Holly Aird

Holly Aird, (born 18 May 1969 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English television actress best known for playing Forensic Pathologist Frankie Wharton in the BBC1 drama series Waking the Dead having previously starred in productions such as Soldier Soldier and the 1997 film Fever Pitch alongside Colin Firth.

Biography

Aird was spotted by a casting director whilst at ballet school aged nine, and starred in the 1980 dramatisation of the H.G. Wells novel The History of Mr. Polly. In 1982 she starred as the young Beatrix Potter in The Tale of Beatrix Potter. As well as small parts in many well-known television series, Aird became best known for playing Nancy Thorpe/Garvey in Soldier Soldier. More recently she starred as Frankie Wharton in Waking the Dead.

Aird has two children, Joseph (born to her first husband James Purefoy) and Nelly (with second husband Toby Merritt).

Selected credits

• Casualty as Laura Merriman in 2006
• Waking the Dead, 24 episodes (2000-2004)
• Possession (2002 film) as Ellen Ash
• Fever Pitch (1997 film) as Jo
• Intimate Relations (1996 film)
• Dressing For Breakfast (1995 TV series)
• Carry on Columbus (1992)
• Soldier Soldier (1991-3)
• Miss Marple (TV series) (1991)
• Inspector Morse (1988)
• Affairs of the Heart (1983)
• The Tale of Beatrix Potter (1982) as young Beatrix
• The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
• The History of Mr. Polly (1980)

External Links

• BBC Biography
• IMDB entry