Editing Holly Valance (section)

==Early life==

Holly Valance was born on 11 May 1983, as Holly Rachel Vukadinović,<ref name=fhm>{{cite web |url=http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/holly-valance |title=Holly Valance &#124; Miss 'Kiss-Kiss' |work=[[FHM]] |access-date=10 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420064545/http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/holly-valance |archive-date=20 April 2014}}</ref> in [[Fitzroy, Victoria|Fitzroy]], [[Victoria (Australian state)|Victoria]], to a [[Serbs|Serbian]] father from [[Montenegro]], Rajko Vukadinović, and a British mother of English and Spanish descent Rachel (née Stephens) from [[Southampton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOzmetsydNw|title=Holly Valance Interview - Five Minutes With...|website=You Tube|date=2011|accessdate=28 June 2024}}</ref><ref name="Gibbs">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/almost-famous-20110716-1hik9.html |title=Almost famous |last=Gibbs |first=Ed |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=17 July 2011 |access-date=17 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name=Blic/> Her father was a former pianist and model in his native [[Belgrade]], [[Serbia]], former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]].<ref name=Nadlanu>{{cite web|url=http://www.nadlanu.com/pocetna/info/Holi-Valans-Srpkinja-u-pohodu-na-Holivud.a-29874.43.html |title=Holi Valans: Srpkinja u pohodu na Holivud |last=Farkas | first=D. |publisher=Nadlanu.com |date=5 October 2008 |access-date=10 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908045932/http://www.nadlanu.com/pocetna/info/Holi-Valans-Srpkinja-u-pohodu-na-Holivud.a-29874.43.html |archive-date=8 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=BLIC2>{{cite web |url=http://www.blic.rs/stara_arhiva/zabava/127771/U-komediji-sa-Paris-Hilton |title=Blic Online |publisher=Blic.rs |date=5 January 2014 |access-date=10 May 2014 }}</ref> Her mother, whose father was a relative of comedian [[Benny Hill]], was a model in the United Kingdom.<ref name=Blic>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/Zabava/Vesti/287956/Holi-Valans-Beni-Hil-mi-je-deda|title=Blic Online|publisher=Blic.rs|date=5 January 2014 |access-date=10 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=Nadlanu/><ref name=BLIC2/> 
Valance's parents divorced in 1986.  Valance has a sister, Coco.  Rajko later remarried and Holly has a half-sister, [[Olympia Valance|Olympia]], who has also acted in ''Neighbours'' as [[Paige Smith]] (2014–2018, 2020, 2022).<ref name="Hello March 2015">{{cite web | url = https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2015031824062/neighbours-30th-anniversary-party/ | title = Holly Candy and sister Olympia Valance lead stars in celebrating ''Neighbours'' 30th anniversary | work = HELLO! | date = 18 March 2015 | access-date = 23 February 2020 }}</ref> In Melbourne Rajko ran a "trendy imported European clothes store".<ref name="Nimmervoll">{{cite web | url=http://www.howlspace.com.au/en4/valanceholly/valanceholly.htm | title=Holly Valance | author=Nimmervoll, Ed |author-link=Ed Nimmervoll |website=HowlSpace | year=2004 |via=[[National Library of Australia]] | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120726191200/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en4/valanceholly/valanceholly.htm | url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2012 |access-date=23 February 2020 }} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}Note: this source claims subject was born in New Zealand but this is not supported by other reliable sources.</ref><ref name="Nimmervoll 2">{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/artist/holly-valance-mn0000683288/biography |title=Holly Valance |author=Nimmervoll, Ed |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=23 February 2020 }} Note: this source, by same author, has birthplace as Fitzroy.</ref>

Valance started modelling as a teenager, when "she posed for supermarket catalogues and ad campaigns and by 14 she was earning $200 an hour modelling children's clothes and teenage lingerie."<ref name="Nimmervoll"/> She grew up in Melbourne and moved to the UK when she was 18; she holds both Australian and British citizenship.<ref name="5 mins">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15895836 |title=BBC News - Five Minutes With: Holly Valance |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=26 November 2011 |access-date=10 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/on-the-move-holly-valance-79fvgqgwp6s |title=On the Move: Holly Valance |work=[[The Times]] |date=5 October 2008 |access-date=17 July 2011 }}</ref> After two years she moved to Los Angeles, where she spent seven years before returning to the United Kingdom.<ref name="5 mins"/>