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Who is Holly Valance? Former pop star raises millions for Trump

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AAustralian-British actress and former pop star Holly Valance presented a generous fundraiser in London for Donald Trump’s re-election campaign on Wednesday night, which reportedly raised $3m (£2.36m). The 41-year-old actor, who starred in the Australian soap Neighbors along with celebrities like Margot Robbie, has become known for her outspoken political views lately.

“Everyone starts out left-handed, then they wake up at some point after you start making money working, trying to run a business, trying to buy a house and then you realize what bad ideas they are all, and then you go right-handed,” she says. said in an interview with GBNews in February.

Ticket prices at the Trump campaign fundraiser started at $10,000 (£7,800) per person and the dinner was $50,000 (£39,000) by BBC. Prominent guests included Nigel Farage, a fellow British Trump supporter who was a key leader in the UK’s Brexit movement, and Donald Trump Jr., the former president’s son. Valance is also reported to have raised funds for Reform UK, Farage’s political party.

Holly Valance: TV, film and music career

Valance began her career modeling for catalogs and advertising campaigns at age 14 and landed her first major role as Felicity Scully on the Australian TV show. Neighbors at age 16 in 1999, according to the BBC. She remained on the show for three years before leaving to launch a career in pop music in 2001. Her songs “Kiss Kiss” and “Down Boy” performed well on the UK and Australian singles charts.

After achieving some success in the music industry, she returned to acting in the year 2004 and tried to break into the American film and television industry. She has appeared on shows like CSI:Miami It is Prison Breakand the successful film Taken. She worked in the US for around nine years before taking a break to focus on spending more time with her family.

Holly Valance kisses Donald Trump Jr. goodbye as he leaves a fundraiser for Donald Trump hosted by the former Neighbors star in London on June 12, 2024. James Manning-Getty Images

Who is Holly Valance’s husband?

Valence married billionaire property developer Nick Candy in 2012, with whom she shares two children. Candy was previously a donor to the British Conservative party and donated over approximately US$125,000 (£100,000) to its campaign as of March 2020, per The Guardian. However, the former Conservative Party donor appears to have changed his tune heading into the 2024 UK election. He referred to Labor Party leader Keir Starmer as a “decent man with good values ​​and good morals” in Bloombergin In the city podcast and also said that “it’s probably time for a change” in reference to Britain’s current Conservative government.

What is Holly Valance’s net worth?

Holly Valance and her husband Nick Candy together have a combined net worth of approximately $1.1 billion, according to the website CelebrityNetWorth, which estimates celebrity wealth. The site frequently uses approximations based on “guestimation or ball parking”According to the site’s founder, Brian Warner.



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