Holly Jack
{{Short description|Scottish actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|24|2014|02|23}}
| birth_place = Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland{{cite web |title=Holly goes from River City to acting academy role |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/lifestyle/spring-in-the-city/13278571.holly-goes-from-river-city-to-acting-academy-role/ |website=Glasgow Times |access-date=6 October 2022 |language=en}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|acting coach}}
| known_for = {{Plainlist|
}}
}}
Holly Jack is a Scottish actress and acting coach. She is known for her role as Nicole Brodie in the BBC Scotland soap opera River City, in which she joined as a series regular in October 2010. After appearing in the soap for four years, she quit and began working as an acting coach. She also appeared in Waterloo Road as Bonnie Kincaid in 2015. Then, four years after leaving River City, she returned in 2018.
Career
In 2010, Jack was cast in the BBC Scotland soap opera River City as Nicole Brodie.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/river-city-star-fears-playing-1071671|title=River City star fears playing schoolgirl will see her banned from bars|last=Hendry|first=Steve|work=Daily Record|location=Glasgow|date=3 October 2010|access-date=30 May 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/airdrie-actress-holly-jack-leave-2790864|title=Airdrie actress Holly Jack to leave River City|last=Bunting|first=Ian|work=Daily Record|location=Glasgow|date=14 November 2013|access-date=30 May 2014}} She made her first on-screen appearance on 12 October 2010. ATV described her as "14 going on 40".{{cite web|url=http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/new-family-for-river-citys-shieldinch/|title=New family for River City's Shieldinch|last=Lambert|first=Doug|work=ATV Today|date=1 September 2010|access-date=30 May 2014}} Speaking of her casting, Jack said, "I think they [her parents] were happier than me when I got the part. My mum was screaming down the phone. I think she nearly had a heart attack." She quit the role in 2014, saying that she had learned all she could from the character.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/river-city-star-holly-jack-3173998|title=River City star Holly Jack tells of biggest decision in her career – to quit Shieldinch|last=Hendry|first=Steve|work=Daily Record|location=Glasgow|date=23 February 2014|access-date=30 May 2014}} Of her last storyline on the show, she told The Sunday Post that it "left her shattered".{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaypost.com/tv-showbiz/tv/new-baby-illness-story-line-has-left-its-mark-on-river-city-star-holly-jack-1.234078|title=New baby illness story line has left its mark on River City star Holly Jack|last=Gibb|first=Bill|work=The Sunday Post|location=Glasgow|date=23 February 2014|access-date=30 May 2014}}
Shortly after she quit River City, she was hired as an acting coach.{{cite news|url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/holly-goes-from-river-city-to-acting-academy-role-159872n.23940371|title=Holly goes from River City to acting academy role|author=|work=Evening Times|location=Glasgow|date=17 April 2014|access-date=30 May 2014}} In 2014, she appeared in Footballers United. On 1 July 2014, it was announced that Jack would be joining the cast of Waterloo Road as a new student at the beginning of the second half of the tenth series in early 2015, which would also be the last series of the show.{{cite web |last1=Kilkelly |first1=Daniel |title=Waterloo Road reveals new signings |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/a581445/waterloo-road-reveals-new-cast-members-for-final-series/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=13 December 2020 |date=1 July 2014}} Jack returned to River City in 2018 as Nicole. In 2019, Jack played the role of Cinderella in the pantomime production of Cinderella at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow.{{Cite web|url=https://www.paviliontheatre.co.uk/shows/the-magical-adventures-of-cinderella/|title=The Magical Adventures of Cinderella|website=www.paviliontheatre.co.uk|access-date=29 July 2019}}
Filmography
Stage
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue ! {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| 2019
| Cinderella | Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|4142507}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Scottish soap opera actresses
Category:Scottish television actresses
Category:Scottish film actresses
Category:People from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire