List of past characters on Hollyoaks

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The soap opera Hollyoaks has been on air since 1995. Over the last 10 years, there have been over one hundred regular characters, including many past characters who are deceased or have otherwise left the soap.

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[edit] Hollyoaks families

Characters in this section are listed in family categories. The families are listed in alphabetical order with each family listed with parents first then children in order of age.

[edit] The Andersen family

(Note: No relation to Scott Anderson)

Gregory 'Greg' Andersen - Alvin Stardust, 1995-1996

Father of Natasha and Sarah Andersen.
Natasha was beautiful, glamorous, sophisticated, pouty, feisty and a total princess as well as being the ultimate object of Kurt Benson’s desires, who had instantly fallen for her. She was best friends with Maddie Parker, Dawn Cunningham and Louise Taylor, but it was Kurt whom she felt attractive to.
Despite having feelings for Kurt, who pursued her relentlessly, despite always being attracted to his bad boy charm, Natasha refused to give in decided to always played it hard to get. This just made Kurt even more determined to win her heart.
Natasha really never got a chance to confess to Kurt how she had really felt about him. Natasha had always gave Kurt challenges to win her over, including the time when Natasha asked Kurt to choose to spend Christmas with her and her family or his own family. Natasha won, but she lost interest when she saw Kurt bonding with her father.
However tragedy occurred when Natasha collapsed and died during Kurt's sister Lucy Benson’s eighteen birthday party. In a bid to make Kurt jealous, Natasha made the fatal mistake of agreeing to go to the party with Dermot, who wanted to give her a night she never forget.
Just as Kurt and Natasha were getting closer at the party, Dermot and his friend Rob Hawthorne dropped a tablet into Natasha’s drink. She then stormed the dance floor and suddenly collapsed. Natasha later died in hospital and a a heart broken Kurt and vowed revenge on Rob and Dermot.
  • Sarah Andersen - Anna Martland, 1995-1996
The sister of Natasha and daughter of Greg Andersen.

[edit] The Benson family

  • Kirk Benson - James Quinn, 1995-1998
The father of Kurt, Lucy and Ollie Benson and husband of Juliette Benson. He owned his own computer business and left Hollyoaks with his wife, Juliette, after their children didn't need them anymore as Kurt moved out and Lucy lived with Carol, the house seemed empty without Ollie, whose death he took pretty hard.
  • Juliette Benson - Martine Brown, 1995-1998
The mother of Kurt, Lucy and Ollie Benson and wife of Kirk Benson. She left Hollyoaks with her husband, Kirk, after their children didn't need them anymore as Kurt moved out and Lucy lived with Carol; the house seemed empty without Ollie, whose death she took pretty hard.
The oldest of the Benson children, Kurt was the soap's original bad boy, with his good looks, cheeky charm and trouble with the police.
He was friends with Tony Hutchinson and Jambo Bolton and had his heart set on winning Natasha Anderson as his girlfriend. Tragedy struck before the two could really get together, and her death started a deadly feud with Rob Hawthorne.
He went on to marry Ruth Osborne, but their marriage was not made in heaven. After many fights, Kurt found himself falling for the charms of Ruth's sexy step sister Kate Patrick. The two could hardly keep away from each other and were eventually caught out. Kurt and Ruth's marriage was over and he left the town alone.
Two years later off screen Kurt was killed in a waterski accident, which his sister Lucy later learnt had been caused by Rob Hawthorne but it turned out to have been a random hit and run and Rob had told people he killed him to look hard.
Lucy Benson is Kurt's younger sister and the middle child in the Benson family. She started off as being level headed, but this soon changed when she hooked up with Rob Hawthorne. Little did Lucy know that her relationship with Rob would tear her family apart, put her own life in jeopardy, and cause her and her friends so many years of terror.
After being involved in the accident that caused the death of Dermot, Lucy soon wised up to Rob, and even shopped him to the police. It was Lucy and Kurt’s role in seeking revenge that caused Rob to be thrown off a car park roof by his drug dealers. Unbeknown to Lucy and Kurt, this marked the beginning of his vendetta against the Bensons – an obsession that would continue throughout his life. With Rob well and truly out of her life, though, Lucy returned to normal. She started a band with Carol Grove and Bazz FM and was happy that things seemed to be going her way.
But Lucy's happiness in Hollyoaks was short lived. Her life was turned upside down when her younger brother Ollie was killed in a car crash. Lucy blamed herself for the accident, as she encouraged Kurt to chase after him. Lucy found it difficult to get over Ollie’s death, and ended up turning to Rob for support. He offered Lucy some tranquillisers to get her through difficult times. Once she was well and truly hooked on to them, Rob upped the dosage to heroin and so began a downward spiral that would eventually put Lucy in coma. As Lucy finally weaned herself off heroin, she attempted to piece her life back together.
However, Rob Hawthorne was to cause further trouble when he trapped Lucy, Lewis Richardson, Ruth Osborn and Tony Huchinson in a watertank. They managed to free themselves, but afterwards Lucy lived in constant fear of Rob and what he may do next. She was finally freed from this worry, when Rob died as he tried to set fire to Finn’s bus on the eve of the new Millennium. Lucy was both excited and terrified at the prospect of a life without Rob, and began to realise that her fear of him had been holding her back.
After much soul searching, Lucy decided that she wanted to travel the world and Tony offered to go with her. As Tony became increasingly preoccupied with researching tropical diseases, Lucy began to realise that he really did not want to leave Hollyoaks and told him he should stay in Chester. As Lucy and Tony bid farewell at the airport, Tony promised Lucy that he will wait for her, but Lucy left and never returned.
  • Oliver 'Ollie' Benson - Paul Leyshon, 1995-1997
Ollie was the youngest of Benson children. He loved to play practical jokes such as hiding the 'Unidentified Bleeping Object' in Kurt's room, where it proceeded to wake Kurt up at 6.59am every morning. Ollie worked as a roving journalist for the Riverbank Review, where he instigated such seminal reports as Babe of the Month and Cleavage of the Year.
Ollie's best mate was Lee Stanley (who called himself Stan). Even after Ollie exposed Stan's Chips for Sex scandal, in which he insinuated that Stan gave girls extra chips in order to seduce them, Ollie still remained the best of friends with Stan.
At one time Ollie made the mistake sleeping with Mandy Richardson, not discovering until later she was only fifteen. He had a remarkable vibrant spirit and refused to let anything get him down even when he had to face the prospect of facing a charge for statutory rape for sleeping with Mandy.
However, Ollie's life was to be short lived after he became involved in a car accident after he tried to stop Stan in his car for driving too fast until Stan lost control of the car and a lorry reversed down the road where Stan had no time to brake. Ollie had suffered some serious injuries and was rushed to hospital with his family besides him. After a week, both Ollie and Stan ended up dying in hospital.

