Kelli Hollis: 'I've always loved Madonna!'

Kelli Hollis: 'I've always loved Madonna!'
Kelli Hollis: 'I've always loved Madonna!'

Emmerdale actress Kelli Hollis talks TV Times magazine about dressing up as Madonna for us... Are you a big Madonna fan? "I've loved Madonna ever since I was a young girl and people have often said we share a resemblance - I think it's because we both have a mole under our nose!" What did you make of the outfits we dressed you in? "I actually preferred wearing the cone one because the Material Girl photo (pictured) was a bit provocative because I had to put my finger in my mouth!" Have you ever seen Madonna live? "Unfortunately, I've never seen her in concert. The nearest I got was sitting outside the stadium with my friends when she played years ago in Leeds when I was a kid." What's your favourite Madonna song? "Like A Prayer." Back in Emmerdale, we've seen your character Ali admit that she can't read or write... "I've been asked to get involved with a literacy charity. I went to the Yorkshire and Humberside Adult literacy Awards recently and I met a lot of people from there and I'm now getting involved in some actual reading groups."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.