Hayley Angel Holt is an actress born in London, England.

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 rhythm tap at the London Studio Centre.

Holt's father is John Wardle, stage name Jah Wobble, Bassist in Post Punk band PiL. She was brought up entirely by her mother, Margaret, of Welsh and French Lebanese descent. Holt's grandmother, lived in Alexandria and Mansurah, Egypt, where her grandfather Joseph Fabri was awarded the prestigious Order of the Nile, for his services to Egypt, given to foreign national's who helped the nation. 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 2005-2006. Holt played the drums for this role and supported 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 a new comedy musical Departure Lounge^[6] at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 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^[7] for New Diorama Theatre.

In 2015, Holt returned to education after being offered a place at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama to study for an MA in Applied Theatre. Holt graduated in 2016 having written her 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 as a Writer and Performer.https://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/comedy/caroline-aherne-bursary/. Holt has been highlighted 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^[8] at Battersea Arts Centre. An Associate Director on BOUDICCA at Jacksons Lane, and various projects for Almeida Theatre, Arcola Theatre, Tricycle Theatre as well as Movement Director for Access All Areas Theatre Company.^[9]

Filmography

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

• La La Land (TV pilot) (2012) as Coco
• Dust (2011) as Annabel
• Baby One More Time (unaired pilot) (2010) as Suzanne Donnelly
• The Take (episode 1) (2009) (TV series) as Kitty Mason
• Flick (2008) as Young Sally
• Fur TV (episode Rent Boys/Hot Pussy) (2008) (TV series) as Kiki LaVash
• The Bill (episode Love, Lies and Limos) (2007) (TV series) as Siobhan Docherty
• Totally Frank (2005–2006) (TV series) as Neve
• The Robinsons (episode #1.5) (2005) (TV Series) as Crowd
• The Bill (episode 291) (2005) (TV series) as Morag Jones
• Holby City (episode I'm Not in Love) (2001) (TV series) as Sharon
• Invisible Intelligence (2001) as Jess Howell
• The Bill (episodes "Gentle Touch: Part 1" and "Gentle Touch: Part 2") (2000) (TV series) as Susan Grey
• EastEnders (TV series) as Sophie (2000)
• The Stretch (2000) (TV) as Trisha Greene
• Casualty (episode "Private Lives") (1997) (TV series) as Lucy

Stage

• Three Little Birds (2014) as Angharad (New Diorama Theatre)
• Departure Lounge (2008) as Sophie (4–25 August 2008 at George Square, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 08)
• The Rising of the Titanic (1999) as Annabelle

Directing

• Educated (2017) as Associate Director (Homegrown at Battersea Arts Centre)

Own Appearances

• T4 (episode dated 3 August 2006) (2006) (TV series) as Herself
• Being Frank (2006) (TV) as Herself
• Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown (episode dated 1 July 2006) (2006) (TV series) as Herself
• T4 (episode dated 30 June 2006) (2006) (TV series) as Herself
• T4 on the Beach: The Cheeky Highlights (2006) (TV) as Herself
• Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown (episode dated 24 June 2006) (2006) (TV series) as Herself
• T4 on the Beach (2006) (TV) as Herself
• E4 Music Zone (episode Totally Frank's Ultimate Mix Tape) (2006) (TV series) as Herself
• T4 (episode dated 9 April 2006) (2006) (TV series) as Herself
• Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 2005 (2005) (TV) as Herself
• T4 (episode dated 25 September 2005) (2005) (TV series) as Herself
• Richard & Judy (episode dated 22 September 2005) (2005) (TV series) as Herself

Discography

References

External links

• Official website
• Hayley Angel Holt at IMDb