[edit] The Bolton family

  • Janice Bolton - Stephanie Schonfeld, 1996
Jambo was an individualist, putting his unique stamp on anything that came his way, from his formula for salty vinegar and his devotion to Margaret the cow. Jambo had a penchant for climbing through windows, yet, as he argued, "Why walk round to the door when the window is right in front of you?".
Jambo was good friends with Kurt Benson and Tony Huchinson and, whilst they were often confused by his odd behaviour, the three formed a strong bond, providing one another with support and, very often, humour needed to get through their rather tumultuous lives.
Whilst Kurt was soon paired off with Ruth and Tony was hopelessly in love with Julie, Jambo was often left on the sidelines, unlucky in love and unable to act on the feelings he had for Dawn Cunningham. After countless missed opportunities as well as Jambo’s brief relationship with Carol Groves’s sister, Anita and his stepmother Lisa, Dawn and Jambo finally admitted their feelings for each other.
The other woman in Jambo’s life was his Bond Bug Beryl, whom he loved and cherished almost as much as Dawn! Tragically, Jambo's romance with Dawn was short-lived, as she was diagnosed with leukaemia. She eventually lost her battle against the disease, leaving Jambo devastated over the loss of the girl he wanted more than anything else in the world.
Jambo never got over the death of Dawn and, although he tried to persevere with his new landscaping business, '‘Dig It!’, he decided that they were too many memories of Dawn in Hollyoaks and he wanted to move on.
However, Jambo certainly left the female population of Hollyoaks with a memory they would cherish, when he was the unwilling stripper at Jude’s opening night at the Parkers!
The irrepressible Jambo finally bid farewell to Hollyoaks to begin a new life in Anglesey in 1998 but made one final visit to Hollyoaks to put flowers on Dawn’s grave and vowed never to return. We saw Jambo again when the gang went to a trip to Anglesey to visit him. As they left Jambo in Wales, it was clear that Hollyoaks would never be quite the same without him.

