Holly Bodimeade is a British

United Kingdom

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 actress. She starred in her first lead role as "Maddy" in the BAFTA-nominated BBC TV drama Summerhill

Summerhill (TV series)

Summerhill is a British children's television drama about the famously radical Summerhill School. Written by Alison Hume and directed by Jon East, it was first broadcast on the CBBC Channel in January 2008 and was subsequently nominated for three children's BAFTA awards - Best Drama, Best Writer ...

about the radical school of the same name.
More recently she appeared as "Megan" in the CBBC

CBBC

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 TV series "Paradise Cafe

Paradise Café (TV series)

Paradise Café is a teen television series that premiered on 6 January 2009 on CBBC and TV2. It was a co-production between New Zealand's Gibson Group and UK company Initial, a division of Endemol. The first series started on 6 January 2009 and ended on 31 March 2009...

" filmed in New Zealand and the Cook Islands.
She has also played lead roles in two BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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drama productions, and is a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.

Holly is a pupil at Stonar School

Stonar School

Stonar School, founded in 1895, is one of the UK's independent leading day and boarding school, at Cottles Park, Atworth, near in Wiltshire, south-west England...

, the same Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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 school as was attended by film star Romola Garai

Romola Garai

Romola Sadie Garai is an English actress. She is known for appearing in the movies Amazing Grace, Atonement, and Glorious 39, and for appearing in the BBC adaptation of Emma.-Early life:...

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Filmography

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Summerhill Summerhill (TV series) Summerhill is a British children's television drama about the famously radical Summerhill School. Written by Alison Hume and directed by Jon East, it was first broadcast on the CBBC Channel in January 2008 and was subsequently nominated for three children's BAFTA awards - Best Drama, Best Writer ...	Maddy	Main Role
2009–2011	Paradise Café Paradise Café Paradise Café is a teen television series that premiered on 6 January 2009 on CBBC and TV2. It was a co-production between New Zealand's Gibson Group and UK company Initial, a division of Endemol. The first series started on 6 January 2009 and ended on 31 March 2009...	Megan	Main Role
Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Hedgewitch	Bully	Supporting Role
2010	Sherry Red Shoes	Sherry Levitt	Main Role
Radio
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	BBC Radio 4's Sand	Elizabeth Gooding	Main Role
2009	The Elegance of the Hedgehog	Paloma	Main Role
2011	The Queen's Nose The Queen's Nose The Queen's Nose is a book, written by Dick King-Smith, that was adapted into a successful BBC television series.-The book:The book by Dick King Smith features the story of Harmony Parker, a 10 year old girl who wants an animal of her own but is not allowed by her parents who think they are dirty...	Melody Parker	Supporting Role

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