Holly Shervey

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Holly Shervey
Born
Holly Melissa Shervey

(1989-12-18) 18 December 1989 (age 34)
Cooma, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Partner Emmett Skilton (2014–present) [1]
Website www.hollyshervey.com

Holly Melissa Shervey (born 18 December 1989), is a television and film actress and writer. She is an Australian-born New Zealander.

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Shervey has acted in numerous prime-time local and international screen productions including Amazon Prime's American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story and TVNZ's Shortland Street , and has most recently appeared in the feature film, The Tank. [2]

Shervey has also written and starred in over 70 episodes of her own series, Auckward Love [3] and Millennial Jenny. [4]

Early life

Shervey was born in the New South Wales town of Cooma, Australia. She grew up in Queenstown, New Zealand, and attended Wakatipu High School. Shervey acted in film and theatre productions in Queenstown before moving to Auckland to attend the performing arts school, The Actors Program, in 2012. [5]

Career

Film and television

After graduating from The Actors Program, Shervey was cast in the New Zealand series Nothing Trivial in 2013. In 2015, she created and starred in Auckward Love, and in 2016 acted in American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story , playing a real-life former bunny, Teddy Howard. [6]

Shervey has played Zoe Carlson [7] on the long-running New Zealand TV series Shortland Street since 2018. [8] Her character dealt with several hard-hitting storylines, including themes around sexual assault. [9] Shervey has also featured in New Zealand shows Kiwi, Head High, and Mean Mums, [10] as well as the international feature film, The Tank, set for cinematic release in 2023. [11]

Writing

In 2015, Shervey began her writing career by creating the award-winning [12] series Auckward Love. The series won numerous awards in international film festivals and continued for three seasons on New Zealand’s TVNZ Plus. [13] Shervey then went on to write and star in over fifty episodes of Millennial Jenny, which too received several local [14] and international award nominations. [15]

Personal life

Shervey is engaged to New Zealand actor, Emmett Skilton. [16] Skilton is a director and actor in both Auckward Love [17] and Millennial Jenny. [18]

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Theatre

Awards

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  2. ↑ Tooth, Black (9 March 2023). "Official Trailer And Poster For Well Go USA's THE TANK". Bloody Disgusting.
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  10. ↑ Simich, Ricardo (28 July 2019). "Here Come the Real Mean Mums". New Zealand Herald.
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  16. ↑ Simich, Ricardo (10 October 2021). "Spy: Wedding bells — will TV stars elope?". New Zealand Herald.
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