Holt joined the second season of the New Zealand TV show Dancing with the Stars in 2006, becoming the professional partner of swimmer Danyon Loader—the couple were eliminated in the semi-final.

[3] Holt participated in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing as the professional partner of swimmer Mark Foster.

[citation needed] Since December 2009, Holt had been working on The Crowd Goes Wild, as a reporter and occasional presenter.

[citation needed] In January 2018, Holt began co-hosting Breakfast with Jack Tame.

[11] In 2019, her interview with Jordan Peterson received a lot of attention as Holt expressed happiness at not having had children in her 20s and 30s.

[14] At the 2017 general election Holt stood for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand[15][16] in the Helensville electorate held by retiring former Prime Minister John Key.

[18] In 2020, she began a relationship with Josh Tito who is ten years her junior and is of Māori descent.