Holloway received a Bachelor of Arts from University College Dublin (UCD) in modern and medieval Irish in 2004.
She also appeared in Silver Apples of The Moon, Anois is Arís and played Sister Concepta on The Live Mike.
[1] Her stage career includes performances such as Sauce for The Goose (with RTÉ Players, Gaiety Theatre), Meeting of the Ladies Club, The Importance of Being Earnest, Living Quarters by Brian Friel, The Love Of The Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker - she played the part of The Queen[clarification needed] at Players Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin, The Death of Cuchalainn by W. B. Yeats - played lead part at the North American Theatre Festival in Milwaukee.
In November 1997, Holloway's painting "Coming Out of the wood - Seve Ballesteros" was chosen from 300 entries for the Dún Laoghaire / Rathdown Open Exhibition of 30 artists.
[13] In August 2006, she co-exhibited a selection of her art work with the poetry of writer, poet and Joycean scholar Leo Daly in Mullingar.
[14] This was followed in September 2006, when Holloway returned to her home town for her first solo exhibition, "Inspirations", which was opened by writer and artist Don Conroy and Vera Hughes, a local historian.
[17] In November, 2008 Holloway held an art exhibition with another former Miss Ireland, Jakki Moore, in Dún Laoghaire.
[20] During the summer of 2011, the United States Embassy in Dublin accepted an oil painting entitled "Famine Ship - Jeanie Johnston" by Holloway to be presented to President Barack Obama during his 2011 visit to Ireland.