Holliday Grainger

Acting

Holliday Grainger

Born March 27, 1988 · Didsbury, Manchester, England, UK (age 38)

Holliday Clark Grainger (born 27 March 1988), also credited as Holly Grainger, is an English screen and stage actress. Some of her prominent roles are Kate Beckett in the BAFTA award-winning children's series Roger and the Rottentrolls, Lucrezia Borgia in the Showtime series The Borgias, Robin Ellacott in the Strike series, DI Rachel Carey in the Peacock/BBC One crime drama The Capture and Estella…

Known For

CinderellaCinderella · 2015
Cinderella
6.82015
MovieRomanceFantasy
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
Mickey 17Mickey 17 · 2025
Mickey 17
6.82025
MovieScience FictionComedy
Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
Jane EyreJane Eyre · 2011
Jane Eyre
7.22011
MovieDramaRomance
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Tulip FeverTulip Fever · 2017
Tulip Fever
6.52017
MovieDramaRomance
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.
Anna KareninaAnna Karenina · 2012
Anna Karenina
6.72012
MovieDramaRomance
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
Lady Chatterley's LoverLady Chatterley's Lover · 2015
Lady Chatterley's Lover
6.32015
MovieRomanceDrama
An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.
Bel AmiBel Ami · 2012
Bel Ami
5.32012
MovieRomanceDrama
Georges Duroy travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
The Finest HoursThe Finest Hours · 2016
The Finest Hours
6.62016
MovieActionDrama
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

Movies

CinderellaCinderella · 2015
Cinderella
6.82015
MovieRomanceFantasy
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
Mickey 17Mickey 17 · 2025
Mickey 17
6.82025
MovieScience FictionComedy
Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
Jane EyreJane Eyre · 2011
Jane Eyre
7.22011
MovieDramaRomance
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Tulip FeverTulip Fever · 2017
Tulip Fever
6.52017
MovieDramaRomance
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.
Anna KareninaAnna Karenina · 2012
Anna Karenina
6.72012
MovieDramaRomance
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
Lady Chatterley's LoverLady Chatterley's Lover · 2015
Lady Chatterley's Lover
6.32015
MovieRomanceDrama
An early-20th-century tale of love across class boundaries which tells the legendary and romantic story of Lady Chatterley’s affair with her gamekeeper. Jed Mercurio’s adaptation of DH Lawrence’s classic.
Bel AmiBel Ami · 2012
Bel Ami
5.32012
MovieRomanceDrama
Georges Duroy travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
The Finest HoursThe Finest Hours · 2016
The Finest Hours
6.62016
MovieActionDrama
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
Tell It to the BeesTell It to the Bees · 2019
Tell It to the Bees
7.52019
MovieRomanceDrama
Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.
My Cousin RachelMy Cousin Rachel · 2017
My Cousin Rachel
5.72017
MovieDramaRomance
A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.
Great ExpectationsGreat Expectations · 2012
Great Expectations
6.42012
MovieDramaRomance
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
The Riot ClubThe Riot Club · 2014
The Riot Club
5.92014
MovieDrama
Two first-year students at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one evening.
DemonsDemons · 2009
Demons
2009
MovieAdventureFamily
Luke Rutherford's ordinary life ends when Rupert Galvin reveals Luke's destiny as Van Helsing's great-grandson, a supernatural warrior battling entities lurking under modern London.
HomeHome · 2016
Home
6.72016
MovieDrama
As thousands of men, women and children attempt to get into Europe, a comfortable English family sets out on what appears to be a holiday.
AnimalsAnimals · 2019
Animals
5.52019
MovieComedyDrama
Longtime friends and party lovers Laura and Tyler navigate life and love in Dublin, Ireland but find themselves drifting apart when Laura becomes engaged.
The Illustrated MumThe Illustrated Mum · 2003
The Illustrated Mum
8.02003
MovieTV MovieDrama
Two sisters cope with the unpredictable behaviour of their depressed, alcoholic mother. Based on the novel by Jacqueline Wilson.
AwaydaysAwaydays · 2009
Awaydays
5.32009
MovieDrama
On the Wirral in the grim early years of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, the opportunities for thrill seeking young men looking to escape 9 to 5 drudgery are what they've always been: sex, drugs, rock n' roll, fashion, football and fighting.
Magnificent 7Magnificent 7 · 2005
Magnificent 7
7.52005
MovieDrama
Inspired by the life of Jacqui Jackson, the story follows a self-sacrificing mother of seven children, four of whom are, in one form or another, autistic.
The Missing PostmanThe Missing Postman · 1997
The Missing Postman
5.01997
MovieComedyDrama
When Dorset postman Clive Peacock is forced into early retirement, the years ahead look bleak. But on his last day in the job, in a moment of unexpected rebellion he makes a decision that will change his life. As he makes his final collection from the postbox in the small seaside town where he lives, he decides to deliver the letters himself, by hand, no matter the destination. Mounting his trusty bicycle, he sets off on what proves to be an odyssey of self-discovery. Pursued by the police and lionised by the media, Clive becomes both a fugitive and a reluctant hero.
Robot & ScarecrowRobot & Scarecrow · 2017
Robot & Scarecrow
7.82017
MovieDramaRomance
A love story between a robot and a scarecrow who meet and fall for each other at a summer music festival.
The Bad Mother's HandbookThe Bad Mother's Handbook · 2007
The Bad Mother's Handbook
7.02007
MovieComedyDrama
Karen Cooper wants to domineer her family and believes she's its pillar. In fact she does everything wrong. Thus she messes up all their lives and futures, rather then help her loved-ones.
The Scouting Book for BoysThe Scouting Book for Boys · 2010
The Scouting Book for Boys
6.32010
MovieThrillerDrama
Thomas Turgoose (This Is England) stars as David, a young boy who lives a carefree life on a coastal caravan park with his best friend Emily (Holliday Grainger). When David learns that Emily is being forced to move away, he helps her hide out in a remote cave on the beach. But as David watches the police close in on his missing friend, their innocent secret takes on a life of its own. When the real reason Emily wants to escape comes to light, David's world is shattered. Swept up in a situation out of his control, and with his feelings for his best friend growing stranger by the day, David is forced to take action.
ColetteColette · 2010
Colette
8.02010
MovieRomanceDrama
Holliday Grainger provides a raw, emotional performance as Colette, a 16-year-old who finds it hard to love.

