Hollie Chapman Explained

Hollie Chapman (born in 1988 in Gaddesby in Leicestershire, England)^[1] is an English actress.^{[2] [3]}

Career

She was trained in acting at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London.^{[2] [4]} Around 1996 she appeared as Tessie in a West End production of Annie.^{[4] [5]} She acted also in The Sound of Music as Maria, in Annie (village production), the title role, in Whistle Down the Wind (West End production)^[4] and in Smike.

She got her first TV role in 2001, in an episode of the UK TV serial Holby City. In 2002 she played in the Channel 5 TV serial Don't Blame Me (or Don't Blame the Koalas), regularly appearing as Gemma King,^[2] a lovable and arrogant English girl who goes with her brother and mother to Australia. In 2006 she was the voice of the soft puppet Cuddle in Softies, a pre-school TV-series.^[6] Softies (aired since 2003) is a TV serial with 80 episodes. Each episode has a duration of 5 minutes.^[7] In 2006 she acted in two episodes of Doctors, the British television soap opera.

In the British radio soap opera The Archers on BBC Radio 4 she plays Alice Carter (née Aldridge).^{[8] [9] [10]} In 2011 she played the character also in Ambridge Extra, a spin-off about the radio drama's younger characters.^[11]

Filmography

• Holby City (2001) (Episode: Forgiveness of Sins) as Ruth Boul
• Don't Blame Me (or Don't Blame the Koalas) (2002) as Gemma King
• Softies (2006) as Cuddle (Voice-over only)
• Doctors (2006) (Episode: Marilyn, Sometimes) as Kirsty Wheeler
• Doctors (2006) (Episode: Trust) as Kirsty Wheeler

External links

• • The Archers - Characters - Alice Carter - Played by Hollie Chapman

Notes and References

1. https://shows.acast.com/all-about-the-archers/episodes/meet-alice-in-the-archers''Meet ALICE in The Archers (podcast)
2. http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/news/Hollie39s-Aussie-TV-show-break.356698.jp Hollie's Aussie TV show break
3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/theatre_and_arts/2003/03/leics_annual_awards_showcase.shtml BBC - Leicester Theatre and Arts - Say hooray for local talent
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20080630233143/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/backstage/alice_speaks.shtml BBC - Radio 4 - The Archers - Backstage - Alice Speaks!
5. Compare Hollie's Aussie TV show break
6. http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/cv.asp?ref=F68132&pub=1&pic=html&tab=3 Natasha Stevenson Management - Hollie Chapman - Voice Over
7. http://www.handsuppuppets.com/html/Softies.html the softies uk tv preschool Series
8. Web site: BBC - Radio 4 - The Archers Timeline - 2000s . 2009-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090218192915/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/timeline/timeline_2000s.shtml . 2009-02-18 . live .
9. Web site: Alice Carter. The Archers. BBC. 26 February 2018.
10. https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/718086/The-Archers-BBC-Radio-4-Alice-Carter-Brian-Aldridge-Twitter Express. The Archers fans SLAM ‘all filler no killer’ episode for lack of plot
11. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8419818/Ambridge-Extra-its-the-teenage-Archers.html The Telegraph. Ambridge Extra: it's the teenage Archers