[edit] The Burton/Taylor family

  • Elizabeth 'Liz' Burton (formerly Liz Taylor) - Andree Bernard), 2003-2006
Liz is the archetypal overwrought mother of teenagers and spends her life trying to maintain the peace between her offspring, whose father committed suicide. She had a difficult relationship with stepdaughter Darlene, made worse when Darlene found out that her brother Ali had (accidentally) stabbed school bully Stephen "Macki" Mackintosh, but told everybody she suspected Liz's son Justin. Darlene changed her story in court, which contributed towards Justin being acquitted of killing Macki. Liz was grateful to Darlene for this. After Justin returned home, Liz chucked Richard out for having an affair with a colleague but said Darlene could stay with them. Liz has recently decided that her family must move away from Hollyoaks, to start afresh. However, most of her children are unwilling. Darlene has been kicked out, Sophie has said she doesn't want to leave and Justin hasn't said anything to Liz yet but Becca begged him to stay.
Liz has now left Hollyoaks, but could not persuade Mel, Sophie or Justin to go with her.
(Note: Her name is a reference to actress Elizabeth Taylor's marriages to actor Richard Burton.)
  • Richard Taylor - Richard Calkin, 2003-2005
Richard Taylor arrived in Hollyoaks with two of his four children Darleen and Ali, to set up home with Liz Burton and two of her children Justin and Sophie and to run the local Gym "Bodyboost". Liz and Richard's attempts to fuse the two families together was the focus of many Hollyoaks story arcs. Eventually he and Liz married, and some time later the families combined, just in time for them be ripped apart again.
Richard eventually cheated on Liz (ironically, in a similar fashion to how he had cheated on his former wife with Liz.) After Justin's trial Liz threw Richard out, and he left the series.
Although identical twins, Mel and Sophie were polar opposites, Sophie was quiet and introverted and often got annoyed by her siblings' behaviour and lack of consideration for her needs. On her arrival, Mel was unhappy as she felt Sophie would get more attention than her and always felt like the shadow of Sophie.
Despite Sophie always trying to make her relationship better with her twin, Mel often made it hard. Most of the time, Sophie would be in-between her mother Liz and Mel’s arguments as Sophie would be the peacemaker. Frequently, Sophie supported and helped her siblings Justin and Mel through their troubles, as Sophie never was involved in any nuisance. She also was supportive of her mother Liz's new partner Richard, despite Justin and Mel feeling uneasy at his arrival.
She began dating student Joe Spencer, but it didn’t last for too long after she discover that Joe was going to dump her so Sophie dumped him instead. Soon brother Justin became involved in a murder trial (which he was innocent and later found not guilty of) and sister Mel’s drinking had got from bad to worse, but through these times Sophie gave her full support to the pair.
In 2006, Sophie world was to turn upside down when both she and Mel were both drugged with GHB by Andy Holt. Mel was raped, although Sophie escaped this as Andy left her to his partner in the rapes Sam Owen, who he knew fancied Sophie but Sam couldn’t go through with it. Through her dilemma of being drugged, Sophie turned to Sam for support and soon started falling for him.
She began a relationship with Sam, unknowing his part of the rapes. After Andy’s death, Sam had little choice but to confess his crime to her because he loved her and wanted to run away with her. Sophie tricked Sam into turning himself in, by saying she would stand by him, until his release. As soon as Sam had come clean to the police, Sophie had a her own confession for Sam when she told him she could never forgive him for letting Andy rape her sister Mel.
The whole experience with Sam proved too much for Sophie as she struggled with the fact of being in love with a guy who drug rapped girls. She also found a unlikely friend in Russ Owen, Sam’s brother, as the pair both had something in common, being betrayed by Sam. Bit by bit, Sophie's feelings grew stronger for Russ.
Gradually Sophie managed to put Sam behind her and began to work at newly opened salon Evissa. She was temporarily sacked by Evissa owner Sean Kenedy due to allegations made by Mercedes McQueen about an injured neck.
However, Sophie got her job back when Russ pretended to be into Mecades and photographed her without her neck brace on, proving her allegations to be lies. But Russ had fallen for Mercades and Eventually Sophie told Russ how she felt about him but Russ told her he had to leave and Sophie found him a few minuets later making out with Mercades.
Russ eventually admitted to Sophie that he had fallen for Mercades, during the time he was trying to get proof she was faking her injury. Russ explained that it was wrong for him to get involved with Sophie so soon after what happened with Sam.
Things didn’t get any better for Sophie thereafter, as Sam escaped from prison, which again brought Russ and Sophie closer together. This time the pair ended up sleeping with one another and Russ admitted his true feelings for Sophie. The pair began to date one another, but tragedy was just around the corner for the pair.
Sam had returned to the Village and was told by his sister Nicole Owen that his brother was dating Sophie. Angry Sam went to find Sophie and Russ. Nicole told them they would be at the dog and Sam made his way their.
Meanwhile Sophie and her sister, Mel and Mel's friend O.B, were waited for Russ (who was sleeping with Mercades) when she got a call from Sam who rushed into the pub and started setting it alight. Russ found Nicole and she told him that Sam was going to the Dog looking for him and Sophie and was angry that they were dating.
Sophie tried to escape but collapsed, however Russ arrived and pulled Sophie out. Despite Russ being convinced Sophie was going to make a full recovery, she died later in his arms after suffering from smoke inhalation, leaving her devastated brother Justin behind, whom also lost other Mel in the fire.
Clever and introverted, Mel was a good observer of other people's habits. She arrived as a fresher and became friends with Robbie Flynn and Joe Spencer. Mel began to fall for Darren Osborne, when the pair had slept together, however Darren made it clear that it was just a one-night stand.
Mel's family soon arrived in Hollyoaks, including her twin sister Sophie who was the opposite of Mel. Mel strongly resented her sister being in Hollyoaks as she feared that she would get more attention than her, especially as she was to join HCC as well. Things didn’t get any easier for Mel, as her mother Liz’s partner Richard moved in with the Burtons with his two children and Mel found it hard to live with her mother’s new partner.
It got even worse for Mel as during her mother Liz and Richard’s wedding, Mel learnt the truth about her father’s death as she learned that he committed suicide. Mel’s younger brother Justin went off the rails, while Mel also couldn’t understand her father’s actions and turned to drink.
Mel's behaviour became out of control as she began having drunken one night stands with several men before beginning a relationship with Sam (O.B) O'Brian. Despite the pair seeming compatible, Mel’s drinking often came in the way of their relationship, which led to Mel finishing of her relationship with OB.
Soon however, Mel’s drunken one night stands were to cost her dearly as she was drug raped by Andy Holt. After reporting the incident to the police, Mel was left even more devastated after learning that Andy had disappeared. Mel continued on drinking and despite OB trying to help Mel get through her problems, Mel was still reeling from being raped by Andy.
During a weekend getaway with O.B in Southport Mel spotted Andy at the Pleasureland fun fair, but when she tried to tell O.B he didn't believe her. Mel managed to track Andy down just in time after he had held Nicole, Russ and Sam Owen hostage, where shortly after Mel gave him a taste of his own medicine as she drugged Andy which led to him facing his own woeful death by being impaled on a spike.
Despite Andy finally getting what he deserved, it wasn’t enough for Mel. Her drinking got in such a bad state that she had sex with a man whilst drunk (who mistook her for a prostitute). Mel's own mother threw her out of her home, leaving Mel to move in with O.B, O.B's best mate Max Cunningham and his young brother Tom as well as Max's girlfriend Clair Devine.
