American executive and actress
Holly Wilson
(
nee
Montag
) (born September 15, 1983)
[1]
is an American founder and
CEO
of an
addiction rehabilitation
center for women, and former television personality and actress. After moving to
Los Angeles
,
California
in 2008, Montag developed a supporting position on the
reality television
series
The Hills
, on which her younger sister
Heidi Montag
was a primary cast member. In 2009, she replaced Heidi and Heidi's husband
Spencer Pratt
on the
second season
of the
American version
of
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
, both of whom had quit after generating controversy on the series. Holly placed sixth on the show.
Early life and education
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Montag was born in
Silver Spring, Maryland
. When she was four years old, her family moved to
Crested Butte, Colorado
.
[2]
After her parents were divorced, Montag's mother married Tim Egelhoff and they had a son, Sky. The Egelhoffs owned The Timberline restaurant in Crested Butte for twenty-one years until its closing in 2010.
[3]
Her father Bill Montag remarried to Terri O'Hara. Montag's step-brother Eric O'Hara died in 2008 after falling from an icy roof.
[4]
In 2002, she attended the
University of Colorado Boulder
on an academic scholarship and graduated with a
bachelor's degree
in film studies.
[2]
Montag moved to
Los Angeles
in 2008 to pursue a career in acting, writing and directing.
[2]
Career
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Television
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In 2009, Montag was a contestant on the reality series
I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!
as a replacement for her sister
Heidi Montag
and brother-in-law
Spencer Pratt
.
Stage
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In 2008, Montag appeared in the small stage production of
Fame
in Los Angeles. She began pursuing a career as a comedian in early 2010.
Personal life
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Montag married Richie Wilson in September 2014. They live in
Boulder, Colorado
. Montag is the founder and CEO of Women's Recovery, a women's
drug and alcohol rehabilitation
center in
Colorado
.
[5]
Montag and Wilson have one child, Isaiah Hawk Wilson born May 3, 2015.
[1]
References
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External links
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