The talented actress started her career in a television game show called "Blind Date" as a contestant but couldn't succeed as anticipated. She has worked in comedy series like "Kiss me Kate", "The Grimleys" and "Hearts and Bones". She has also worked in comedy-drama "Ready when you are, Mr. McGill" alongside Bill Nighy and Tom Courtenay. She presented the talented show "Superstar" in 2012.
On digging at her personal life, she was married to comedian Les Dennis in the year 1995. But the couple separated unofficially in the year 2000 when Holden's relation with actor Neil Morrissey was public and got divorced in 2003. The actress gave birth to her first child Alexa on January 20, 2006, whose father was producer Chris Hughes. She married the producer after a couple of years. She gave birth to her second child stillborn Theo who was 2 months premature in 2011 and her second daughter Hollie a year later in 2012 despite some medical complications whose father is her second husband.
The actress has got a tattoo of Britain’s got talent judge Simon Cowell's face on her thigh. With her active involvement in different sectors like comedy-drama, hosting shows, presenter, and judge the actress is estimated to have an enormous net worth amount.