TV Shows

MerlinMerlin · 2008
Merlin
7.82008
SeriesDrama
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
The CaptureThe Capture · 2019
The Capture
7.72019
SeriesCrimeDrama
When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man with his young daughter. But when damning CCTV footage from a night out in London comes to light, Shaun's life takes a shocking turn and he must soon fight for his freedom once again.
Waterloo RoadWaterloo Road · 2006
Waterloo Road
7.12006
SeriesDrama
Waterloo Road is a British television drama series set in a comprehensive school of the same name, first broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006, and concluding its original run on 9 March 2015. It was recommissioned in 2021, and resumed starting 9 January 2023. At the failing comprehensive school, and later academy of the same name, the professional and personal lives of the students and staff are examined. Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. Who said education was easy?
Waking the DeadWaking the Dead · 2001
Waking the Dead
7.22001
SeriesCrimeMystery
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
The BorgiasThe Borgias · 2011
The Borgias
7.62011
SeriesDramaCrime
Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.
StrikeStrike · 2017
Strike
7.22017
SeriesCrimeDrama
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police. Based on the bestselling novels written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Robin HoodRobin Hood · 2006
Robin Hood
6.92006
SeriesDrama
Robin of Loxley returns to England after 5 years of fighting in the crusades alongside King Richard. After losing his estates and being branded an outlaw, he takes on the title of Robin Hood and assembles a ragtag band of outlaw companions. Together they steal from the rich and give to the poor - all the while avoiding and outwitting their enemies Sir Guy of Gisborne and the evil Sheriff of Nottingham.
Where the Heart IsWhere the Heart Is · 1997
Where the Heart Is
7.71997
SeriesDrama
In the small, fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite is an engaging story of life, love, family and people’s ever-changing fortunes in rural England. Set against the rugged landscape of Yorkshire, it follows the busy professional and family lives of District Nurses, as they bring nursing and emotional care to young and old alike. The first four series concentrates on the lives of district health nurses Peggy Snow and Ruth Goddard. The story expands to focus on the lives of more Skelthwhaite residents, particularly those related to the nurses as well as those employed in a local toilet tissue factory.
M.I. HighM.I. High · 2007
M.I. High
6.12007
SeriesCrime
A team of undercover teenage spies working for the fictional British secret intelligence agency MI9 who have to balance their school life with their jobs as secret agents.
Patrick MelrosePatrick Melrose · 2018
Patrick Melrose
7.52018
SeriesDrama
A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.
Philip K. Dick's Electric DreamsPhilip K. Dick's Electric Dreams · 2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
7.02017
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama
A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.
Above SuspicionAbove Suspicion · 2009
Above Suspicion
7.02009
SeriesMysteryCrime
Above Suspicion is a British crime drama programme starring Kelly Reilly as Anna Travis, a rookie detective determined to prove herself in the male-dominated police department by solving a trail of gruesome murders left by an unknown serial killer. Each series is based on a novel by Lynda La Plante: Above Suspicion (2009), The Red Dahlia (2010), Deadly Intent (2011), and Silent Scream (2012).
Blue MurderBlue Murder · 2003
Blue Murder
6.72003
SeriesCrimeDrama
