Former Neighbours star Holly Valance has made a stylish return to the spotlight, stepping into an unexpected new role as the face of a beloved Australian brand.
The 41-year-old actress appears in the latest ad campaign for Driza-Bone.
In campaign images, Holly is seen embracing the great outdoors, effortlessly modelling one of the label’s signature waterproof jackets.
Dressed head-to-toe in a countryside chic ensemble, she relaxes on a rustic wooden bench with a glass of wine in hand.
The campaign marks Holly’s first major fashion gig in years following a decade-long break from showbiz.
Known for its durable, weather-resistant outerwear, Driza-Bone has been an Australian staple for generations.
rmer Neighbours star Holly Valance has made a stylish return to the spotlight, stepping into an unexpected new role as the face of a beloved Australian brand Driza-Bone
Holly has spent the last decade focusing on her personal life and political interests.
She launched her acting career in 1999 after winning the role of Felicity Scully in Neighbours, which she played until 2002.
The Melbourne-born actress later moved to America and starred in several popular US movies and TV shows, including Taken, Entourage and Prison Break.
She semi-retired from the industry in 2015, although she made a brief cameo on Neighbours in 2022.
Following her retirement from acting, Holly reinvented herself as a conservative firebrand.
She raised eyebrows last year after slamming Greta Thunberg as a ‘demonic little gremlin’ and claiming Australia has become ‘too woke’ in a TV interview.
Holly criticised climate activist Thunberg to podcast host Christopher Hope.
‘I don’t understand why you have this, like, demonic little gremlin high priestess of climatism as the goddess in classrooms, Greta [Thunberg],’ she said.
The campaign marks Holly’s first major fashion gig in years, following a decade-long break from showbiz
The campaign marks Holly’s highly anticipated return to showbusiness after a decade spent focusing on her personal life and political interests. Holly and her husband Nick Candy are pictured with Donald Trump and Nigel Farage at Mar-a-Lago in 2022
‘All the kids are all coming home with depression and anxiety.
‘Why would you go to your music lesson or bother doing your homework or get out of your bed if you think we’re all going to be dead in five years anyway?’
The mother-of-two also declared she has no intention of moving back to her Australian homeland, lamenting that the country is going ‘woke’.
‘The Australia I grew up in was unreal. It was so fun and we didn’t seem to have all these problems… the woke stuff’s really gone big in Australia,’ she said.
Holly elaborated on the ‘woke culture’, pointing towards ‘the stuff they’re teaching in school’.
‘I don’t think sexuality and children should be in the same sentence,’ she said.
Last year, Holly and her husband, billionaire property tycoon Nick Candy, hosted Donald Trump Jr, his Fox News host ex-fiancée Kimberley Guilfoyle, Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage and some 100 guests at their residence in Chelsea, London.
‘It’s a Holly party – you can guarantee it’s going to be enormous fun,’ Farage said on arrival at the event, where tickets cost between $US10,000 to $100,000 ($AUD15,000 to $150,000).
Holly was born in Australia but has UK citizenship through her British mother and she resides in London and the Cotswolds.
