Holliday Grainger Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a 2014 Satellite Award fo rher role in "Bonnie & Clyde․"
• Was nominated for the 2013 Empire Award for best female newcomer
• Made her first television appearance when she was 6 years old because her mother's casting director friend found her a part in a BBC Series
• Quote: "When it got to that point where I finished school, I was really at a crossroads․ I wished I could split into three people: one to go to University, one to go to drama school and one to carry on acting full-time․"
• Has appeared in several film adaptations of classic books, including "Great Expectations," "Bel Ami," "Anna Karenina" and "Jane Eyre․"
• Filmed on location in Budapest, Hungary, a number of times, and stated that she considers the location a second home
• Had never heard of the Borgia family before she auditioned for the role of Lucrezia Borgia in "The Borgias," but did significant research to develop her interpretation of the character