Holliday Grainger's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Merlin (UK) Sophia Demons (UK) Ruby Bonnie & Clyde Bonnie Parker Johnny and the Bomb (UK) Rose Bushell

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

Holliday Grainger (born January 1, 1988) is an English actress primarily active in television. Over the past couple of years, she has moved into films. She has previously been credited as Holly Grainger.
Born in Didsbury, Manchester.

Grainger attended Parrs Wood Technology College where in August 2006, in her A Levels, she scored two A's in Biology & the English Language and scored two B's in English Literature & General Studies. Grainger also achieved an A in her AS Level Spanish. Grainger was also a pupil at The Madeley School Of Dance.

In 2007, Grainger started at the University of Leeds with a degree in English Literature which she decided to continue with Open Universities due to her hectic filming schedule.

In May 2010, Grainger was considered to be one of the 55 faces of the future in Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue.

Television

1994 All Quiet on the Preston Front Kirsty BBC1
1996 Roger and the Rottentrolls Princess Kate ITV
1997 The Missing Postman Harriet BBC1
2000 Casualty Katie Stoppard One episode: "Seize the Night" (#14.26); 26 February 2000 BBC One
2001 Doctors Nita Harmer One episode: "Writing to Charlie" (#3.55); 23 May 2001 BBC One
Dalziel and Pascoe Nichola Crowley One episode: "Walls of Silence" (#6.1); 29 October 2001 BBC One
2002 Sparkhouse Older Lisa Bolton September 2002 BBC One
2003 The Illustrated Mum Star 5 December 2003 (adapted from the Jacqueline Wilson novel) Channel 4
The Royal Carole Green One episode: "Coffin Fit" (#1.3); 2 February 2003 ITV
2005 No Angels Simone One episode (#2.5); 12 April 2005 Channel 4
New Street Law Katie Lewis One episode (#1.1); 4 May 2006 ITV
Where the Heart Is Megan Boothe 18 episodes: 6 July 2003 – 28 August 2005 ITV
Doctors Holly Leavis One episode: "Indestructible" (#7.87); 9 November 2005 BBC One
2007 Johnny and the Bomb Rose Bushell 15 January 2006 (adapted from the Terry Pratchett novel) ITV1
The Bad Mother's Handbook[3] Charlotte Cooper 19 February 2007 (adapted by Kate Long from her own novel) ITV1
Waterloo Road Stacey Appleyard Four episodes (#2.5, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10); 11 February – 12 April 2007 BBC One
2008 Dis/Connected Jenny 31 March 2008 BBC Three
M.I.High Leah Retsam One episode: "It's a Kind of Magic" (#2.1); 7 January 2008 BBC One
The Royal Today Abigail One episode (#1.3); 9 January 2008 ITV1
Fairy Tales Leeza Gruff One episode: "Billy Goat"; 31 January 2008 BBC One
Waking the Dead Sophia Two episodes: "Duty and Honour" (parts 1 & 2); 28–29 April 2008 BBC One
Merlin[4] Sophia One episode: "The Gates of Avalon" (#1.7); 1 November 2008 BBC One
2009 Demons Ruby All six episodes: 3 January – 7 February 2009 ITV1
Robin Hood Meg One episode: "A Dangerous Deal" (#3.9); 30 May 2009 BBC One
Blue Murder Jess Burgess One episode: "Having it All" (#5.1); 7 September 2009 ITV1
Above Suspicion Sharon Bilkin Three episodes: "The Red Dahlia" (#2.1); 4 January 2010 ITV1
2010 Stanley Park[5] "Dirty" Debbie Pilot BBC Three
2010 Five Daughters Alice Two episodes: 26–27 April 2010 BBC One
2010 Any Human Heart Tess Series starts 21 November 2010 Channel 4
2011 The Borgias Lucrezia Borgia 10 episodes: 2011

Film

2000 Daddy Fox Young Maggie Richardson Director: John McCormack
2008 Awaydays Molly Director: Pat Holden
2010 The Scouting Book For Boys Emily Director: Tom Harper
2011 Bel Ami Suzanne Directors: Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod (in production)
2011 Jane Eyre Diana Director: Cary Fukunaga (in production)

Theatre

2009 Dimetos Lydia Donmar Warehouse, London; 19 March – 9 May 2009
(author: Athol Fugard; director: Douglas Hodge)



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