Willa Joanna Chance Holland[According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com] (born June 18, 1991) is an
American model and actress. She is best known for playing
Kaitlin Cooper,
Marissa Cooper's devious younger sister, on the television series
The O.C. She recently appeared as Agnes Andrews on the show
Gossip Girl.
Early life
Holland was born in
Los Angeles, California, the daughter of
cinematographer Keith Holland and actress Darnell Gregorio-De Palma. She has three sisters, Brianna Holland (born 1988), Paris Holland (born 1993) and Piper De Palma (born 1996). Holland spent the earlier part of her childhood in Chelsea, London. It was during that period that she spent time on the set of the film
Mission: Impossible which was directed by her stepfather
Brian De Palma.
She went to
Kenter Canyon Elementary School and later
Paul Revere Middle School. She also attended
Palisades Charter High School for a brief time.