However, that didn’t last either as Mel nearly poisoned young Tom Cunningham, after he accidentally drank some of her vodka. young brother Tom alcohol. Mel moved back home, but things got drastically bad as an argument between her and Sophie, over Mel’s drinking, led to Sophie falling down the stairs.
By now, Mel was aware that help was needed and began counselling as she slowly began to get off the alcohol. She also built a rival with Claire after Mel spotted Claire having an affair behind her Max’s back with Sean Kennedy. Despite both Mel and O.B confronting Max with the truth, he failed to believe the pair and soon married Claire.
Despite doing ever so well, Mel once again to turned to alcohol after failing to secure a job and was rejected by Warren Fox, after the pair had a one night stand. However, Mel managed to catch Claire once again cheating on Max, as she saw her sleeping with Warren on CCTV.
After successfully recording the footage of the affair, Mel turned to OB with the evidence as the pair confronted a worried Claire in the Dog in the Pond. Although, Mel thought she had Claire trapped, it was set to be a night which was to seal Mel’s destiny.
On the 8th September Mel was killed in an explosion caused by Sam Owen (who had been exposed as Andy's partner in the rapes). The target of the explosion was Mel's sister Sophie who survived the explosion but died later of smoke inhalation. Mel Burton was buried along side her sister on the 16th of September 2006, she was 21 years old.
The archetypal moody teenager had to move in with her father’s partner Liz and her children. Darlene found it difficult and did not get along with Liz or her son Justin. Darlene refused to compromise and tried often enough to split her father and Liz relationship up. No matter how hard Dralene tried, her plans backfired when her father and Liz wedded and Darlene had to live with this.
Things got worse when Justin found out his dad had committed suicide rather than had a heart attack like his mother had told him. This made Justin turn to drugs and Darline was angry that Liz couldn't control him.
However, Darlene faced the shock of her life on her 18th birthday when out of control Justin ended up pushing Darlene through a glass window. This left her with scars on her face as she found it difficult to deal with and left her angry at Justin. Darlene never attended school or faced the outside world.
However with her father, Liz and her good friend Craig Dean supporting her, the pair both managed to arrange for Darlene to have plastic surgery for the scars on her face. after returning, Darlene had seen that Justin had changed after he was sent into a boot camp and forgave him.
However things went from bad to worse for Darlene when both she and Ali were being bullied at school by racist thug Steven Mackintosh. It ended up in a tragedy when Ali stabbed Steven and later was ran over by a car resulting in both Ali and Steven dying.
The blame for Steven’s death went on Justin and he faced a tough trial where Darlene’s testimony was to be crucial. Despite at first she blamed Justin for the death of her brother (as Macki use to be his friend, when he was on drugs), she eventually realised that Justin was innocent and decided to give evidence for him. She told the jury that Macki had bulled Ali so bad that it was possible that he could have reached breaking point and fought back.
Through those difficult times, she also lost her father who moved out of the house after Liz discovered that he had been having an affair, but instead of joining her father, Darlene opted to stay with the Burton family. She found comfort in the arms of Craig but despite him falling for her, Darlene often manipulated him.
After Liz deciding on moving to Colchester, Darlene moved in at the Dog after convincing Craig that Liz threw her out. She caused havoc in The Dog after she tried to seduce Craig's steep brother Darren Osborne but than told Craig it was Darren that was trying to seduce her.
However, Darlene’s games soon backfired on her when she was tricked by Darren in sleeping with him as Craig walked in on them. A hurt Craig told Darlene to leave and she continued to play her games, this time with Liz as she accused Jack Osborne on trying to come on to her.
However, after Liz got the full story from Jack she decided no longer to put up with Darlene’s behaviour as she wanted Darlene out of the house. Having burnt all her bridges, Darlene then decided the best thing was to do was move in with her mum and depart Hollyaoks for good.
  • Alistair 'Ali' Taylor - Luti Fagbenle, 2003-2005
Ultra sensitive and caring, Ali arrived as part of the Taylor family with his father Richard and sister Darlene, but was unsettled when he had to move with his father’s new partner Liz and with her children, Justin, Mel and Sophie.
Immediately, Ali had a clash of personalities with Liz’s son Justin as the pair did not get on. However, things got worse when on Liz and Richards wedding day Justin found out that his father had not died due to a heart attack as he had been told but, had committed suicide because he was under stress at work. Finding out the truth about his dads death lead to Justin starting to smoking marijuana and Ali found it hard to be around him as the pair shared a bedroom.
At school Justin started hanging out with a lad called Steven Mackintosh who sold the marijuana to Justin. The two boys became friends and together with Mackis gang they messed around all the time in class and caused there fellow class mates to suffer for their behaviour. During all this Ali was bullied by both Justin and Macki but as an intelligent and sensitive child, Ali's natural response to this was to ignore the bullying. Ali then made friends with new girl Nicole Owen.
Back at home Ali tried to tell both Liz and Richard how he couldn't live with Justin, little action was taken and it got out of control when Justin pushed Ali’s sister Darlene through a window. This led to Darlene having a scar and Justin being sent to a boot camp. When Justin returned, Ali could not forgive him, despite Justin’s trying to tell Ali that he has changed for the better.
Eventually, Ali began to believe Justin as the pair began to get along better. Ali started to develop feelings for Nicole, but he never managed to tell how he felt about her as she had fallen for Justin. Despite Nicole fancying his steep brother Ali's relationship with Justin became stronger.
Meanwhile Ali and Justins friendship had not gone unnoticed by Macki, who had became angry that Justin didn't want to hang out with him and his gang or buy drugs of him anymore, so he started to bully Justin and Ali. Ali suffered racial abuse and was called names like Monkey boy.
Despite confiding with his sister Darline, the pair still could not shake of Macki's bullying as it got from bad to worse, that both Ali and Justin would not even step outside their house and Justin bought a hunting knife for protection. The knife was found by Ali's dad Richard who put it in a safe place.
Ali then reached breaking point as could not confide to his parents or teachers and decided to take matters in his own hands and it was Ali's unrequited crush on Nicole that eventually prove his undoing.
After Nicole rebuked him for being a coward, Ali took the knife, that Richard had confiscated from Justin, from its hiding place and seek out Macki alone. Ali went looking for Macki and challenged him to a fight, Macki lead Ali to a deserted area and whilst Ali's back was turned picked up a brick.
Meanwhile Justin and Darline found the knife missing and went looking for Ali. The two split up and Justin saw Ali, just as Macki was about to swing the brick. Justin quickly yelled at Ali to watch out and as Macki was about to hit him with a brick, Ali managed to turn around just in time and as an act of self defence Ali stabbed and killed Macki.
Justin then ran up to Ali and told him to give him the knife and run home whilst he would deal with the knife, Scared by his actions Ali ran in fear as he ran straight out into the street and was hit by a car. Darline reached Ali just in time to see the accident happen and rode with him in the ambulance.
Later in hospital both Ali and Macki died, and Justin hide the knife in the hospital toilets. When Justin went back for the knife a few days later he was arrested by the police who had already found the knife. The police accused Justin of murdering Macki and he was charged for it.
Justin went to court and told everyone that Ali had stabbed Mack in self defence because of the bullying. With video evidence of Macki's gang tormenting Ali as well as Darline admitting that the bullying had got out of hand the Jury found Justin not guilty.
(Note: Luti Fagbenle is now a film producer running a media production company called Luti Media. Ltd.)

