Claire Holt

Claire Holt
Holt at PaleyFest 2014 for The Originals
Born	Claire Rhiannon Holt^[1] (1988-06-11) 11 June 1988^[2] Brisbane, Queensland, Australia^[3]
Nationality	Australian
Education	Stuartholme School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present

Claire Rhiannon Holt (born 11 June 1988) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles as Emma Gilbert on the television show H2O: Just Add Water, Chastity Meyer on Mean Girls 2, and Rebekah Mikaelson on The CW series The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off series The Originals.

Early life

Holt was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She graduated from Stuartholme School in Toowong at the end of 2005. She is involved in several sports: swimming, volleyball, water polo, and Tae-Kwon-Do, in which she has a black belt.^[4] When she was younger, she was in the school choir.

Career

In 2006, Holt won the role of Emma Gilbert in the Network Ten children's television series H2O: Just Add Water. The show has earned a Logie Award and Nickelodeon Australia Kids' Choice Award. While the series was renewed for a third series, Holt left the show after series two after signing on for the sequel to the 2007 film The Messengers, titled Messengers 2: The Scarecrow. Filming took place in Sofia throughout 2008. Starring alongside Norman Reedus and Heather Stephens, the film was released 21 July 2009 straight-to-DVD.

In addition to television and film roles, Holt has appeared in advertisements for Dreamworld, Sizzler, and Queensland Lifesaving. BuddyTV ranked her number 55 on its TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2011 list.^[5]

In August 2011, Holt was confirmed to be in the TV series The Vampire Diaries as Rebekah.^[6] On 13 January 2013, The CW announced that Holt had joined the cast for the backdoor pilot of The Vampire Diaries spin-off The Originals, where she reprised her role as Rebekah Mikaelson.^[7] She exited the show as a series regular in the sixteenth episode of the first season, which aired in the U.S. on 11 March 2014.^[8] Holt returned as Rebekah Mikaelson in the season one finale on 13 May 2014.

Filmography

Holt at the Ian Somerhalder Foundation's Influence Affair Red Carpet 2012

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Messengers 2: The Scarecrow	Lindsay Rollins	Direct-to-video
2011	Mean Girls 2	Chastity Meyer	TV film
2012	Blue Like Jazz	Penny	Main role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2008	H2O: Just Add Water	Emma Gilbert	52 episodes
2011	Pretty Little Liars	Samara Cook	5 episodes
2011–2014	The Vampire Diaries	Rebekah Mikaelson	37 episodes
2013–present^[8]	The Originals	Rebekah Mikaelson	20 episodes
2015	Aquarius	Charmain Tully	Series regular

Music videos

Year	Artist	Song	Notes
2014	The Madden Brothers	"We Are Done"	Cameo

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2014	Teen Choice Awards^[9]	Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy	The Originals	Nominated

References

↑ Guliadis, Theo (6 June 2013). "Happy Birthday Wishes for Claire Holt: Pictures and Fun Facts!". The Vampire Diaries (Alloy Entertainment). Retrieved 14 June 2013.
↑ "Questions for Claire Holt (Emma Gilbert)". Boomerang Latin America. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
↑ "Pretty Little Liars Cast - Claire Holt". ABC Family. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
↑ "H2O - Just Add Water: cast". AustralianTelevision.net. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
↑ "TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2011". BuddyTV. 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
↑ Naoreen, Nuzhat (9 August 2011). "'Vampire Diaries' Casts Stefan's Ex: 5 Theories On Why She's Coming To Town". MTV.com. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
↑ Swift, Andy (13 February 2013). "'The Originals' Scoop: Claire Holt Joins The 'Vampire Diaries' Spin-Off". Hollywood Life. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
↑ 8.0 8.1 Wieselman, Jarett (11 March 2014). "Claire Holt Exits The Originals". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
↑ "FIRST WAVE OF "TEEN CHOICE 2014" NOMINEES ANNOUNCED". Teen Choice Awards. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

External links

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The Vampire Diaries

Creators

L. J. Smith (novel series)
Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec (TV series)

Episodes

Season 1	"Pilot" "The Night of the Comet" "Friday Night Bites" "Family Ties" "You're Undead to Me" "Lost Girls" "Haunted" "162 Candles" "History Repeating" "The Turning Point" "Bloodlines" "Unpleasantville" "Children of the Damned" "Fool Me Once" "A Few Good Men" "There Goes the Neighborhood" "Let the Right One In" "Under Control" "Miss Mystic Falls" "Blood Brothers" "Isobel" "Founder's Day"

Season 2	"The Return" "Brave New World" "Bad Moon Rising" "Memory Lane" "Kill or Be Killed" "Plan B" "Masquerade" "Rose" "Katerina" "The Sacrifice" "By the Light of the Moon" "The Descent" "Daddy Issues" "Crying Wolf" "The Dinner Party" "The House Guest" "Know Thy Enemy" "The Last Dance" "Klaus" "The Last Day" "The Sun Also Rises" "As I Lay Dying"

Season 3	"The Birthday" "The Hybrid" "The End of the Affair" "Disturbing Behavior" "The Reckoning" "Smells Like Teen Spirit" "Ghost World" "Ordinary People" "Homecoming" "The New Deal" "Our Town" "The Ties That Bind" "The Departed"

Season 4	"Growing Pains" "Memorial" "The Rager" "The Five" "The Killer" "We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes" "My Brother's Keeper" "We'll Always Have Bourbon Street" "O Come, All Ye Faithful" "After School Special" "Catch Me If You Can" "A View to a Kill"

Season 5	"I Know What You Did Last Summer" "True Lies" "Original Sin" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" "Monster's Ball" "Handle with Care" "Death and the Maiden" "Dead Man on Campus" "The Cell" "Fifty Shades of Grayson" "500 Years of Solitude" "The Devil Inside" "Total Eclipse of the Heart" "No Exit" "Gone Girl" "While You Were Sleeping" "Rescue Me" "Resident Evil" "Man on Fire" "What Lies Beneath" "Promised Land" "Home"

Season 6	"I'll Remember" "Yellow Ledbetter" "Welcome to Paradise" "Black Hole Sun" "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" "Do You Remember the First Time?" "Fade Into You" "I Alone"

Characters