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Addison Holley

Canadian actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ26702154
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Addison Holley (born May 18, 2000) is a Canadian actress who has had starring roles in several television series. In 2016, Holley was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for her role as Anne in Annedroids. She is the voice of the title character Ella in Ella the Elephant, Hazel in Little Charmers, Tessa in Peg + Cat, Amaya/Owlette in PJ Masks, Miss Elaina in Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (until 2020) and Alexis in Pinkalicious & Peterrific. Her younger sister, Kallan, was the voice of Skye in PAW Patrol while she was the voice of Julia for the first four seasons.

Filmography

Live-action roles

Annedroids - Anne

Baxter - Dana McNab

Cold Blood - Jill Camm (episode: "Cop Killer")

Cyborg Soldier - Katie

My Babysitter's a Vampire - Anastasia (vampire)

Really Me - Jenny Donkers

The Red Maple Leaf - Frankie Palermo

Rosie Takes the Train - Young Rosie

Shelby - Haley

Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story - Alex Cooper

Star Trek: Discovery - Cadet Ross (episode: "Red Directive")

Animated roles

Caillou - Layla

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood - Miss Elaina (2012-2020, seasons 1-4)

Doodlebops Rockin' Road Show - Alice

Ella the Elephant - Ella

Grojband - Kate Persky

Little Charmers - Hazel Charming

Monster Math Squad - Sally

My Big Big Friend - Lili

PAW Patrol - Julia (seasons 1-4), The Cheetah

Peg + Cat - Tessa

PJ Masks - Amaya/Owlette

Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go - Riff (US)

Thomas & Friends: Race for the Sodor Cup - Riff (US/UK; Original dub)

True and the Rainbow Kingdom - Day Queen

Wild Kratts - Katie

Wishenpoof!

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Addison Holley” is canadian actress. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Addison, Holley and Canadian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000, 2016, 2020, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2000-05-18. For this dossier, Addison, Holley and Canadian is the immediate research focus.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q26702154. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000, 2016, 2020 and 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from Addison Holley” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.