Holly Brisley is an Australian actress and television presenter.
Background
Brisley was born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. As Holly grew up, she excelled at speech and drama and joined the Paradise Performer"s Dance Academy, where she participated in various classes such as jazz, ballet and tap dancing, and also took part in eisteddfods, winning many awards.
Career
She began her career at the age of 17 on Agro"s Cartoon Connection (1995-1997) and more recently portrayed Amanda Vale-Baker on Home and Away (2005-2009). Her most successful film roles include Garage Days (2001) and The Crop (2002). By the age of 13 she was on the books of the Studio Search Agency on the Gold Coast, with her first roles being the Australian telemovies The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? in 1993 and Official Denial in 1994.
She would later host The Looney Tunes Show in a more adult style, along with World"s Craziest Videos and various shows for Foxtel.
Holly was ranked 5th (2000) and 29th (2001) in FHM"s Australia"s 100 Sexiest Women. Brisley maintained her acting career throughout this period with some of her notable roles being in Garage Days, The Crop and Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure.
After various guest appearances and hosting gigs, Holly was featured in Dancing with the Stars in 2005, and then landed the permanent role of town vixen Amanda Vale on soap opera Home and Away, where she remained for two years. In February 2008, Holly briefly returned to Home and Away, reprising her role again in July 2009 and leaving in mid August 2009.
Holly has said she would love to return to Home and Away.
Over the years, Holly has worked (at one stage or another) for most networks, including Channel 10 and Foxtel, but mostly she has worked for Channel 7 and 9. In 2008, Holly voiced the title character in the American Broadcasting Company children"s series CJ the DJ which has screened in Australia from late 2009 to early 2010. Holly played the female lead Tara in the feature film Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011).