Holliday Grainger
| Holliday Grainger | |
|---|---|
 Grainger at the premiere of Great Expectations, 2012 Toronto Film Festival | |
| Born |
Holliday Clark Grainger 27 March 1988 Didsbury, Manchester, England |
| Other names | Holly Grainger |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Holliday Clark Grainger (born 27 March 1988), also credited as Holly Grainger, is an English screen and stage actress. Some of her prominent roles include Lucrezia Borgia in the Showtime series The Borgias and Estella in Mike Newell's adaptation of Great Expectations.
Early life
Grainger was born in Didsbury, Manchester. One of her grandfathers is Italian.[1][2] Her first experience of acting was at age six when she was scouted for a BBC TV series. She appeared in many TV shows and independent films as a child actor.[2]
Grainger attended Parrs Wood High School from 1999 to 2006,[3] and in 2007 began study for a degree in English literature at the University of Leeds. However, she eventually opted for the Open University[2] where she gained a first class honours degree.[4]
Career
Grainger's first acting role was at six years old in the BBC comedy drama series All Quiet on the Preston Front. Roles followed in Casualty, Doctors, Dalziel and Pascoe.[5]Grainger played Megan Boothe in Where the Heart Is, Stacey Appleyard in Waterloo Road and Sophia in Merlin.
In 2011 she appeared in the television series The Borgias, playing Lucrezia Borgia with Jeremy Irons in the role of Pope Alexander VI. The series, created by Oscar-winning Neil Jordan and shot in Hungary, ran for three seasons.[6]
Grainger also performed on stage and in film. After her role as Emily in The Scouting Book for Boys she played one of the Rivers sisters opposite Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender in Cary Fukunaga's 2011 retelling of Jane Eyre, and had minor roles in Bel Ami alongside Robert Pattinson and Uma Thurman, and in the 2012 film Anna Karenina as Baroness Shilton.
In June 2011, she gained the leading role of Estella in Mike Newell's film adaptation of Great Expectations, opposite Jeremy Irvine and Helena Bonham Carter.[7] The movie, screened at Toronto International Film Festival 2012, had its European premiere as the closing night film of the BFI London Film Festival.[8] She starred in Disassociation, a play by Luke Bailey, at the Lowry, and played Bonnie Parker in the 2013 mini-series Bonnie & Clyde. She was one of the female leads in The Riot Club, the film version of the play Posh, alongside Max Irons.
Grainger played Cinderella's stepsister Anastasia Tremaine in Kenneth Branagh's 2015 film version of Cinderella.[9] She is to appear in a film adaptation of the novel Tulip Fever alongside Alicia Vikander.[10]
In 2014, she appeared on stage in a version of Chekov's Three Sisters.[11]
In 2016, Holliday starred in Disney's The Finest Hours.
Personal life
Grainger lives in Manchester with her mother, Gianetta Grainger, a graphic designer.[5] She went to piano, gymnastics lessons, Taekwondo and was a pupil at the Madeley School of Dancing in Manchester.[12] She is romantically involved with actor Harry Treadaway.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | All Quiet on the Preston Front | Kirsty | 4 episodes |
| 1996 | Roger and the Rottentrolls | Kate Beckett | Unknown episodes |
| 1997 | Missing Postman, TheThe Missing Postman | Harriet | Film |
| 2000 | Comin' Atcha! | Pauline | Episode: "The Day Off" |
| 2000 | Casualty | Katie Stoppard | Episode: "Seize the Night" |
| 2001 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Nicola Crowley | Episode: "Walls of Silence" |
| 2001 | Doctors | Nita Harmer | Episode: "Writing to Charlie" |
| 2002 | Sparkhouse | Older Lisa Bolton | Film |
| 2003 | Illustrated Mum, TheThe Illustrated Mum | Star Westwood | Film |
| 2003–05 | Where the Heart Is | Megan Boothe | 18 episodes |
| 2005 | Magnificent 7 | Louise Jackson | Film |
