Former Emmerdale star Kelli Hollis, who is best known for her role as Ali Spencer on the ITV soap, has opened up on the one acting role that she would say yes to in a heart beat.
Leeds-born actor, Kelli, has had a long and varied acting career having starred in a number of hit shows. She is probably best known from her two stints in Emmerdale and for her role as shop owner Yvonne Karib in Channel 4's popular comedy-drama, Shameless.
She also played the character of Tina Crabtree in two television dramas, Tina Goes Shopping and Tina Takes a Break as well as Mischief night, which featured in cinemas.
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Kelli also played Loan Shark Linda in the Channel 4 Drama Ackley Bridge and in BBC1 drama Waterloo Road, as Chantel. In May 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Rachel Edwards.
In more recent times Kelli has taken a backseat as she builds a new much quitter life for herself in Pattaya. Kelli and her partner, Martin, whom she met in Leeds, temporarily moved to Thailand back in April when Martin was offered a job that was expected to last no more than six months.
However, the pair have since set up home there after falling in love with the Southeast Asian country, so when the opportunity to stay permanently arose Kelli said it was a "no-brainer" for them.
And she has since gone on to set up her own business selling medicinal marijuana, after it was recently legalised in the country she now calls home.
And while Kelli is more than happy with her new quiet life by the beach, where she admits the anonymity is "refreshing", there is one acting role that Kelli would "jump on a plane in a heart beat" for.
Speaking of whether she will return to acting Kelli told Leeds Live: "I still have an acting agent in the UK so if anything decent comes up then they will let me know. I made a conscious decision I didn't want anything long term after I left Emmerdale - hit and runs I call them!"
Asked what her dream role would be Kelli said, without any hesitation: "Brassic! It's just brilliant, it's like last of the summer wine cross with Shameless, I have auditioned for a few roles but nothing that worked out but yeah I would love to do Brassic - I just think it's great!"
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