Holliday Grainger
Biography
Holliday Grainger is an English screen and stage actress born on 27 March 1988 in Didsbury, Manchester, England, UK. She is known to be credited as Holly Grainger. Grainger has appeared in various roles throughout her career, including Kate Beckett in the series Roger and the Rottentrolls, Lucrezia Borgia in The Borgias, Robin Ellacott in the Strike series, DI Rachel Carey in The Capture, and Estella in Mike Newell's adaptation of Great Expectations. Grainger has been involved in numerous projects, with 51 known credits to her name. She is a female actress, born in the UK, and has worked in the acting industry.
Career overview
Holliday Grainger is an English screen and stage actress. She has appeared in various roles throughout her career. Grainger's early work includes a role in the children's series Roger and the Rottentrolls, where she played Kate Beckett.
Grainger has also appeared in the Showtime series The Borgias, where she portrayed Lucrezia Borgia. In addition to her work in television, Grainger has appeared in film adaptations, including Mike Newell's adaptation of Great Expectations, where she played Estella.
Grainger's television work also includes the Strike series, where she played Robin Ellacott, and the crime drama The Capture, where she portrayed DI Rachel Carey. Grainger's acting credits span multiple mediums and genres, showcasing her versatility as a performer.
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- Mickey 17 (2025) as Red Hair
- The Stolen Girl (2025) as Rebecca
- The Capture (2019) as DI Rachel Carey
- Tell It to the Bees (2019) as Lydia Weekes
- Animals (2019) as Laura
- Patrick Melrose (2018) as Bridget Watson-Scott
- Patrick Melrose (2018) as Lady Gravesend
- Strike (2017) as Robin Ellacott
- Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017) as Honor
- Tulip Fever (2017) as Maria
- My Cousin Rachel (2017) as Louise
- Robot & Scarecrow (2017) as Robot (voice)
- The Finest Hours (2016) as Miriam Webber
- Home (2016) as Holly
- Cinderella (2015) as Anastasia Tremaine
- Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015) as Lady Constance Chatterley
- The Riot Club (2014) as Lauren
- Goblin? (2014) as Elizabeth
- Bonnie & Clyde (2013) as Bonnie Parker
- Anna Karenina (2012) as Baroness
- Great Expectations (2012) as Estella Havisham
- Bel Ami (2012) as Suzanne Rousset
- The Borgias (2011) as Lucrezia Borgia
- Jane Eyre (2011) as Diana Rivers
- Any Human Heart (2010) as Tess Scabius
- Five Daughters (2010) as Alice Clennell
- The Scouting Book for Boys (2010) as Emily
- Colette (2010) as Colette
- Above Suspicion (2009) as Sharon Bilkin
- Demons (2009) as Ruby
- Demons (2009) as Ruby
- Awaydays (2009) as Molly
- Merlin (2008) as Sophia
- Fairy Tales (2008) as Leeza Gruff
- Dis/Connected (2008) as Jenny
- M.I. High (2007) as Leah Retsam
- The Bad Mother's Handbook (2007) as Charlie Cooper
- Waterloo Road (2006) as Stacey Appleyard
- Robin Hood (2006) as Meg
- New Street Law (2006) as Katie Lewis
- Johnny and the Bomb (2006) as Rose Bushell
- Magnificent 7 (2005) as Louise Jackson
- Blue Murder (2003) as Jess Burgess
- The Illustrated Mum (2003) as Star Westward
- The Royal (2003) as Carole Green
- Sparkhouse (2002) as Older Lisa Bolton
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Nicola Bennet
- Where the Heart Is (1997) as Megan Boothe
- The Missing Postman (1997) as Harriet
- Roger and the Rottentrolls (1996) as Kate Beckett
- (All Quiet on the) Preston Front (1994) as Kirsty
- Halo of Stars as Emm