Blue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was cancelled by the network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis.
The Stolen GirlThe Stolen Girl · 2025
The Stolen Girl
6.22025
SeriesDramaMystery
Mother of two, Elisa, allows her daughter, Lucia, to go on an impromptu sleepover with her new best friend Josephine after meeting Josephine's mother, Rebecca, at her beautiful home. But when Elisa arrives to collect Lucia the next day, the house turns out to be an empty luxury rental and Lucia has been abducted.
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front(All Quiet on the) Preston Front · 1994
(All Quiet on the) Preston Front
5.81994
SeriesComedyDrama
All Quiet on the Preston Front (or the shortened Preston Front as it became known for series two and three) was a BBC comedy drama about a group of friends in the fictional Lancashire town of Roker Bridge, and their links to the local Territorial Army infantry platoon. It was created by Tim Firth and ran from 1994 to 1997.
New Street LawNew Street Law · 2006
New Street Law
6.62006
SeriesCrimeDrama
Follows two rival barristers' chambers in Manchester, England, contrasting defence Jack Roper's struggling firm with his former mentor, prosecutor Laurence Scammel's more established chambers, and exploring their personal and professional rivalry through complex legal cases.
Fairy TalesFairy Tales · 2008
Fairy Tales
2008
SeriesDramaComedy
Four contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor's New Clothes and Billy Goats Gruff.
Bonnie & ClydeBonnie & Clyde · 2013
Bonnie & Clyde
7.32013
SeriesDramaCrime
Clyde Barrow, a charismatic convicted armed robber, sweeps Bonnie Parker, an impressionable, petite, small-town waitress, off her feet, and the two embark on one one of most infamous bank-robbing sprees in history.
Any Human HeartAny Human Heart · 2010
Any Human Heart
6.42010
SeriesDrama
Logan Mountstuart, writer and adventurer, narrates his life, from the Paris of the twenties to the eighties in London, passing through the New York of the fifties.
Five DaughtersFive Daughters · 2010
Five Daughters
6.42010
SeriesDrama
The stories of five young women who were tragically murdered in Ipswich in 2006.
DemonsDemons · 2009
Demons
6.42009
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Luke Rutherford is your average teenager - until his dead father's best friend, Rupert Galvin turns up to reveal his secret destiny: he's the great-grandson of Abraham Van Helsing, the infamous vampire hunter. Luke is set to inherit the family mantle as a warrior against the supernatural entities that lie deep beneath the streets of modern-day London.
Roger and the RottentrollsRoger and the Rottentrolls · 1996
Roger and the Rottentrolls
7.51996
SeriesComedy
Roger and the Rottentrolls is a children's comedy television series made for ITV by The Children's Company, which combined puppets with live action human actors. It was first broadcast on 1 January 1996. Written by Tim Firth, it was based on characters created by Gordon Firth directed by Julian Kemp and executive produced by Robert Howes. The first series won the 1997 BAFTA for "Best Children's Entertainment Show", beating the Ant and Dec Show. Later series were nominated for awards from both BAFTA and the Royal Television Society.
Johnny and the BombJohnny and the Bomb · 2006
Johnny and the Bomb
6.72006
SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy
Johnny Maxwell stumbles upon a time machine when he helps an old woman, but little does he know that his journeys back to 1941 cause a chain of events which alter history. Johnny and his friends must go back in time to reverse the changes and save his own existence.
SparkhouseSparkhouse · 2002
Sparkhouse
7.82002
SeriesDrama
The relationship between childhood sweethearts, a farmer's daughter and boy from a rich family, turns tumultuous in this modern interpretation of Wuthering Heights.