Kristen Marie Holly
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- www.kristenmarieholly.com
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- www.myspace.com/kristenmholly
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Biography
Kristen has been writing music since she could walk. Perfecting her unique and deeply moving acoustic alternative rock sound, she has played and recorded music in various bands and as a solo artist for many years. Kristen recently decided to "come out of her shell", as she puts it, and step into the limelight. It's been a successful journey, taking her all over the US for different shows and sending her to Europe this summer for an extensive solo tour. Music is Kristen's passion, next to pursuing her career as an actress. Winner of the 2005 Best Actress Award at the New York International Film Festival for her convincing role in The Collapsing Wall, Kristen also composes and scores for film. Kristen's song, "Not Gonna Make Me Cry", is featured in the film This Space Between Us, written and directed by Matthew Leutwyler, out this fall on DVD, starring Jeremy Sisto (Six Feet Under), Poppy Montgomery (Without a Trace) and Erik Palladino (ER, Over There). Kristen also appeared in Spiderman.
Kristen's music will remind you of fresh bold artists like Ani DiFranco and Brandi Carlile, but her original sound came partly out of an unusual blessing-in-disguise. A few years ago, Kristen had an accident where she almost lost the tip of one of her fingers. That finger is still a little stiff, and is one of the reasons Kristen plays the guitar the way she does.