[edit] The Cunningham/Richardson/Hutchinson family

  • Gordon "Mr C" Cunningham - Bernard Latham, 1995-2004
The father of Max, Dawn, Cindy, Jude Cunningham. Gordon was an irascible though kind-hearted man who often displayed an amazing tendency to infuriate those that loved him the most. Gordon's most memorable storylines included the Queen jubilee show, his fishing trip with Max and his opening of a garden with Charlie Dimmock.
Gordon's first major storyline was providing comfort for his daughter Dawn when she struggled to fend off the advances of her mother’s new boyfriend, the creepy Terry. Mr C tried to help his first wife Angela overcome crippling debts, and tried to inject some discipline into the lives of his wayward children.
Mr C soon built up a witty repartee with Tony Huchinson, when he became landlord of ‘Got it Taped’, and found himself in various scrapes in his desperate attempts to keep Max and Cindy on the straight and narrow.
However, things got bad for Mr C as he lost his beloved daughter, Dawn and was saddened when Jude ran off a year later after getting herself in trouble with the police. Mr C had opened his own mini supermarket called ‘Drive and Buy’ and he rediscovered the joys of romance later in life, falling for the recently divorced Helen Cunningham.
When he discovered that she was pregnant with his child, he did the honourable thing and offered to marry her. With Helen, came Mandy and Lewis Richardson, promoting the merging of the Cunninghams and Richardson families. Soon, Mr C became ‘Councillor of Chester’, when he had beaten tough competition from Tony and Matt Musgrove.
With the Richardson family came considerable angst, culminating in Lewis’s death, yet Mr C had proved himself to be a rock to his wife and together they had a son called Tom. Mr C went on to have image problems, when he turned fifty, and than started a new look making him ten years younger with the help of Nick O Conner.
Gordon’s world took a shock when son Max had told him that Helen was having an affair with Tony! When Max had told Mr C that, it was the same day that Gordon had to presented an award to Tony for businessman of the year. Gordon still went ahead to give the award to Tony and once it was over, Gordon made clear he knew all about Tony's affair.
Mr C was shattered even more, when Helen decided to leave him for Tony, but Gordon was convinced that Helen would return back to him. Struggling to cope without Helen, Gordon received comfort from Bombhead Burke and Gordon became a father figure to Bombhead. Eventually, Helen returned back to Gordon and with some match fixing from Mandy and Max, the pair was reunited.
However, tragedy struck for Gordon when he had a heart scare whilst driving with Helen and Tom and Gordon's heart attack caused a serious car accident. Gordon died in hospital, while Helen also died, leaving young Tom an orphan. In Helen and Gordan's will he was suppose to live with Mandy but instead ended up living with Max.
Meanwhile Bombhead took the news of Gordon's death badly and when his mum died he started to see Mr C's ghost trying to tell him to tell his friends about his mums death and that he needed help. After he got help his visions of Mr C's ghost stopped.
  • Helen Cunningham - Kathryn George, 1997-2004
Mother to Lewis, Mandy and Tom. Stepmother to Max, Cindy, Jude and Dawn. For much of her life in the Village she had the terrible misfortune to be saddled with a family intent on ripping itself apart. Helen had a tough time when she was married to Dennis Richardson, who had been abusive and had repeatedly raped her daughter Mandy and Helen was unaware of this until Mandy confessed to Lewis.
Dennis was sent down to prison for seven years, and Helen found a new love interest in Gordon Cunningham. The pair slept together, and Helen was shocked to realise that she was pregnant and Gordon did the honourable thing by asking her to marry him. They soon got married and Helen gave birth to baby Tom, but more tragedy came for Helen when she found out her son Lewis died after he committed suicide. This had left Helen devastated and had found it hard to cope.
After Lewis death, the relationship between Helen and Mandy caused a rift, as the pair barely spoke to each other, however after a while the pair began to rebuild their relationship. All seemed perfect in the best of all possible worlds, with Helen in charge of 'Steam Team' next door to Gordon's 'Drive'n'Buy', and the pair of them raising their new baby Tom at home.
Then suddenly, for reasons best known to herself, Helen became restless: her shop changed its identity, and so did she, indulging in a ghastly affair with Tony (one of Mr C's best friends) that was eventually exposed when an earthquake destroyed the barge the lovesick pair had chosen as a bolt hole. But after much argument, Tony told Helen that he did not want to be with her no longer and thankfully Helen and Gordon were fully reconciled and back on fond terms.
Helen began to gain the respect of daughter Mandy and stepson Max as well, but husband Gordon had a death scare when he had suffered a heart attack. Helen blamed herself but Max had supported her and Gordon had seemed to recover. A week later, lightning struck twice, when Gordon Helen and Tom were involved in a car accident which left Gordon dead after he suffered another heart attack.
This had left Helen devastated and although she returned to home from the hospital, she later died at home during her peaceful sleep, leaving Tom (who survived the crash) an orphan. According to Helen's will Tom was suppose to stay with Mandy but he now lives with Max.
  • Angela Cunningham - Liz Stooke, 1995-1999
Strong willed and angry (fiery red-head), Angela was the mother to Max, Cindy, Jude and Dawn. After her divorce from Gordon she left the series.
Denis Richardson was Helen's first husband and Mandy and Lewis' father. A schoolteacher, he suffered from alcoholism that would turn him violent. In a rage, he raped his teenage daughter, whom he had also sexually abused years earlier. He was convicted of his crimes, and eventually was let out of prison weeks before dying of liver damage. As a final fitting end, his ashes were washed down the drain by Helen.
  • Dawn Cunningham - Lisa Williamson, 1995-1997
Spirited, independent and friendly to everyone, Dawn was Natasha Anderson’s best friend. She worked at Maddie’s mother’s interior design shop and had continual problems with her mother’s boyfriend, Terry, but refused to let anything get her down. However, than her best friend Natasha died, after Rob Hawthorne spiked her drink with drugs at Lucy Benson’s 18th birthday party.
Dawn was so distressed that she confesses to her friend Jambo Bolton that at sixteen she had a daughter who she gave up for adoption. Jambo than got in contact with Dawn’s daughter and Dawn plucked up the courage to go and see her, Dawn watched her from distance whilst Jambo stood close by to provide her with a shoulder to cry on.
Dawn then discovered that her mother, Angela had breast cancer and upset by the news of her mother’s condition, Dawn then turned to Jambo. The pair ended up kissing, but Dawn insisted that they should remain friends, Dawn then finds out that Terry has done a runner, leaving her mother in debts of over £55,000.
Dawn's bad luck continued when she was shocked to learn that her daughter Bethany had kidney failure and she was her last hope. However, Dawn found out she wasn't compatible, so her father Gordon, offered his kidney instead. Yet, Gordon also failed as a match for Dawn’s daughter, so she had to contact the child’s father, Jack Osborne! Jack was shocked as he had not known about the pregnancy but was a match though, and had the operation.
As Jambo and Dawn realise the love each other, their happiness is short lived when Dawn soon felt unwell and visited her doctor only to discover that she had leukaemia. During, Christmas day, Jambo and Dawn hired a rowing boat and Jambo asked Dawn to marry him. Dawn, however, lost her battle with leukaemia and died in his arms.
  • Cindy Cunningham - Laura Crossley, 1995 & Stephanie Waring, 1996-2001
Life was running pretty smoothly for Cindy until the night of her sixteenth birthday when she succumbed to Stan Stanley’s advances and unwittingly fell pregnant. Cindy concealed the pregnancy from her parents and, when she finally gave birth, abandoned her child and tried to carry on as normal. Her parents reunited mother and child forcibly, but a desperate Cindy tried to suffocate baby Holly. The shock of this made her realise that she did in fact genuinely love her baby.
Just as Cindy’s life was finally going well again, she got together with the decorator Sean Tate, who proceeded to mistreat Holly, which came to a head when Holly burnt herself on a firework. The incident was brought to the attention of Social Services, who would continue to hound Cindy until she was force to leave Hollyoaks in November 2000.
A devastated Cindy was abandoned at the airport by Sean, losing all hope of a life aboard when Holly was prevented from leaving because she did not have a passport. Instead, Cindy returned to Hollyoaks and tried once again to adapt to the role of a single mother. As Cindy settled into her new business venture, "Steam Team", she met and fell head over heels for Ben Davies, a trainee fire-fighter who had recently moved to the area.
