In The Holiday, Iris and Graham live in Surrey, an English county southwest of London.
Kate Winslet plays Iris Simpkins, a Surrey-based newspaper writer who swaps homes with Los Angeles film-trailer producer Amanda Woods, played by Cameron Diaz. Amanda travels to Iris’s cottage in the English countryside, while Iris stays in Amanda’s California home.
Graham, played by Jude Law, is Iris’s brother and lives nearby with his daughters. The Surrey setting provides the snowy, village-like contrast to Amanda’s modern Los Angeles surroundings. The film’s plot connects the two locations through the house exchange.
Nancy Meyers wrote and directed The Holiday, which was released in 2006. Jack Black plays Miles Dumont, the Hollywood composer who becomes Iris’s romantic counterpart. The film is set across England and California, but its English story is specifically associated with Surrey rather than London itself.