Holly Aird. Actress: Waking the Dead. Holly Aird was born in Aldershot, Hampshire on the 18th May, 1969. She showed a huge interest in ballet so she started to attend a local dance school. At the age of nine, young Holly was picked out by a casting director to star in The History of Mr. Polly (1980). Her first acting appearance went well, and she began getting even more roles, such...