 Holman started her acting career in the 1988 television film "The Rainbow" based on the novel by D.H. Lawrence, directed by Stuart Burge.In 1991, she played Iris Bentley, sister to Derek Bentley, played by Christopher Eccleston, in the film "Let Him Have It", and in 1992, she voiced Juliet in the "" adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet".She played Harper in the Royal National Theatre's production of Tony Kushner's "" in November 1993.