Holly Aird

Holly Aird is an English television actress, born in Aldershot, Hampshire. A casting director discovered her at nine while she was attending Bush Davies Ballet School, and in 1980 she appeared in a dramatization of The History of Mr Polly by H. G. Wells. She played the young Elspeth Huxley in The Flame Trees of Thika in 1981 and in 1982 appeared in The Tale of Beatrix Potter as the young Beatrix Potter. In 1987 she appeared in The Happy Valley with Denholm Elliott. In 1995 she was in the Channel 4 comedy Dressing for Breakfast, and became known for the part of Nancy Thorpe/Garvey in Soldier Soldier. She starred in Fever Pitch (1997) alongside Colin Firth, and in 2000 she played forensic pathologist Frankie Wharton in Waking the Dead. Later work includes voiceover for BBC natural history projects such as Wild Mallorca, a clinical psychologist in Secret Life in 2007, and a leading role in Monday Monday in 2009.