Holly Valance

Holly Rachel Candy, known professionally as Holly Valance, is an Australian actress, singer and model. Valance began her acting career on the Australian soap opera Neighbours, as Felicity Scully. She released her first album, Footprints, which provided her top 3 singles, "Kiss Kiss", "Down Boy" (September) and "Naughty Girl" (December). By that time she had relocated to Los Angeles. Her second and final album, State of Mind, appeared in November 2003. Her film roles include, DOA: Dead or Alive (2006), Pledge This! (2006), Taken (2008) and Kambakkht Ishq (2009). Valance has lived in England since 2009 and became a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing (2011). In 2013 she was a mentor and judge of fashion competition, Shopaholic Showdown. In September 2012 Valance married British property developer, Nick Candy; the couple have two children.