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Holly J. Barrett

Born: 16 September
Gender: Female

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Holly J. Barrett is an Australian child actress best known for her starring role as Samantha Hughes, the middle child and older daughter of Tim and Heather, in the television comedy series Life in Pieces.

Barrett began her acting career at the age of eight playing the role of Dixie in Cat on A Hot Tin Roof at the Black Swan State Theatre Company in Perth, Australia.

After she appeared in a supporting role in the indie feature Twisted Minds and a number of short films and multiple commercials, an opportunity to go to Hollywood came in the form of a request to read for the lead role in a JJ Abrams pilot. She did not land the role so she returned to London to pursue acting.

While there, she booked a guest starring role in the series Hetty Feather then landed the leading role as the daughter of Kristin Davis in the world premiere of the play Fatal Attraction, at the prestigious Theatre Royal Haymarket on the West End in London.

Barrett was born in Perth, Western Australia. She loves to be active and to cook, hike, swim, walk the dog and play hockey. Her birthday is 16 September.


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Samantha

Samantha


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