Woman's Day Magazine NZ

‘The Vows Were Magical’

After a long and eventful build-up, the highly anticipated wedding of Shortland Street star Holly Shervey and actor/director Emmett Skilton was a moving celebration of love, laughter, tears and the joy of finally saying “I do”.

When a radiant Holly and proud Emmett spoke to Woman’s Day shortly after the nuptials, emotions were still high, with both reaching for the tissues as they recounted what being married means to them.

“It was a magical day,” recalls Holly, who played Zoe Carlson on the hit soap from 2018 to 2022. “We tried hard to keep it together, but there were lots of tears – and not just ours. A few special moments during the ceremony set everybody off.”

Emmett, who has directed more than 130 episodes of in the past four years, says he was utterly speechless

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