Holliston Coleman was born June 30, 1992 to
Robert M. Coleman Jr. and
Doris Berg Coleman. She has a younger
brother,
Bobby Coleman, who is also an
actor(He's the lead in the
John Cusack
movie,
Martian Child (2007)). Holli
made her debut in the television program
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
at the age of 4, where she played the role of Samantha Bing.
The major breakthrough for Holliston was her amazing performance in the
feature film
Bless the Child (2000) with
Kim Basinger. Holliston played 6-year-old
Cody O'Connor, the daughter of Jenna
(
Angela Bettis), a drug-addicted mother
who left Cody as a 9-day-old baby with her aunt Maggie (Basinger).
Holliston was "the child" in
Bless the Child (2000).