Holly Bodimeade

Holly Bodimeade is an English actress.

Early life Born in Chichester, West Sussex, Bodimeade was a pupil at Stonar School in Wiltshire.

Theatre and Training A member of the National Youth Theatre since age 14, with stage roles including Marriage Blanc, Love on the Dole, Yerma, The House of Bernarda Alba, and An Inspector Calls.

Trained at UK institutions including RADA, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and Fourth Monkey Theatre Company, with additional training in the US. Career She made her screen acting debut in the 2007 short film Hedgewitch. In the first decade of the 2000s, she starred in two British radio dramas: The Elegance of the Hedgehog (as Paloma) and BBC Radio 4’s Sand (as Elizabeth).

Bodimeade starred in her first lead role as Maddy in the BAFTA-nominated BBC TV drama Summerhill, about the radical school of the same name.

She went on to appear as Megan in two seasons of the CBBC TV series "Paradise Cafe" filmed in New Zealand and the Cook Islands. She has also played lead roles in two BBC Radio 4 drama productions.

Beyond her lead roles, she appeared in guest episodes of Doctors (2014), Casualty (2015), The Coroner (2015), and Father Brown (2017). She has also acted in short films and BBC Radio 4 productions.

Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 2008 Summerhill Maddy Shown on CBBC and BBC Four 2009–2012 Paradise Café Megan 26 episodes CBBC 2014 Doctors Bethany Craig Episode 16.15 "Viral" 2015 Casualty Laura Melling Episode 29.30 "The Rita Supremacy" 2015 The Coroner Leah Walker Episode 1.7 "The Salcombe Selkie" 2017 Father Brown Ada Rawlins Episode 5.9 "The Lepidopterist's Companion" 2020 Cursed (2020 TV series) Faun Scott Episode 1.8 "The Fey Queen" 2025 Murder most puzzling (2025) Hendrix & Son Receptionist Episode 1.3

Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Hedgewitch Bully Short 2010 Sherry Red Shoes Sherry Levitt Short 2013 Fruits of Labour Girl Short 2014 Con Buenas Intenciones Katy Short

Radio Year Title Role Notes 2006 BBC Radio 4's Sand Elizabeth Gooding Afternoon play 2009 The Elegance of the Hedgehog Paloma Woman's Hour series 2011 The Queen's Nose Melody Parker BBC Radio 4 Extra 2012 Witch Week Karen Grigg BBC Radio 4 Extra