Love You Now” by the Human Nature which was quite successful and gave her the opportunity to be noticed. More, it allowed her to obtain a record contract. Her first single “Kiss Kiss” is the cover of a discreetly famous Turkish song. Holly’s song soon became a catchphrase that reached the top of the charts of Europe, Australia and Asia. The single was accompanied by the video in which the singer apparently appears completely naked in a set of white lights and laser beams. In 2002, Valance released her first album, a mix of Arabic and British rhythms entitled “Footprints”, and in 2003 she won the awards assigned by Disney Channel for the Best Emerging Artist and the Best Single (“Kiss Kiss”), which also won an MTV Video Music Award. The same year, after an appearance at the Sanremo Festival, the third single “Naughty Girl” was released, reaching third position on the Australian sales charts. There was also the release of a fourth single called “Tuck Your Shirt In”, but due to discord with the record company, the single never saw the light. At the end of 2003, “State of Mind” was released, her second album that went back to the sound of the eighties, focusing a lot on electronics. The first single “State of Mind” debuted in the standings in eighth position, the highest it reached but the album could not enter the TOP 20, a disappointing sales result. So, Holly concentrated on acting career, and after her experience in the series “Neighbours”, Valance was first chosen to play the character of Nika Volek in the crime drama series “Prison Break” (2005 – 2006), and later cast as the protagonist for the movie “DOA: Dead or Alive” (2006), inspired by the homonymous videogame. In 2011, she was a contestant of the reality series “Strictly Come Dancing”, then from 2013 to 2014 served as a judge on the reality series “Shopaholic Showdown”, followed in 2015 by interpreting Angela in the feature film “Red Herring”.
Finally, in the personal life of the actress and singer, she was in relationships with Peter Ververis (2000 – 2006) and Alex O’Loughlin (2005 – 2009), and has been married to actor Nick Candy since 2012.
International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Australia
Nominations
Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent
Movies
Red Herring, Big Mamma's Boy, Surviving Georgia, Luster, X Returns, Taken, National Lampoon's Pledge This!, DOA: Dead or Alive
TV Shows
Neighbours, Ultimate Shopper
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Fact
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Favourite film is Sexy Beast.
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Appeared nude in her music video "Kiss Kiss". She said that the nude scenes were not originally planned, but the director thought of it on the day. She wore flesh colored underwear and had tape on her breasts to appear nude.
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Claims that she had shown her music video "Kiss Kiss" to her parents and her grandmother. She was very nervous about showing it to them, but they all loved it.
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a daughter Luka Violet Toni Candy in November 2013. Child's father is her husband, Nick Candy.
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Living in Los Angeles to pursue a film career and record a third album. [March 2004]
Her ethnicity is Serbian (father's side) and English (mother's side).
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Ranked #80 in the 2011 FHM (Australia) list of the "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
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Voted #69 in the 2005 Ask Men list of the top 99 "most desirable women".
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Her debut single "Kiss Kiss" is actually belongs to the popular Turkish pop singer Tarkan. The name of the song as his version is "Simarik" (spoiled).
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Considered attaching herself to the UK-set sports-day comedy screenplay "Running Out of Time" by Robin Morningstar but ultimately decided to pass on the idea to pursue USA-based work.
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Father is Serbian musician Rajko "Rayko" Vukadinovic.
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Her third single 'Naughty Girl' (from her debut album 'Footprints') debuted and peaked on the Official Australian (ARIA) Singles Chart at #3 (2003) and on the Official UK Singles Chart at #17 (2002).
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Her second single 'Down Boy' (from her debut album 'Footprints') debuted and peaked on the Official UK Singles Chart at #2, also debuting on the Official Australian (ARIA) Singles Chart at #4 and peaking at #3 (2002).
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Her fourth single 'State Of Mind' (the first from her sophomore album 'State Of Mind') debuted and peaked on the Official UK Singles Chart at #8, and on the Official Australian (ARIA) Singles Chart at #14 (2003).
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Her debut single "Kiss Kiss" (from her debut album "Footprints") debuted #1 on the Official UK and Australian (ARIA) Singles Charts, beating out fellow Aussie Kylie Minogue (2002).
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Her second single 'Down Boy' entered the UK music charts at position 2.
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Is related to the late British comedian Benny Hill; Hill's cousin was her grandfather.
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Holly has modelled alongside Naomi Campbell at a Melbourne Fashion Show.
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Mother, Rachel, born in England worked as a model, separated from father (Rake) who is also a fashion model who now lives in Brisbane. Has a sister called Coca and a half-sister called Olympia Valance.
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Hobbies include watching films (especially films with British actors), kickboxing, cars, and swimming.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Red Herring
2015/I
Angela
Big Mamma's Boy
2011
Katie
Surviving Georgia
2011
Rose
Luster
2010
Sally
Agatha Christie's Marple
2010
TV Series
Kanga
X Returns
2009
Short
Sammy Walters
Kambakkht Ishq
2009
Holly Valance
Mercy
2009/I
Tess
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
2009
Video Game
Brenda Snow
Valentine
2008
TV Series
Vivi Langdon
Taken
2008/I
Sheerah
Shark
2007
TV Series
Christina Shaw
Moonlight
2007
TV Series
Lola
Pledge This!
2006
Jessica
Prison Break
2005-2006
TV Series
Nika Volek
DOA: Dead or Alive
2006
Christie Allen
CSI: NY
2005
TV Series
Lydia
Neighbours
1999-2005
TV Series
Felicity Scully
Entourage
2005
TV Series
Leanna
CSI: Miami
2004
TV Series
Kay Coleman
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Britain's Got More Talent
2015
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Neighbours 30th Pop Party
2015
TV Movie performer: "Kiss Kiss"
20 to 1
2010
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
So You Think You Can Dance
2008
TV Series performer - 1 episode
What a Girl Wants
2003
performer: "Kiss Kiss"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ultimate Shopper
2013
TV Series documentary
Herself - Guest
Shopaholic Showdown
2013
TV Series
Herself
Strictly Come Dancing
2011-2012
TV Series
Herself - Contestant / Herself / Herself - Audience Member