Hollie Chapman
Hollie Chapman (born c.1989 possibly in Gaddesby in Leicestershire, England) is an English actress.[1][2]
Early life and personal
Hollie Chapman has four younger siblings.[1][3] She gained 3 As and a B at A-Level, a 2:1 from Southampton University and an MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Felpersham University.
(But Felpersham is a fictional town in the BBC Radio 4 soap, the Archers!). After a run of rejections, Hollie landed her current job, a development engineer with aircraft equipment supplier Ramflight, in October 2012. But by January 2013 she didn’t feel like the role was stretching her and she wasn’t being given enough responsibility.[4] Hollie can sing and play the piano[3] and loves horses.[4]
She was trained in acting at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London.[1][4]
Career as an actress
- Theatre roles[5]
Around 1996 she appeared as Tessie in a West End production of Annie.[4][6]
Other theatre roles:
- The Sound of Music as Maria
- Annie (village production) - title role
- Whistle Down the Wind (West End production)[4]
- Smike.
She got her first film or TV role in 2001, in an episode of the UK TV serial Holby City.
In 2002 she played in the Channel 5 TV serial Don't Blame Me (or Don't Blame the Koalas), regularly appearing as Gemma King,[1] a lovable and arrogant English girl who goes with her brother and mother to Australia.[9] This is arguably her greatest work to date.
In 2006 she was the voice of the soft puppet Cuddle in Softies, a pre-school TV-series.[10] Softies (aired since 2003) is a TV serial with 80 episodes. Each episode has a duration of 5 minutes.[11]
In 2006 she acted in two episodes of Doctors, the British television soap opera.
In 2015 she was offered the role of the Doctor, in BBC series Doctor Who, however due to just starting at Loughborough College, was forced to turn this down.
- Radio
In the British radio soap opera The Archers on BBC Radio 4 she plays Alice Carter (née Aldridge).[6][12]
Filmography
- Holby City (2001) (Episode: Forgiveness of Sins) as Ruth Boul
- Don't Blame Me (or Don't Blame the Koalas) (2002) as Gemma King
- Softies (2006) as Cuddle (Voice-over only)
- Doctors (2006) (Episode: Marilyn, Sometimes) as Kirsty Wheeler
- Doctors (2006) (Episode: Trust) as Kirsty Wheeler
References
- 1 2 3 4 Hollie's Aussie TV show break
- ↑ BBC - Leicester Theatre and Arts - Say hooray for local talent
- 1 2 Internet Movie Database - Trivia
- 1 2 3 4 5 BBC - Radio 4 - The Archers - Backstage - Alice Speaks!
- ↑ Internet Movie Database - Other works for Hollie Chapman
- 1 2 Compare Hollie's Aussie TV show break
- ↑ Internet Movie Database - Hollie Chapman
- ↑ Internet Movie Database - Doctors Trust
- ↑ Compare according to this description of the character the last minutes of episode 25. Who's Who?
- ↑ Natasha Stevenson Management - Hollie Chapman - Voice Over
- ↑ the softies uk tv preschool Series
- ↑ Compare BBC - Radio 4 - The Archers Timeline - 2000s
External links
- Hollie Chapman at the Internet Movie Database
- The Archers - Characters - Alice Carter - Played by Hollie Chapman
- Her Site in the Internet