Holly Bodimeade

Holly Bodimeade is an English actress.

Early life

Born in Chichester, West Sussex, Bodimeade was a pupil at Stonar School in Wiltshire.

Theatre and Training

A member of the National Youth Theatre since age 14, with stage roles including Marriage Blanc, Love on the Dole, Yerma, The House of Bernarda Alba, and An Inspector Calls.
Trained at UK institutions including RADA, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and Fourth Monkey Theatre Company, with additional training in the US.

Career

She made her screen acting debut in the 2007 short film Hedgewitch. In the first decade of the 2000s, she starred in two British radio dramas: The Elegance of the Hedgehog and BBC Radio 4’s Sand.
Bodimeade starred in her first lead role as Maddy in the BAFTA-nominated BBC TV drama Summerhill, about the radical school of the same name.
She went on to appear as Megan in two seasons of the CBBC TV series "Paradise Cafe" filmed in New Zealand and the Cook Islands. She has also played lead roles in two BBC Radio 4 drama productions.
Beyond her lead roles, she appeared in guest episodes of Doctors, Casualty, The Coroner, and Father Brown. She has also acted in short films and BBC Radio 4 productions.