Holly Matthews

Holly started professional acting at the tender age of 11. After writing to Helen Gregory (the producer of Byker Grove) without her parent's knowledge she was then asked to audition and although she was too young for the original part she auditioned for, the producers liked her and wrote in the part of Emma Miller. Her character Emma was in the show for 7 long years where she had many exciting storylines and worked with many established actors and directors. Her character eventually left the show to seek fame and fortune as a singer in London. In real life, like life imitating art Holly had also been in talks with top London record producers and had signed a recording contract with Sony UK. Holly's single 'Little Miss Perfect' which was released under the name Summer Matthews reached number 28 in the UK charts and number one on the Chart show. The video was played constantly on the music channels MTV, The box, Flaunt and TMF. During her promotional tour for the single Holly raised