Amanda Holden
About
Amanda Holden is an actress and TV presenter.
Amanda Holden played the role of Sarah Trevanion in Wild at Heart and the title role in Thoroughly Modern Millie. For the latter she got a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award nomination.
TV Presenter
Holden filled in as a co-host on This Morning with Phillip Schofield during Holly Willoughby’s maternity leave. She took a short break in January and February 2015 to record the Britain’s Got Talent auditions.
Amanda presented a series for ITV called Give a Pet a Home. The show worked alongside the RSPCA finding homes for animals. The series aired in 2015.
Then in 2015 Holden was part of the presenting team for ITV’s Christmas telethon Text Santa.
Other TV Credits
Holden’s other TV credits include three series of the comedy Kiss Me Kate, three series of the ITV’s The Grimleys, BBC series Hearts and Bones, the Jonathan Creek episode “The Problem at Gallowes Gate” and a Boxing Day special Marple. Amanda also co-starred with Bill Nighy and Tom Courtenay in Ready When You Are, Mr McGill.
Moreover, in January 2010, she presented her own three-part series on ITV, Amanda Holden’s Fantasy Lives.
In 2010, Holden then co-presented The Door with Chris Tarrant. The show featured six celebrities passing through a series of doors and taking on a number of tough challenges. And the last star standing claimed a cash prize for their chosen charity.
Amanda presented talent show Superstar on ITV in 2012. She hosted an episode of the Channel 4 show Dispatches in 2014 about the treatment for stillbirths and miscarriages.
Film Roles
Amanda Holden played Pamela in Intimate Relations. Then in 1999, she appeared as a shoe shop assistant in Virtual Sexuality. Holden also voiced a character in the film Pudsey: The Movie.
In 2013, Holden released her autobiography book, No Holding Back, which became a Sunday Times bestseller. In 2020, she released her debut studio album, Songs from My Heart.