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Kristen Marie Holly

"Best Actress" NY International Film Fest 2005!

About Me

-- Kristen has been writing music since she could walk. As her grandmother says, she started playing the piano and making up songs as soon as she could reach the keys. Since then, Kristen has written, recorded, and produced her music mostly reclusively, including work composing and scoring for plays and films. Occasionally she braved the public, and sang or played with other artists. --------------- Finally, in autumn of 2005, Kristen “came out of her shell” and stepped into the limelight, performing her first truly solo shows with a batch of brand new music. It’s been a successful journey, taking her all over the united states for different shows and sending her to Europe during the summer of 2006 for her first extensive solo tour. She returned for a second and third tour of EU/UK since then. Her unique and moving acoustic alternative rock sound has been compared to artists such as PJ Harvey, Cat Power, and Ani DiFranco. --------------------------------- Music is Kristen’s passion, next to pursuing her career as an actress. She has roles in Spider-Man and Entourage, as well as other film and television projects, and won the 2005 Best Actress Award at the New York International Independent Film Festival for her emotional role in The Collapsing Wall. Kristen’s song, “Not Gonna Make Me Cry”, is featured in the film This Space Between Us, released on DVD in November 2006, starring Jeremy Sisto (Six Feet Under), Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace), and Erik Palladino (ER, Over There). She recently appeared in a Gibson/Epiphone Guitar commercial, which ran nationally in the U.S., rocking out with her guitar while perched on a washing machine. Kristen is appearing this summer in a couple of episodes on Reelz TV. Also, a live interview and live show (of Kristen's music) filmed in San Diego, California, by Java Jams, is currently airing on national cable TV. --------------------------------------- Kristen is continually planning future shows and tours. She is working on a new album, which will be released in December 2007. ------------ For more information, original music, pictures, movie trailers, and more, please go to: www.kristenmarieholly.com - For an electronic press kit, please go to: www.sonicbids.com/kristenmarieholly2 ------------------------------------------------------------ I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/10/2004
Band Website: kristenmarieholly.com
Band Members: Kristen Marie Holly (vocals and guitar), plus various other endlessly talented artists who occasionally sit in to accompany live shows. Including but not limited to: Pamela Buchignani, Cari Craig, and Stefan Scott.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

kristens EU/UK & sxsw tour stories (feb24-mar18 2007).

These are the stories from my second EU/UK tour and the South By South West music festival. February 24-March 18, 2007.I took a direct flight from Los Angeles to London. Left LA on February 22nd, arri...
Posted by Kristen Marie Holly on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:05:00 PST

thankyous for my first EU/UK tour

Hi there! Many people have asked, and I've been meaning to blog my experiences from my second and third EU/UK tours. The problem is that I've been going so non-stop for the past year, I literally have...
Posted by Kristen Marie Holly on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:39:00 PST

My Gibson/Epiphone Guitar Commercial!

Hi!I am back from my European music tour, safe and sound, and I had an amazingsurprise this last week/weekend when I booked and shot a Gibson Guitarcommercial!!Keep your eyes peeled for me rocking out...
Posted by Kristen Marie Holly on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:51:00 PST

August 12th through September 6th

Well hello,Let's see. It's September 6th. Here is what you have missed in the last few weeks... Since I sent my Swedish Rocker email/blog... It's a long one, read on at your own risk...I spent 3 days ...
Posted by Kristen Marie Holly on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:19:00 PST

in love with a tall pregnant swedish rocker

Well, hello :)I am in Sweden, still kicking.First of all, if you live in the US and you have sent me a text message, I have not received it. My phone seems to not be receiving texts from the US (but i...
Posted by Kristen Marie Holly on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:39:00 PST

london calling

Greetings :)Has it been a few days? I guess so...The general rule of thumb so far is: expect everything to take two to three times as long as it should. I drove to Somerleyton (on the Eastern Coast of...
Posted by Kristen Marie Holly on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:20:00 PST

rested...

Hi :)Slept from 9pm to 9am. Never felt better. And showering is a blast.I have to say, they've figured out coffee pretty well since the last time I was here, and you can't really screw up toast and ja...
Posted by Kristen Marie Holly on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:11:00 PST

the first show...

Well...I'm elated. Just played my first show (had to cancel Wickerman because of the impossibility of travel to and from the gig). The tent was packed, it was raining on and off. Can't guess how many ...
Posted by Kristen Marie Holly on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:08:00 PST

safe in the UK

Hi Guys,Up and running, and in the UK safe and sound. I had a great flight to NY on Monday, and a show in NY on the 18th to kick off the tour! and I haven't been sleeping nearly enough...I made it thr...
Posted by Kristen Marie Holly on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:02:00 PST

kristen's song in a movie!

Coming soon to a video store near you...My song "Not Gonna Make Me Cry" is featured in Matthew Leutwyler's "This Space Between Us", starring Jeremy Sisto and Poppy Montgomery. Special thanks to Tess L...
Posted by Kristen Marie Holly on Wed, 10 May 2006 04:21:00 PST