Holli Dempsey

Holli Dempsey is an English actress, writer and comedian from East London. She first acted in a school production and later trained in Joan Littlewood improvisation with a junior group at Theatre Royal Stratford East. On television she became known for The Ice Cream Girls (2013), Derek (from 2013 to 2014), The Aliens (2016) and Harlots (from 2017 to 2019). Her other screen credits include Breathless, You, Me and the Apocalypse, Plebs, Black Mirror, After Life, Call the Midwife and Ghosts. She played Emily Lacey in Harlots alongside Samantha Morton. On film, she appeared in Aaaaaaaah! in 2015 and in Dad's Army in 2016. In 2021 she took the part of Grace Melbury for BBC Radio 4 in an adaptation of The Woodlanders, and in 2022 and 2023 she played Jess in three series of the radio thriller Broken Colours.