Lydia Waters
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Lydia Ellen Waters is an English actress best known for playing Holly Cunningham in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
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Waters won the role of Holly and began filming in April 2008. She made her first appearance on 9 June 2008. Lydia played Holly until September 2010.
Waters also appeared in the 2nd series of the Hollyoaks spin off series Hollyoaks Later in September 2009, playing Holly Cunningham. She also appeared in The Hollyoaks documentary, Hollyoaks: The Good, The Bad and The Gorgeous, in the parody of the SHINING playing twins.
a drama based school in York. As well as acting, Waters enjoys dancing, and is part of a dance group. In 2009, Waters was nominated for best young actor at the Inside Soap Awards. Lydia is represented by Tuesdays Child Agency.
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
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Hollyoaks
At the beginning of 2008, Waters auditioned for the role of Holly Cunningham in Channel 4's Hollyoaks. Prior to this audition, she had been offered the chance to audition for other productions, but declined. She was one of 54 candidates up for the role of Holly who had previously appeared in Hollyoaks between 1997 and 2001, with a return in 2004. After several auditions at the shows studios in LiverpoolLiverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
Waters won the role of Holly and began filming in April 2008. She made her first appearance on 9 June 2008. Lydia played Holly until September 2010.
Waters also appeared in the 2nd series of the Hollyoaks spin off series Hollyoaks Later in September 2009, playing Holly Cunningham. She also appeared in The Hollyoaks documentary, Hollyoaks: The Good, The Bad and The Gorgeous, in the parody of the SHINING playing twins.
Other information
Waters has also appeared on stage as Nagana in South Pacific and at the Grand Opera House in York. She has also appeared on stage at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre. She attended Copmanthorpe primary school until July 2009. She is currently in year 8 at Manor CE SchoolManor CE school
Manor C of E School a coeducational secondary school in York, England. Manor is a Specialist Arts College and Leadership Partner School. This year, 2011, Manor School students have achieved 92% 5 or more A*-C grades and 79% including English and Maths .-Headteachers:The current headmaster is Mr...
a drama based school in York. As well as acting, Waters enjoys dancing, and is part of a dance group. In 2009, Waters was nominated for best young actor at the Inside Soap Awards. Lydia is represented by Tuesdays Child Agency.
Television
| Years | Programme | Character |
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| 2008-2010 | Hollyoaks Hollyoaks Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill... |
Holly Cunningham |
| 2009 | Hollyoaks Later | Holly Cunningham |