Sophie Powles

Sophie Powles (born 16th September 1988), originally from Cleethorpes, a seaside town in North East Lincolnshire, is an English actress most famous for her role as Holly Barton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.

Powles has guest-starred in dramas such as Holby City and Dalziel and Pascoe before landing a role in the unsuccessful ITV drama series Britannia High. Her character Ronnie was the only one of the main cast who was not a student at the fictional school of performing arts. "Ronnie" was created especially for Powles, as all the main cast were already in place. On the 21 May 2009, it was announced that Powles was to join soap opera Emmerdale as new character Holly Barton. Powles' appearance in Emmerdale is slightly different, due to the fact she had changed her hair colour to brown, rather than her natural blonde.