| 2005 | No Angels | Simone | Episode: "2.5" |
| 2005 | Doctors | Holly Leavis | Episode: "Indestructible" |
| 2006 | Johnny and the Bomb | Rose Bushell | Film |
| 2006 | New Street Law | Katie Lewis | Episode: "1.1" |
| 2007 | Waterloo Road | Stacey Appleyard | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Bad Mother's Handbook, TheThe Bad Mother's Handbook | Charlotte Cooper | Film |
| 2008 | Dis/Connected | Jenny | Film |
| 2003 | Royal, TheThe Royal | Carole Green | Episode: "Coffin Fit" |
| 2008 | M.I. High | Leah Retsam | Episode: "It's a Kind of Magic" |
| 2008 | Royal Today, TheThe Royal Today | Abigail | Episode: "1.3" |
| 2008 | Fairy Tales | Leeza Gruff | Episode: "Billy Goat" |
| 2008 | Waking the Dead | Nicola Bennet | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Merlin | Sophia | Episode: "The Gates of Avalon" |
| 2009 | Demons | Ruby | Miniseries (6 episodes) |
| 2009 | Robin Hood | Meg | Episode: "A Dangerous Deal" |
| 2009 | Blue Murder | Jess Burgess | Episode: "Having It All" |
| 2010 | Above Suspicion 2: The Red Dahlia | Sharon Bilkin | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Five Daughters | Alice | Episodes: "1.2", "1.3" |
| 2010 | Stanley Park | Dirty Debbie | Pilot |
| 2010 | Any Human Heart | Tess Scabius | 2 episodes |
| 2011–13 | Borgias, TheThe Borgias | Lucrezia Borgia | 29 episodes |
| 2013 | Bonnie & Clyde | Bonnie Parker | Miniseries Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries |
| 2015 | Lady Chatterley's Lover | Lady Chatterley | Jed Mercurio adaptation for BBC One's early 20th century literature season |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Awaydays | Molly Carty | |
| 2009 | Scouting Book for Boys, TheThe Scouting Book for Boys | Emily | |
| 2010 | Colette | Colette | Short film |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre | Diana Rivers | |
| 2012 | Rachael | Samantha | Short |
| 2012 | Bel Ami | Suzanne Rousset | |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina | Baroness | |
| 2012 | Great Expectations | Estella Havisham | |
| 2013 | Goblin? | Short | |
| 2014 | The Riot Club | Lauren | |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Anastasia Tremaine | |
| 2016 | Tulip Fever | Maria | |
| 2016 | The Finest Hours | Miriam | |
| 2017 | My Cousin Rachel | Post-production |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dimetos | Lydia | Donmar Warehouse, London |
| 2014 | Three Sisters | Irina | Southwark Playhouse, London |
References
- ↑ http://collider.com/holliday-grainger-interview-the-borgias/
- 1 2 3 "Holliday Grainger Interview". 1883 Magazine. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ↑ "Parrs Wood Alumni". parrswood.manchester.sch.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ↑ Vaughan, Richard (11 August 2012). "Trendind Hollie Grainger". London: dailymail. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- 1 2 Petty, Moira (18 November 2012). "It's the Holliday season". London: dailymail. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ↑ Harnick, Chris (4 May 2012). "The Borgias renewed season 3". huffingtonpost. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ↑ Ge, Linda (17 June 2011). "Holliday Grainger cast as Estella in "Great Expectations" opposite Jeremy Irvine". Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ↑ "Great Expectations to close BFI London Film Festival". number9films. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ↑ 'The Borgias' Star Holliday Grainger Joins Disney's 'Cinderella' (Exclusive) Retrieved 11 June 2013
- ↑ Jagernauth, Kevin (8 July 2013). "Alicia Vikander To Star In Long-Developing 'Tulip Fever,' Matthias Schoenaerts Sought For Role". indiewire.com. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ↑ 'Three Sisters, Southwark Playhouse, review' Retrieved 30 September 2014
- ↑ "Holliday Grainger Awards and Bio". goldderby.com. Retrieved 8 September 2012.