Holly Brisley is an Australian actress and television presenter. She began her career at the age of 16 on Agro's Cartoon Connection and more recently portrayed Amanda Vale-Baker on Home and Away. Her most successful film roles include Garage Days and The Crop. Brisley was born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. As Holly grew up, she excelled at speech and drama and joined the Paradise Performer's Dance Academy, where she participated in various Classes such as Jazz, Ballet and Tap Dancing. Brisley's family moved from Adelaide to the Gold Coast while she was still very young. Holly became engaged to marketing executive Paul Ford in Venice in 2005 and they married on 11 February 2006 in Manly, Sydney. They exchanged vows in the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel, in the grounds of St Patrick's Seminary overlooking the ocean. Holly gave birth to their son, Levi Harper Ford, at the Royal North Shore Private Hospital on 16 July 2009. On 20 July 2012 Holly gave birth to the couples second child, a daughter Willow Jade Ford. Holly has Coeliac Disease, and appeared on the cover of "The Australian Coeliac" September 2005 edition. In July 2010, Holly climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa for a charity trek, whereby she raised $50,000 for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation, a worthy cause that helps sick children. She had a near death experience having contracted pulmonary edema caused by the high altitude but is in good health now.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 11, 1978 (48)
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Actor, also producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Holly Brisley's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Tara in Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Holly Brisley's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Holly Brisley's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Enter Sanctum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Kane(2023)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Ruby's Choice(2022)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Life of the Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Sinbad and the Minotaur(2011)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
CJ the DJ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Devil's Gateway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
The Crop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Mermaids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Garage Days(2002)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
White Collar Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Scooby-Doo(2002)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Nowhere to Land(2000)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
BeastMaster(1999)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
All Saints(1998)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows
Official Denial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 67th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 1993 to 2025; peak year 2001.
Biggest box office
Ruby's Choice (2022)
Highest rated
Nowhere to Land (2000)
Most popular right now
Kane (2023)
Film career
Peak 2001 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1993Screen debut· The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children?
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Holly Brisley's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 26th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 50/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Holly Brisley work with?
People who share at least 2 of Holly Brisley's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nino Gaetano Martinetti shares the most, 2.
Cinematographers
- Nino Gaetano MartinettiShared titles: Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011), Nowhere to Land (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Nino Gaetano Martinetti
Producers
- Frank von ZerneckShared titles: Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure (2005), Nowhere to Land (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Frank von Zerneck
- Peter SadowskiShared titles: Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure (2005), Nowhere to Land (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Sadowski
- Randy SutterShared titles: Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure (2005), Nowhere to Land (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Randy Sutter
- Robert M. SertnerShared titles: Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure (2005), Nowhere to Land (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Robert M. Sertner
