Gauthier-Frankel is the daughter of Ron Frankel and Mary Lou Gauthier, who were former members of Malcolm Tomlinson's band Milkwood. At the age of seven, she became a voice actress after work as a studio singer for commercials.[4] Since that time, she has been active in Montreal's neo-burlesque scene, the English theatre scene, several different musical spheres, and has continued to do voiceover, film and television work. She attended CEGEP and then McGill University. While attending the Montreal World Film Festival in 2004, she discovered burlesque.[4]
^Spidle, Katelyn (October 6, 2015). "Holly Gauthier-Frankel is born for the stage". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved September 29, 2019. ...by age seven, Gauthier-Frankel was already working as a professional voice actor.