She studied drama at the Anna Scher Theatre, she also received full scholarships to study dance, citing Kate Bush to Golden Age movie stars such as Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers as inspirations to train in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance at the London Studio Centre, a world-class Conservatoire.
Holt's father is John Wardle, stage name Jah Wobble, Bassist in Post Punk band Public Image Ltd. She was brought up entirely by her mother, Margaret, of Welsh and French-Lebanese descent.
Holt played Kitty Mason in the critically acclaimed Sky drama, Martina Cole's The Take[2][3] opposite Tom Hardy and Brian Cox.
She appeared in the 2008 cult rockabilly horror film Flick[4][5] (released in North America late Nov 2010) as Young Sally Andrews alongside Faye Dunaway, and Liz Smith.
She wrote a paper exploring whether comedy can be used as an effective communication tool to challenge mainstream society and their existing perspectives of the socially excluded.