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Holly Palmer(I)

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Holly Palmer
Born in Santa Monica, California, Palmer graduated the Berklee College of Music in Boston before moving to New York where she wasted no time in recording her self-titled, debut album (released on Reprise Records, a Warner Bros.-affiliated label). Palmer then spent the next year crisscrossing the US and Europe in its support, touring with such acts as k.d. lang, Shawn Colvin and Paula Cole. The tour's end landed Palmer in London, England where she hooked up with producer Howie B (U2 and Björk) to track her second album, Tender Hooks (given 4 stars by Britain's The Mail on Sunday).

It was at this time in Palmer's career that she was invited by David Bowie to sing on his album Hours. Palmer was featured on the opening track "Thursday's Child". Palmer spent the next year touring the world with Bowie.

Post-Bowie, Holly settled in Los Angeles to begin working on her next solo album, I Confess, this time collaborating with Grammy award-winning Allee Willis. I Confess included a Dr. Dre mix of "Jumping Jack".

Palmer next dueted "Down With Love" with Michael Bublé for the film of the same name (starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor), and then again hit the road, this time with Gnarls Barkley in support of their Grammy winning, debut album St. Elsewhere.

When Palmer stepped off the Barkley bus, she reconvened with Willis, this time recording material under the alter egos Bubbles & Cheesecake, whose video for the first single "It's A Woman Thang" was featured on YouTube and received over 800,000 views within the first week alone -- and has since gone on to win numerous W3 Awards.

Palmer's fourth solo album, Songs For Tuesday, which she co-produced with Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.), housed "I Will" -- a song featured in the film "Into The Blue" (Jessica Alba). Other notable beneficiaries of Palmer's offerings are the small screen's "Roswell" and "Party Of Five" as well as the big screen's "Forces Of Nature" (Sandra Bullock), "The Women" (Meg Ryan) and "The Express" (Dennis Quaid).

Currently, Palmer is touring with Broadway star Idina Menzel ("Wicked") and is a regular at Danny Masterson's ("That 70's Show") jazz night at the famed Teddy's at Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, where such notables as John Mayer have been known to sit in on her set.

Up next for Ms. Palmer, crooning on television's "Private Practice" (November 2008), a string of NY shows to be recorded as a career retrospective (January 2009) and an album of classic Brenda Lee songs (spring 2009).
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  • Known for

    Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck in Forces of Nature (1999)
    Forces of Nature
    5.5
    • Soundtrack
    • 1999
    Jessica Alba and Paul Walker in Into the Blue (2005)
    Into the Blue
    5.9
    • Soundtrack
    • 2005
    Ewan McGregor and Renée Zellweger in Down with Love (2003)
    Down with Love
    6.3
    • Soundtrack
    • 2003
    Joanne Froggatt in Bad Girls (1999)
    Bad Girls
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Milly Yates

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    Actress



    • Best Summer Ever (2020)
      Best Summer Ever
      5.2
      • Gillian
      • 2020
    • The Powerpuff Girls (2016)
      The Powerpuff Girls
      3.8
      TV Series
      • Bubbles' Singing Voice
      • 2016
    • Walking with Angels
      TV Series
      • Haley
      • 2012
    • Renée Zellweger in My One and Only (2009)
      My One and Only
      6.5
      • Tanya (Blond Singer)
      • 2009
    • Jade Empire: Special Edition (2007)
      Jade Empire: Special Edition
      8.0
      Video Game
      • (voice)
      • 2007
    • Jade Empire (2005)
      Jade Empire
      8.3
      Video Game
      • Additional Voices
      • 2005
    • Joanne Froggatt in Bad Girls (1999)
      Bad Girls
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Milly Yates
      • 2003–2004

    Music Department



    • Jimmy Kimmel in The Oscars (2023)
      The Oscars
      6.4
      TV Special
      • choir
      • 2023
    • Rob Brown in The Express (2008)
      The Express
      7.2
      • vocal soloist
      • 2008
    • Meg Ryan, Jada Pinkett Smith, Annette Bening, Debra Messing, and Eva Mendes in The Women (2008)
      The Women
      5.1
      • vocalist
      • 2008

    Soundtrack



    • Michelle Buteau and Ilana Glazer in Babes (2024)
      Babes
      6.3
      • performer: "But the World Goes 'round"
      • 2024
    • Steve Coogan, Paul Rudd, and Jack Gore in Ideal Home (2018)
      Ideal Home
      6.4
      • performer: "Family"
      • writer: "Family"
      • 2018
    • Sarah Jessica Parker in I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
      I Don't Know How She Does It
      5.0
      • performer: "It's How We Play"
      • 2011
    • Renée Zellweger in My One and Only (2009)
      My One and Only
      6.5
      • performer: "My One and Only"
      • 2009
    • Amy Brenneman, Brian Benben, Benjamin Bratt, Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh, Paul Adelstein, Caterina Scorsone, and KaDee Strickland in Private Practice (2007)
      Private Practice
      6.8
      TV Series
      • performer: "Be the Only One" (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • Jessica Alba and Paul Walker in Into the Blue (2005)
      Into the Blue
      5.9
      • performer: "I Will"
      • writer: "I Will"
      • 2005
    • Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, LL Cool J, and Justin Timberlake in Edison (2005)
      Edison
      5.3
      • performer: "Never Again"
      • 2005
    • Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Bryan Greenberg, Darius Miles, and Leonardo Nam in The Perfect Score (2004)
      The Perfect Score
      5.7
      • Soundtrack
      • performer: "Just So You Know" ("Just So You Know")
      • 2004
    • Ewan McGregor and Renée Zellweger in Down with Love (2003)
      Down with Love
      6.3
      • performer: "Down with Love"
      • 2003
    • Mia Kirshner, Adam Goldberg, Jesse Bradford, and David Krumholtz in According to Spencer (2001)
      According to Spencer
      4.6
      • performer: "Something Else"
      • writer: "Something Else"
      • 2001
    • Roswell (1999)
      Roswell
      7.5
      TV Series
      • performer: "Switched" (uncredited)
      • 2000
    • Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck in Forces of Nature (1999)
      Forces of Nature
      5.5
      • performer: "A Rose By Any Other Name"
      • writer: "A Rose By Any Other Name"
      • 1999

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      • Santa Monica, California, USA
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      • Joe McKayJune 9, 2006 - present (1 child)

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      Gave birth to her 1st child, a son Maceo McKay, on March 13, 2009. Child's father is her husband, Joe McKay.

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