Holly Brisley

Holly Brisley is an Australian actress and television presenter She began her career at the age of 16 on Agros Cartoon Connection and more recently portrayed Amanda ValeBaker on Home and Away Her most successful film roles include Garage Days and The Crop Brisley was born in Adelaide South Australia Australia As Holly grew up she excelled at speech and drama and joined the Paradise Performers Dance Academy where she participated in various Classes such as Jazz Ballet and Tap Dancing Brisleys family moved from Adelaide to the Gold Coast while she was still very young Holly became engaged to marketing executive Paul Ford in Venice in 2005 and they married on 11 February 2006 in Manly Sydney They exchanged vows in the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel in the grounds of St Patricks Seminary overlooking the ocean Holly gave birth to their son Levi Harper Ford at the Royal North Shore Private Hospital on 16 July 2009 On 20 July 2012 Holly gave birth to the couples second child a daughter Willow Jade Ford Holly has Coeliac Disease and appeared on the cover of The Australian Coeliac September 2005 edition In July 2010 Holly climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa for a charity trek whereby she raised 50000 for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation a worthy cause that helps sick children She had a near death experience having contracted pulmonary edema caused by the high altitude but is in good health now