Still juggling work and motherhood, Cindy was working at The Loft and unable to find a babysitter, and so she had to take Holly to work with her. She left Holly sleeping in the club’s cloakroom and, unbeknown to Cindy, Holly found an ecstasy tablet and swallowed it. As Holly was rushed to hospital, Cindy realised that it would only be a matter of time before Social Services would try and to take Holly away from her.
A desperate Cindy concluded that she had no choice but to flee the country, as she could not bear to lose her child. She managed to persuade Ben to pick her up from the hospital and, as they made a mad dash to the airport, Cindy knocked Anna Green over. Desperate to get away, Cindy left Anna for dead, drove to the airport and left with Holly.
Ultimately, Cindy was a girl who was forced to grow up before her time, but the child she had resented more than anything was eventually the person for whom she gave up everything.
Jude was the self-centred, vibrant and daring child of Cunningham family. She led a colourful life, battling with drink and crippling debts. Jude seemed to be never short of luck, and yet invariably something always seemed to go wrong with her fortune and live happily ever after.
Jude began life in Hollyoaks studying fashion at Riverbank Collage, but her academic life was short-lived, as she was thrown off her course for cheating. After this, she struggled to make ends meet and, due to her irresponsible attitude towards money, and was declared bankrupt and left with massive debts to clear. As Jude became increasingly desperate for money, she began working as an escort, but finally gave up after a few bad experiences with clients.
Just as Jude began to get her life back together, tragedy struck when her sister Dawn, lost her battle with leukaemia. Jude took the news badly, turning to drink to get her through the difficult times. The love of Jude’s life was Lewis Richardson, but she lost him when he grew tired of her lies.
When Mr C’s shady cousin Benny, arrived on the scene, Jude soon hooked up with him and started stealing cars to order. As she finally managed to pay of her debts, she brought into Parkers and it seemed as if life was starting to get better for her.
As always, this was short lived for Jude, as she struggled to repay Benny what she owned him. Things turned nasty when Benny trashed Parkers and , to cover her losses, Jude began doing illegal booze trips to France. However, this still did not bring enough money for the final installment to buy her beloved Parkers.
Desperate to make a success of her business, Jude agreed to do one last job for Benny. She had to pretend to get married, so that Benny could snatch an expensive piece of jewelry stored at a stately home. Unsurprisingly, the heist went wrong and Jude was left as the number one suspect. She was days away from being arrested by the police and had to come up with a quick plan.
A desperate Jude had no choice but to leave Hollyoaks. She brought a dark wig, took Dawn’s passport and bid farewell to her sister, Cindy. It was because of Jude’s selfishness and shady dealings, that her relentless obsession with money was the ultimate cause of her downfall.
  • Lewis Richardson - Ben Hull, 1997-2001
Lewis first arrived in Hollyoaks as part of the Richardson family, and was protected over his sister Mandy after the pair used received abuse from their father Dennis. Lewis moves in to a flat above the Video Shop with friends Jude and Dawn Cunningham. Lewis than briefly started to date Jude Cunningham but ended when he discovered from Benny that Jude had been involved in criminal activities.
Lewis was shocked to discover that his sister, Mandy had gone missing and Lewis and his father begin to search for her. Lewis began to panic with the possibility that had Mandy committed suicide, but fortunately, Lewis found Mandy alive in a hospital, and rushed to her bedside. Lewis was devastated when Mandy confessed that their father Dennis had raped her.
Lewis supported Mandy, as the pair reported Dennis to the police and he was arrested. Lewis took care of Mandy and helped her through the trial, as their father was found guilty and was sentence to seven years. Lewis than began to have an affair with Ruth Osborne, but they had to keep it a secret, the affair only lasted a while when Ruth confessed that she had slept with Luke Morgan and Lewis dumped her.
Beth Morgan then arrived in Hollyoaks, and Lewis immediately got together with her, but he realised Beth was too young for him and he broke up with her. Lewis was shocked to discover a pregnancy test kit and assumes it was Mandy's, but it turned out to be his mother Helen, as she revealed she was pregnant with Gordon Cunningham's child.
Lewis mother then got married to Gordon, and Lewis soon realised that he still has feelings for Ruth and the pair get back together. Lewis than got involved as a being a hero after rescuing Lucy Benson, with Tony Huchinson and Ruth from Rob Hawthorne.
Lewis than goes into business with best friend Finn Finnigan, as the pair open a night-club called The Loft. Lewis started to get friendly with local club owner Lorraine Wilson, and Lewis started to gamble in her casino.
Lewis's world then turned upside down, when he heard that Ruth had an abortion of his baby, and ended up hitting her. Lewis started to borrow money of Lorraine and soon he ended up in debt and Lorraine offers Lewis the chance of wiping out his debt if he sleeps with her.
Ruth than discovers about Lewis debts and his stealing, and ends up hitting him and in a rage he ended up hitting her back. Lewis and Ruth broke up, and Helen began to get suspicious about Lewis gambling problems, which continued to spiral out of control. In a moment of madness, Lewis then almost hit his own mother.
Lewis decided to clear his head out and went to Ireland and returned as a new man with flash clothes. However, a loan shark comes after Lewis, because he took out a loan in Ireland using the name of Ruth's dead husband Kurt Benson. Lewis esd told that the loan must be repaid within thirty days. In order to pay off his debt, Lewis slept with Geri Hudson, and steals her money that she made from a charity event. Soon, Ruth discovered Lewis debt problems and persuaded Tony to buy Lewis out of The Loft, thus severing all links with him.
In the late night series Hollyoaks: Movin On, Lewis tried to persuade Ruth to get back with him, but Ruth got angry when she discovered that Lewis used Kurt’s name for his debts. Lewis then came to Ruth’s flat and tried to force himself on her, and Ruth told him that he was just like his father, which encouraged Lewis to beat Ruth up badly.
Lewis felt guilty for what he had done and ended up taking an overdose and later died in hospital. With the early influences of his father's violence towards his family, Lewis never wanted to be anything like his father, but towards the end he realised that he just like him and could not do nothing about it. Lewis left a devastated mother behind and sister who found it hard to understand how he protected her against her father but could ever hurt another women.
  • Victoria 'Vicky' Hutchinson - Fiona Mollison, 2000-2001
The Mother of Tony Huchinson and Domonic Reily, Mother in law of Mandy Huchinson and Grandmother of Grace Antonia Helen Hutchinson.
Mandy has grown from a naive schoolgirl to a respectable married mother-of-one. She survived domestic abuse by her father and a poisoning attempt from former best friend Laura Burnes. On New Years Eve 1999, she delivered her half-brother Tom when her mother went into labour while giving Mandy a driving lesson. After the death of Mandy's mother and stepfather in a car crash, Mandy gained guardianship of Tom, although he now lives with Mandy's stepbrother Max.
Mandy married Tony Hutchinson, who promised her late brother Lewis he'd look after Mandy. Mandy and Tony's relationship has been strained; after a miscarriage, Mandy started to hit Tony, when Tony hit her back the police arrested him for domestic violence. When the village heard that Tony had been arrested for beating Mandy they were very angry but Mandy came clean and told the village it was the other way around. Tony and Mandy, then started to received counselling and they resolved their difficulties. They eloped to Rome to marry. Although Mandy always thought she would never have children, she and Tony have a baby called Grace, born two months premature. Mandy suffered post natal depression and it took her a while to bond with Grace; however, she grew to love her. Just as things were going really well for the young family, Grace died from suspected SIDS. Mandy is beside herself with grief. Is now sure she is in love with Tony's brother, Dom. She had shared a kiss with Dom, and asked him to run away with her.
Mandy finally left Tony leaving him upset in the company of his brother Dom back at the flat.She is going to return in the not too distant future.
  • Grace Antonia Helen Hutchinson
Born in October 2005, two months early, Mandy and Tony's baby girl was called Grace. Grace was originally going to be called Antonia but Mandy wasn't very keen and thus a compromise was made. Antonia is now her middle name. Mandy suffered post natal depression for a while but she grew to love Grace, while Tony was always a doting dad. Grace was christened shortly before her death; and Becca Dean was godmother while Max, OB and Dominic were godfathers. Grace died in May 2006, aged seven months old, from suspected SIDS, coincidentally on the night Hannah Ashworth and Nancy Hayton were babysitting.

