Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Valance was born to a Serbian father, Rajko, and a British mother, Rachel. Her family moved to Melbourne when she was very young. Valance is first cousin twice removed to the late British comedian Benny Hill Hill''s cousin was her grandfather.Valance was educated at the Star of the Sea College, a Roman Catholic high school in Brighton, Victoria. While modeling as a teen, she was discovered and cast in the long-running Australian soap Neighbours. Cast as Felicity "Flick" Scully in 1999, Valance left the series in 2002 to pursue a music career.