Hayley Angel Holt

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Hayley Angel Holt
Born
London, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Alma mater London Studio Centre
OccupationWriter. Director. Actress.
Website hayleyholt.co.uk

Hayley Angel Holt is a writer, director and actress born in London, England.

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Early life

Holt spent the formative years of her childhood growing up in the South Bank area. She was originally brought up in Southwark, and educated at the Grey Coat Hospital in Sloane Square. She studied drama at the Anna Scher Theatre, she also received full scholarships to study dance, citing Kate Bush to Golden Age movie stars such as Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers as inspirations to train in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance at the London Studio Centre, a world-class Conservatoire.

Holt's father is John Wardle, stage name Jah Wobble, Bassist in Post Punk band Public Image Ltd. She was brought up entirely by her mother, Margaret, of Welsh and French-Lebanese descent. Holt's maternal grandmother lived in Alexandria and Mansoura, Egypt, where her grandfather Joseph Fabri was awarded the prestigious Order of the Nile, for his services to Egypt, given to foreign nationals who helped the nation, and the highest civilian award of Egypt. Only six were awarded that year.

Career

Holt presented CBBC's Science programme BiteSize as a teenager and was the Face of Trouble TV, guest appearing in ITV's Noah's Ark, leading in 2000 to Holt's first break playing the daughter of Anita Dobson and Leslie Grantham in the screen revival for two-part drama The Stretch for Sky1. She also guest starred in an episode of the BBC drama The Robinsons with Hugh Bonneville and Martin Freeman.

She played one of the lead roles as drummer Neve, on Channel 4 TV series Totally Frank , [1] about a girl band, which aired between 2005 and 2006. Holt was signed to Polydor Records having played the drums for this role. She went on to support Girls Aloud on their 2006 UK arena Tour, including Wembley Arena and toured nationwide UK venues as the band Frank, who also released a top 40 single and album.

Holt played Kitty Mason in the critically acclaimed Sky drama, Martina Cole's The Take [2] [3] opposite Tom Hardy and Brian Cox. She appeared in the 2008 cult rockabilly horror film Flick [4] [5] (released in North America late Nov 2010) as Young Sally Andrews alongside Faye Dunaway, and Liz Smith.

Holt appeared as the lead actress Sophie in the debut of the comedy musical Departure Lounge at the George Square Theatre, which won the Scotsman Edinburgh Fringe award for Best Music. In 2014, Holt played the role of Welsh party girl Angharad in comedy Three Little Birds [6] for New Diorama Theatre.

After being selected to train and work at the Almeida Theatre, Holt went on to study for an MA in Applied Theatre in the Criminal Justice System at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She wrote a paper exploring whether comedy can be used as an effective communication tool to challenge mainstream society and their existing perspectives of the socially excluded.

As a writer, Holt was a top finalist for the prestigious BBC Caroline Aherne Bursary in 2019.. Holt has been recognised as an Artist to "Watch Out For" in the Evening Standard, made the front cover the Times Culture Magazine section and has been featured in Company magazine.

As a Director, Holt was an associate director on Educated [7] at Battersea Arts Centre. An associate director on BOUDICCA at Jacksons Lane, and various projects for socially impactful theatres, including Almeida Theatre, Arcola Theatre, and Access All Areas Theatre Company. [8]

Filmography

(includes Made-For-Television movies and TV Series)

Stage

Directing

Own Appearances

Discography

Singles

in Frank

YearSingleFrom The AlbumUK Chart PositionIreland Charts
2006"I'm Not Shy" Devil's Got Your Gold 4066

Albums

in Frank

YearAlbumUK Chart PositionIreland Chart
2006 Devil's Got Your Gold 110-

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References

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  3. "The Take". 26 January 2013.
  4. "Totally Frank" via www.imdb.com.
  5. "Flick, Rent on DVD - blockbuster.co.uk". Archived from the original on 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  6. "Gizmo Love' and 'Three Little Birds' – New Diorama Theatre, London". The Reviews Hub. 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  7. "HOMEGROWN COMPANY: EDUCATED" . Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  8. Creativebuild (2017-02-15). "Hayley Holt | Comedian, Actress, Director". Hayley Holt. Retrieved 2017-02-15.