Holly Hawkins

HOLLY HAWKINS (Mary, Celadine) recently had a terrific experience working with Tim Burton in the film Alice in Wonderland, playing an unusual lady-in-waiting to Helena Bonham Carter's Red Queen and Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter. Her other film and TV credits include Nightmare on Elm Street, Class, Strong Medicine, Hamlet, and Hollywood's Heart. 

Originally from Louisiana, Holly's early pursuit of ballet led her to NYC, where she remained for a number of years doing theatre. Favorite roles there include Viola in Twelfth Night (42nd Street Workshop Theatre), Violet in Man and Superman (Roundabout Theatre), Amanda in Private Lives (Lamb’s Theatre), Mrs. Kendal in The Elephant Man, and Sylvia Davies in the NYC premiere of The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee (the basis for the screenplay of Finding Neverland). Other NYC productions include Much Ado About Nothing, Tartuffe, The Millionairess, Julius Caesar, Absent Friends, Wild Thing, Rutherford and Son, The White Crow, and Hamlet. 

Regional theatre includes Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Private Lives, and The King and I. In Los Angeles, she has just appeared in Crime and Punishment with A Noise Within. Holly studied acting in NYC, London (LAMDA), Tulane University, and Centenary College. She happily settled in Pasadena, but still yearns for a subway.

February, 2010