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Holly Rachel VukadinoviÄ‡ (Serbian Cyrillic : Ğ’ÑƒĞºĞ°Ğ´Ğ¸Ğ½Ğ¾Ğ²Ğ¸Ñ›) (born 11 May, 1983), who is better known by her stage name of Holly Valance, is an Australian actress and ARIA Music Awards|ARIA nominated singer.

Early life
Valance was born in Melbourne, Australia, on 11 May 1983 to a Serbs|Serbian father and a United Kingdom|British mother. She is related to the late British comedian Benny Hill — Hill's cousin was her grandfather (cousins twice removed). Valance was educated at the Star of the Sea College, a Roman Catholic high school in Melbourne.

Music career
Valance's first single as a recording artist was a cover of Turkish singer Tarkan's "Kiss Kiss (song)|Kiss Kiss", released in 2002. The song debuted at #1 in both the Australian Recording Industry Association|Australian ARIA and UK Singles Charts charts in April 2002|April/May 2002. The director's cut version of the music video was notable in that Valance appeared to be dancing naked, but in fact she was wearing flesh colored panties but no top. The footage was then digitally retouched adding strategically placed lighting effects. The song was nominated for 4 ARIA awards.

Her next single, "Down Boy" peaked at #2 in the UK and at #3 in Australia. Her dÃ©but album ''Footprints (album)|Footprints'' was released on October 14, 2002. It debuted and peaked at #9 in the UK and ... read all