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Holly Earl
Holly Earl (2021)
Born
Holly Penelope Earl

(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 32)[1]
Ealing, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1997—present

Holly Earl (born 31 August 1992) is an English actress. She started her career as a child actor, in the television series Touching Evil (1997–1998), and may be best known for her recurring role in the first three seasons of Cuckoo (2012–2016), or her main cast roles in the series Beowulf (2016) and in the third season of Humans (2018).

Her films include Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert (2015), Once Upon a Time in London (2018) and her role as the 15-year-old version of a character played by Phyllis Logan in Last Train to Christmas (2021).

Early life

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Earl is from Ealing, West London. She attended Drayton Manor High School.[2] Her older sister Elizabeth Earl is a former child actress.[3][4]

Career

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Earl made her television debut at the age of four,[4] playing Robson Green's daughter in Touching Evil.[5] She then appeared as Young Kochanski in the eighth series of Red Dwarf, followed by a part in the BBC 1999 Christmas special The Greatest Store in the World.[5] Her first film role followed in 2002 as May Bailey in Possession.[5] She has also guest starred in Doctor Who,[6][7] Doctors,[8] Skins,[5] and Cuckoo.[5]

In 2012, she made her stage debut as Bertha in The Father at the Belgrade Theatre.[9] She later received an Ian Charleson Award nomination for her role.[9]

In 2015 she appeared as Ruby Hill in Ordinary Lies[10][11] and in 2016 she was Kela in Beowulf.[5]

In 2018, she starred as synth Agnes in the Channel 4 series Humans. In 2019, she starred as the lead in PlayStation game Erica. She also voices Lillia in the game League Of Legends.

In 2022, Earl appeared as the protagonist in the movie Shark Bait, which was filmed in Malta. To prepare for the role, she swam for 12 hours each day reaching a peak in her physical fitness.[4]

Acting Credits

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1999 The Greatest Store in the World Angeline [12]
2002 Possession May Bailey [13]
2004 Secret Passage Young Clara [14]
2010 Into the Night (short-film) Grace [15]
2013 Dracula: The Dark Prince Esme [16]
2015 Queen of the Desert Cousin Florence [17]
2017 Loving Vincent La Mousmé Voice role [18]
2018 Once Upon a Time in London Aggie Vaux [19]
2021 Last Train to Christmas Young Auntie Vi [20]
2022 Shark Bait Nat [4]
2022 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia [21]
2025 The Burn (short-film) Pen [22]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref..
1997–1998 Touching Evil Louise Creegan Recurring role (series 1–2) [23]
1999 Red Dwarf Young Kochanski Episode: "Pete: Part 1" [24]
1999 Ruth Rendell Mysteries Lindsey Episode: "The Lake of Darkness" [25]
2000 My Hero Helen Episode: "My Hero Christmas" [26]
2006 Wild at Heart Georgia Chapman Episode: "1.5" [27]
2010–2011 Casualty Nita Clements Recurring role (series 25) [10]
2011 Doctors Summer Carroll Episode: "Suffocating Love" [28]
2011 Doctor Who Lily Arwell Episode: "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" [10][6][7]
2012 Skins Poppy Champion Episode: "Alo" [29]
2013 Father Brown Ruth Bennett Episode: "The Devil's Dust" [30]
2014 Benidorm Elena 2 episodes (series 6) [31]
2014-2018 Two Housemates Peaches Recurring role (series 3) Web series [32]
2014 Law & Order: UK Lisa Gardner Episode: "Safe from harm" [33]
2014 The Musketeers Céline Episode: "Musketeers Don't Die Easily" [34]
2014 The Red Tent Young Rachel Episode: "Part 1" [35]
2014 Relentless Shauna Brandt TV Pilot [36]
2012–2016 Cuckoo Zoe Recurring role (series 1–3) [37]
2015 Ordinary Lies Ruby Hill Episode: "1.4" [10][11]
2016 Beowulf Kela Main cast [38]
2017 Our Ex-Wife Ava TV pilot [39]
2017 The Pact Emily TV Movie [40]
2018 Humans Agnes Main cast (series 3) [41]
2024 Sister Boniface Mysteries Elsie Calder-Marshall Episode: "It's Just Not Cricket" [42]

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 The Father Bertha Belgrade Theatre [9]

Audio

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 The Father Bertha BBC Radio 3 [43]
2016 The Churchill Years Volume 01 Lilly Arwell Big Finish [44]

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 Star Ocean: Anamnesis Sarah Jerand
2019 Erica Erica Mason [4]
2020 League of Legends Lillia [45]
2024 Dragon's Dogma 2 Ulrika [46]
2024 Legends of Runeterra Lillia [45]
2024 Stellar Blade Kaya [47]
2024 Another Eden Mazrika [48]
2025 Wuthering Waves Roccia & Pero [49]
2025 The First Berserker: Khazan Daphrona [50]
2025 Honkai: Star Rail Hyacine [51]
2025 Star Overdrive Nous [52]

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