[edit] The Dean family

  • Johnno Dean - Mark Powley, 2002-2003 & Colin Wells, 2003-2005
The ever loyal Elvis-loving Husband to Frankie Dean and father to Jacob, Debbie, Stephanie and Craig Dean. Johnno was devoted to his family but expects to receive respect and obedience in return. Johnno arrived as part of the Dean family, and began working as a lorry driver with Les Hunter.
Johnno tried to protect and support his children as much, with giving Debbie help over her problems with her boyfriend and helping his son Craig through his school troubles. However, family troubles began to appear when his daughter Steph had been attacked by serial killer, Toby Miles, and the family became heavily in debt when Johnno’s work place collapsed, and the Deans had to move homes.
Despite tough times, Johnno continued to support his family through this, especially helping Steph cope with epilepsy and Debbie with her career. Things began to look up for Johnno and his family, after he found a new job at Body Boost. But things took a turn for the worst when Johnno began an affair with a 19-year-old student. It became a habit for Johnno as some nights he never came home and his wife and family saw less of him.
Eventually Frankie discovered Johnno’s affair and confronted him. Although this was a shocker for Frankie, Johnno revealed another blow when he told her that his girlfriend was 7 months pregnant. This left Frankie shattered and Johnno had the hard task of telling his children. When Johnno told his family the truth, they all found it hard to deal with. None of his children wanted to have contact with their father as devastated Johnno left.
Johnno came back a few months later for a failed attempt to reconcile with his family. He told his family that his girlfriend had left him for someone else and that he realised he missed his family. Craig then found out that Johnno was lying and that he had left his girlfriend and his new born son after he decided that he didn't want to be a father again.
Johnno's family then told him they were disgusted by his behaviour and that he shouldn't leave his child without a father or his girlfriend without financial support. Johnno then left and his family and Hollyoaks behind. He did mail Craig a Birthday card for his 18th Birthday, but Craig didn't open and told his stepfather Jack Ozborne that he was a better father than Johno ever was.
Johnno and Frankie's daughter, older sister to Steph and Craig, younger to Jake. Debbie arrived as part of the Dean family, and instantly fell for the charms of hard man Dan Hunter. Debbie started dating Dan as she often tried to loosen him up. Debbie started to work for Tony at ‘Gnosh’, but her heart had always been set on becoming a singer.
Debbie went on a reality show where she revealed that Dan lost his virginity to her. This left Dan angry, but eventually he forgave her. But there was shock for Debbie when Dan was arrested for being a suspect as the serial killer of Chester and was also shocked that he slept with victim Roxy. Convinced that Dan was innocent, Debbie stuck by him and supported him as Dan was released.
However, things took another turning point for Debbie when Dan was arrested for the murder of Toby Mills and again became a suspect after his sister Ellie blamed him for the murder of her husband. This left Debbie devastated as she tried to come terms with Dan's arrest, while there was more bad news for Debbie as her family were struggling with debts and sister Steph had epilepsy.
Debbie showed her loyalty to both her family and Dan, but was devastated when Dan was sent down for 18 years after Ellie testified against him. Still Debbie believed there was hope as she tried to change Ellie's mind but there was a blow for her, when Dan told her that their relationship was over. Confused and puzzled, Debbie turned to Darren Osborne and the pair slept together but it lasted a short while.
However, Debbie faced another shock when Ellie told the truth and Dan was released from prison. Dan wanted to be with Debbie but after she confessed that she slept with Darren, Dan said that there will be no relationship between the pair. Dan started dating Debbie's sister Steph for a while, but that lasted a small time after Dan was still in love with Debbie. However, Debbie promised Steph that she would not date Dan as it would break Steph's heart.
Soon, Debbie's dream became true when she got a job offer to sing on a cruise ship. But after her parents separation, Debbie was unsure of whether to go or not. With Frankie, Jake and Dan supporting her, Debbie decided to take the job but there was another setback when Dan died during his rally car driving victory.
After Dan's tragic death Debbie found an engagement ring Dan had been planning to give to her on Christmas Day and collapsed in tears. By new Years Eve Debbie had decided not to wallow in grief and misery but to explore and see more of the world and enjoy her life to the full or as much as she could without Dan by her side. Debbie stayed until the funeral and regretted that her and Dan never got together.
After some convincing from Dan's best mate Ben Davis, Debbie decided to take the job and start a new fresh life and to succeed her dreams. Debbie briefly returned in 2005 for a double wedding in the family. She witnessed her mother Frankie marry Jack Osborne and brother Jake marry Becca Hayton. She also returned to re-open The Dog In The Pond. She had a job in the West End but lost her job when Steph became famous for her kiss and tell with Joe Jones.

