Kelli Hollis (born 29 June 1976) is a British actress, known for playing Tina Crabtree in the three
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
related films, shop owner
Yvonne Karib in
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
's popular comedy-drama ''
Shameless'' and Melanie Say then as
Ali Spencer in
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
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** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
's long-running soap opera ''
Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...
''.
Hollis now lives in Thailand with her partner, where they run a cafe bar.
Career
Hollis played Melanie Say in ''
Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...
'' in 2002, portraying
Yvonne Karib in ''
Shameless'' for six years, starting in 2004. She also played the character of Tina Crabtree in two television dramas, ''Tina Goes Shopping'' (1999), ''Tina Takes a Break'' (2001) as well as ''
Mischief Night
Mischief Night is an informal holiday on which children, teenagers and adults (both young and old) engage in jokes, pranks, vandalism and/or parties. It is known by a variety of names including Devil's Night, Gate Night, Goosey Night, Moving Nig ...
'' (2006) which was a cinema-released feature film, all three were directed by
Penny Woolcock
Penny Woolcock (born 1 January 1950) is an Argentine filmmaker, opera director, and screenwriter.
Early life
Penny Woolcock was born in Argentina and raised in Montevideo and Buenos Aires. In 1967, she founded a radical theatre group and was b ...
. Hollis has also portrayed Maggie Simms in the
5Star
5Star (stylized as 5STAR) is a British free-to-air television channel owned by Paramount Networks UK & Australia and a sister channel of Channel 5. It originally launched as the female-orientated Five Life on 15 October 2006, and was relaunch ...
prison drama ''
Clink'', as well as Loan Shark Linda in the
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
Drama ''
Ackley Bridge
''Ackley Bridge'' is a British comedy-drama series set in a multicultural academy school of the same name. The series is filmed in Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax () is a minster and market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdal ...
''. Additionally, Hollis appeared in two episodes of the television series ''
Dalziel and Pascoe
Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorkshire detectives featuring in a series of novels by Reginald Hill.
Characterisation and style
Dalziel is ...
'', as the character Bridget Croft. She also appeared in
BBC1
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
drama ''
Waterloo Road'', as Chantel and as Anne West in the TV film
See No Evil about the
Moors Murders
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. She also appeared in the female football drama ''
Playing the Field
''Playing the Field'' is a BBC television drama series following the lives of the Castlefield Blues, a fictitious female football team from South Yorkshire.
Outline
Inspired by Pete Davies's book ''I Lost My Heart to the Belles'' – which was ...
''. In May 2020, she appeared in an episode of the
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