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Holly Aird | |
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| Born | Imogen Holly Aird 18 May 1969 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1980–present |
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| Website | https://twitter.com/airdholly |
Imogen Holly Aird (born 18 May 1969) [1] is an English television actress. She was born in Aldershot, Hampshire.
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Holly Aird | |
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| Born | Imogen Holly Aird 18 May 1969 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1980–present |
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| Website | https://twitter.com/airdholly |
Imogen Holly Aird (born 18 May 1969) [1] is an English television actress. She was born in Aldershot, Hampshire.
Aird was spotted by a casting director at age nine whilst at Bush Davies Ballet School and starred in the 1980 dramatisation of the H. G. Wells novel The History of Mr Polly . In 1981, she portrayed the young Elspeth Huxley in the television adaptation of the latter's autobiographical book The Flame Trees of Thika . In 1982, she starred as the young Beatrix Potter in The Tale of Beatrix Potter. She was seen in The Happy Valley in 1987 with Denholm Elliott, in which she played a schoolgirl in Kenya in the 1930s. She starred in the channel 4 sitcom Dressing for Breakfast in 1995. As well as small parts in various television series, Aird became known for playing Nancy Thorpe/Garvey in Soldier Soldier . She starred in the 1997 film Fever Pitch alongside Colin Firth, and in 2000 as forensic pathologist Frankie Wharton in Waking the Dead . [2] Aird has done voiceover for various BBC natural history projects (including Wild Mallorca) as well as various TV advertisements. In 2007, she played a clinical psychologist in Channel 4's drama 'Secret Life' and in 2009 took a leading role in Talkback Thames's Monday Monday .
Aird has two children with James Purefoy, [3] and one with husband Toby Merritt.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1992 | Carry On Columbus | Maria | |
| 1996 | Intimate Relations | Deirdre | |
| 1997 | Fever Pitch | Jo | |
| 1998 | The Theory of Flight | Julie | |
| 1999 | Dreaming of Joseph Lees | Maria | |
| The Criminal | Det. Sgt. Rebecca White | ||
| 2002 | Possession | Ellen Ash | |
| 2006 | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Molly | |
| 2021 | Silent Night | Susie | |
| 2022 | Fly Free | Fiona | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1980 | The History of Mr. Polly | Miss Polly | 2 episodes |
| 1981 | The Flame Trees of Thika | Elspeth Grant | 7 episodes |
| 1982 | Secrets | Wendy Ansell | TV film |
| Spider's Web | Pippa Hailsham-Brown | TV film | |
| 1983 | The Tale of Beatrix Potter | Beatrix Potter (young) | TV film |
| 1984 | Oxbridge Blues | Lucy | Episode: "The Muse" |
| 1985 | Affairs of the Heart | Rosemary Bonamy | 6 episodes |
| 1986 | Seal Morning | Rowena Farre | 6 episodes |
| Sunday Premiere | Juanita Carberry | Episode: "The Happy Valley" | |
| 1988 | Inspector Morse | Angie Hartman | Episode: "Last Bus to Woodstock" |
| Double First | Ellen Hobson | 7 episodes | |
| 1989 | Mother Love | Emily | 4 episodes |
| 1990 | Chain | Vicky Elliott | Episode: "Vicky Elliott" |
| Sea Dragon | Ffion | Episodes: "The Pursuit", "The Blood Feud" | |
| 1991 | Miss Marple | Gina Hudd | Episode: "They Do It With Mirrors" |
| 1991–1992 | Hope It Rains | Jace Elliott | 13 episodes |
| 1991–1995 | Soldier Soldier | Sgt. Nancy Thorpe | Regular role (series 1–3, 5) |
| 1993 | 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight | Karen Painter | TV film |
| 1995 | Kavanagh QC | Judy Simmons | Episode: "A Family Affair" |
| Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret | Sarah Ellis | TV film | |
| 1995–1998 | Dressing for Breakfast | Carla | 21 episodes |
| 1997 | Have Your Cake and Eat It | Allie Gray | 4 episodes |
| Rules of Engagement | Dawn Boll | TV film | |
| 2000–2005 | Waking the Dead | Frankie Wharton | Main role (series 1–4) |
| 2006 | Losing It | Nancy McNaughton | TV film |
| 2006, 2021 | Casualty | Laura Merriman | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | Secret Life | Emma | TV film |
| Torn | Sarah Hooper / Alice Hooper | 3 episodes | |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | Julia Mortimer | Episode: "Buried" |
| Monday Monday | Alyson Cartmell | 7 episodes | |
| 2010 | Material Girl | Caroline | Episode #1.2 |
| Identity | Tessa Stein | 6 episodes | |
| 2011 | The Promise | Chris Matthews | 4 episodes |
| Midsomer Murders | Claire Powell | Episode: "The Oblong Murders" | |
| The Restaurant Inspector | Narrator (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| Page Eight | Anna Hervé | TV film | |
| 2017 | Unforgotten | Elise Dunphy | 3 episodes |
| Grantchester | Alice Dunn | Episode #3.3 | |
| 2021 | A Discovery of Witches | Francoise | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | Four Lives | Jeanette Taylor | 2 episodes |
| McDonald & Dodds | Paula Monksford | Episode: "Belvedere" | |
| 2023 | Hijack | Amanda | 7 episodes |
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