Holly Montag
American executive and actress
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Holly Wilson (née Montag) (born October 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.
October 15, 1983
(as actress)
Holly Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Holly Montag October 15, 1983 Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado Boulder (BA) |
| Occupations | Founder and CEO of Women's Recovery |
| Years active | 2008–2010 (as actress) |
| Television | The Hills I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! |
| Spouse |
Richie Wilson (m. 2014) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Heidi Montag (sister) |
Early life and education
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
Television
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
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
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]