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, Un enfant pas comme les autres (2007)). Holli made her debut in the television program Docteur Quinn, femme médecin (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 L'élue (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 L'élue (2000).
