Holly Earl

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).

Holly Earl
Holly Earl (2021)
Born	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 32)[1] Ealing, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997—present

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

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

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]

Filmography

Film

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

Television

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

Video games

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