Holly Brisley

Narozen 11. 1. 1978 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Holly Brisley is an Australian actress and television presenter. She began her career at the age of 16 on Agro's Cartoon Connection and more recently portrayed Amanda Vale-Baker on Home and Away. Her most successful film roles include Garage Days and The Crop. Brisley was born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. As Holly grew up, she excelled at speech and drama and joined the Paradise Performer's Dance Academy, where she participated in various Classes such as Jazz, Ballet and Tap Dancing. Brisley's family moved from Adelaide to the Gold Coast while she was still very young. Holly became engaged to marketing executive Paul Ford in Venice in 2005 and they married on 11 February 2006 in Manly, Sydney. They exchanged vows in the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel, in the grounds of St Patrick's Seminary overlooking the ocean. Holly gave birth to their son, Levi Harper Ford, at the Royal North Shore Private Hospital on 16 July 2009. On 20 July 2012 Holly gave birth to the couples second child, a daughter Willow Jade Ford. Holly has Coeliac Disease, and appeared on the cover of "The Australian Coeliac" September 2005 edition. In July 2010, Holly climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa for a charity trek, whereby she raised $50,000 for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation, a worthy cause that helps sick children. She had a near death experience having contracted pulmonary edema caused by the high altitude but is in good health now.