Arielle Holmes

Arielle Holmes (born September 17, 1993) is an American actress and writer best known for starring as a lightly fictionalized version of herself in the film Heaven Knows What. 2Early life Holmes is from Bayonne, New Jersey. Her father is an Irish national and was not part of her upbringing. She was raised mostly by relatives in New Jersey. 3Drug use and homelessness Holmes' first experience with crack cocaine was when she smoked with her mother at the age of 12. She dropped out of school in the 10th grade. After leaving school, she moved to New York City to live with her boyfriend Ilya Leontyev. The two fell into heavy drug and alcohol abuse, with Holmes first trying heroin at the age of 17. She was largely homeless for the next three years. Leontyev died of an overdose in Central Park in April 201