''Holly's Heroes'' is a children's drama series produced as a collaboration between the
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
in Australia and
TVNZ
, type = Crown entity
, industry = Broadcast television
, num_locations = New Zealand
, location = Auckland, New Zealand
, area_served = Nationally (New Zealand) and some Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the So ...
in New Zealand. It was produced as a series of 26 episodes and first screened in 2005.
Plot summary
Holly McKenzie is a 14-year-old New Zealander who moves to the Australian seaside town of Woolich with her family. When her dreams of playing basketball with the local team the "Rams" are quickly shattered, Holly is determined to prove her ability by forming her own team, the "Outlaws".
Cast
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Dominique Crawford as Holly McKenzie
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Kane McNay as Nick Fraser
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Greta Larkins as Jacinta Peterson
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Jared Daperis
Jared Daperis (born 18 August 1991) is an Australian film director. He has received a Young Artist Award nomination and Berlin Commercial Award Nominations.
Early life
Daperis was born in Melbourne in 1991, the middle child of three. His fat ...
as Ralph Owen
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Michael Harrison as Johnno Walsh
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Jessie Jacobs as Emily Walsh
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Ben Schumann
Ben Schumann is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Ed Newman in the Fox8 teen drama series, ''SLiDE
Slide or Slides may refer to:
Places
* Slide, California, former name of Fortuna, California
Arts, entertainment, and media M ...
as Franco Galluzo
* John Williams as Parker
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Nicholas Colla as Joel Peterson
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Virginia Ryan
Virginia Ryan is an Australian actor who played the recurring character of Kayla Thomas in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. She also played Trish Jenkins in the Australian-New Zealand children's show, '' Holly's Heroes''. as Patricia “Trish” Jenkins
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Stephany Avila as Eleanor 'Scubi' Scubinski
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David Roberts David or Dave Roberts may refer to:
Arts and literature
* David Roberts (painter) (1796–1864), Scottish painter
* David Roberts (art collector), Scottish contemporary art collector
* David Roberts (novelist), English editor and mystery writer ...
as Alan Peterson
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Kirk Torrance
Kirk Torrance is an actor and playwright from New Zealand, best known for his role as Wayne Judd in '' Outrageous Fortune''. He is also a former Commonwealth Games swimmer.
Career
His debut play ''Strata'' (2003) won Best New Playwright at the ...
as Tony McKenzie
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Michele Amas as Kate McKenzie
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Alan Hopgood
Alan John Hopgood AM (29 September 1934 – 19 March 2022), also known as Alan Hopwood, was an Australian actor, producer, and writer. He wrote the screenplay for the 1972 film '' Alvin Purple'' and made appearances in television shows such as ...
as Max Peterson
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Dwayne Abeyesekera as Singh
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Anna Gelling as Monique
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Naomi Davis as Flower
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Pamela Rabe
Pamela may refer to:
*''Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded'', a novel written by Samuel Richardson in 1740
*Pamela (name), a given name and, rarely, a surname
*Pamela Spence, a Turkish pop-rock singer. Known as her stage name "Pamela"
* MSC ''Pamela'', ...
as Mrs Racacelli
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Virginia Wickham as Sandy
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Thomas Blackbule as Mitch
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Carolyn Bock as Mayor
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Anne Cordineras Doctor Murphy
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Anna McCrossin-Owen as Judy
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Daniel Bernard as M.Pizza
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Nicholas Bell
Nicholas Bell (born 15 August 1958) is an English actor who has worked in Australia for more than 20 years. He works regularly with the Melbourne Theatre Company as well as with all the major television broadcasters in Australia, most notably th ...
as Mr. Craword
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Paris Dagres as Briana
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Taneora Herbert-Kaiwai as Watene
See also
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List of Australian television series
Future shows
Seven
* ''The 1% Club'' (Seven Network game show 2023–)
* ''Apartment Rules'' (Seven Network reality 2023–)
* '' Animals Aboard with Dr Harry'' (Seven Network reality 2023–)
* ''Armchair Experts'' (Seven Network sports ...
References
External links
Holly's Heroesat
IMDb
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Holly's Heroes at Australian TelevisionHolly's Heroes at ninemsn
2005 Australian television series debuts
2005 New Zealand television series debuts
2005 New Zealand television series endings
2005 Australian television series endings
Australian children's television series
New Zealand children's television series
Nine Network original programming
TVNZ 2 original programming
Television series about teenagers
Television shows funded by NZ on Air
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