Holly Valance

Valance in 2011, image via Featureflash / Shutterstock.com

Birth Name: Holly Rachel Vukadinović

Place of Birth: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

Date of Birth: 11 May, 1983

Ethnicity: Serbian, English, Spanish

Holly Valance is an Australian actress, singer, songwriter, and model. She has starred in the television drama Neighbours and the Hollywood film DOA: Dead or Alive. She is also known as Holly Candy.

Her father, Rajko (Ryko) Vukadinović, is Serbian, and her mother, who was born in Southampton, England, is of English and Spanish descent. Her half-sister is actress and model Olympia Valance. Holly is married to billionaire English property developer Nick Candy, with whom she has two children. She is a citizen of the U.K. and Australia.

Her mother is said to be related to British comedian Benny Hill; Benny’s cousin was her grandfather.

At 2 minutes and 29 seconds into this interview, Holly states that her mother’s family are from Southampton, England, and also adds that she has Spanish ancestors.

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38 Responses

  1. loulou says:

    Holly was born in New Zealand and her family moved to Brighton, Melbourne, when she was 4 years old.

  2. Holly88 says:

    She also has Spanish Grandparents as she says in this interview > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15895836

  3. Holly88 says:

    Her Mother was born in Southampton, England and she is also related to the late British comedian Benny Hill – Hill’s cousin was her grandfather. Here’s the link > http://www.bbc.co.uk/strictlycomedancing/2011/dancers/celebrity/holly_valance.shtml

  4. ethnic says:

    I actually though she was partly Asian the first time I saw her.

    • WTF says:

      Have you lost all of your marbles?! Seriously, Asian?! You must be joking!

    • me says:

      i through she was partly Native American

      • 12 says:

        You guys need to visit Europe and specifically Eastern Europe.. she looks like a typical girl from here. Seriously “ethnic” reconsider your position on here because you seem to know nothing about different ethnicities especially those in Europe. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen you make such nonsensical comment.

        • me says:

          each has a different way of seeing a person.

        • roots says:

          I can tell a english man/Americain man(Brtish ex-pats) from a Eastern european. Eastern europen know their history what there mixed with and dont “try and hid and Anglize” their name. my hubby who is born and breed in Ukriane has high “cheek bones” jet black hair and unobrow” and asian eyes! I tease him and say “your really Chinese”

          he says you westerns go on about race and mulattoes,but you don’t understand its at all. look as Russia is a Euro-Asian country! yet people are surprised when they see dark-skin people over there and Asian looking people. the country is made up of north Europeans, Asians and a mixed of the both.

          and the mixed of Asian.middle east and European is what make a “typical eastern European” diff from the rest of “north Europe”

          this is my hubby tell me who has one white parent and one black parent

  5. Nathan Teasdale says:

    she is so pretty i think she looks more English than anything

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