[edit] The Davis/Cornwell family

  • D.I. Will Davies - Barney Cleverly, 2000-2004
DCI Will Davies was quite laid back but responsible and supportive to his children Ben and Abby. Will began early on dating Sue Morgan and the relationship had seemed to be going resonably good, until she decided to return back to her husband Andy.
Will was devastated as he was deeply in love with her and on several occasions he tried to persuaded Sue away from Andy but it did not change her mind. With the help of Ben, Will decide to move on.
In Chester, murders began happening with the targets being young blonde girls and Will had became under pressure by the residents of Hollyoaks after he failed to discover any further leads.
In came DCI Dale Jackson, who took over the case and Will got major designs on his colleague, when he asked her to move in with the Davies. Abby was certainly pleased and hoping that Will could find happiness with Dale, but Ben disliked the idea.
One night, Will was left shocked and devastated when he caught Dale and Ben in bed together. An ashamed Ben tried to apologise, however Will insisted that it really never bothered him and made it clear to Ben that he is free to do anything he wanted.
However, another twist emerged when Dale told Will she had feelings for him and the pair began to date, despite Ben’s warnings. Ben was furious at his father actions and accused Dale of using him, leading Will to throw Ben out of his own house. Eventually, will and Ben made up but Will was to face another shock when Dale had left after being sacked by the commissioner.
However, another setback followed for Will when Ben got Will's assistant officer Emma Chambers pregnant! What Ben was unaware of was that Emma had an affair with Will several years ago when he was married to Ben's mum, which had caused the split of his parents. Ben with Will for not telling him, but both father and son had made their amends.
Will supported his son Ben through his failed marriage with Izzy Cornwell and also supported his daughter Abby through her troubles. Will went on to receive a job offer in Brighton and moved away from Hollyoaks.
  • Alison Davies - Natalie Forbes 2003-2004
Ben arrived in the village and was a big hit as the hunky new fireman. Ben was an immediate hit with Mandy Richardson and Cindy Cunningham, although Mandy was a bit miffed when he brushed her off for Cindy! Ben instantly fell for Cindy Cunningham, as his relationship with Cindy lasted a while, until social services contacted her, with reports that she had been mistreating her daughter, Holly.
Cindy believed that the social services wanted to put Holly with foster parents, and decided to run away to Spain and flee the country and Ben had helped her by driving her to the airport but on the accidentally ran Anna Green over after saying good bye to Cindy he came back to Village. Anna remembered Ben had driven the car that knocked her down after Ben almost ran her down for a second time and she remembered he was in the car the first time.
Ben tried to apologise to her but his apologies fell on deaf ears but he proved to be a good friend to Anna when she was pregnant and the two shared a bond. Ben soon turned his attentions to Mandy, even though he knew that his best friend Luke Morgan wanted her back. Despite his affair with Mandy, Ben proved to be a vital friend to Luke, helping him get over his rape ordeal.
However, when Luke found out about Mandy and Ben, he felt devastated and betrayed, leaving the guilty pair to reconsider their future. Ben and Luke had not been on best of terms and Luke tried to muscle in on the running of Mandy's business, which he invested in. However, Ben was rather jealous of this, and told Mandy that she should just pay Luke back all of the money and tell Luke to leave the business alone.
However, Ben and Luke made up, thanks to Adam Morgan's ‘Game 4 It video’, on which they saw themselves fighting, and realised how ridiculous their disagreement was. Ben soon grew tired out of Mandy’s impetuous behaviour and reverted to being a ‘lad about town’. Ben embarked on a love/hate relationship with Izzy Cornwell as the pair often winded each other up, but despite many attempts to sleep with Izzy, Ben failed.
Ben’s character had turned into a sex mechanic and pulled anything with a pulse. He had a brief relationship with Ellie Hunter but the relationship never seemed to go anywhere and Ben was to face a tough challenge in his life. During a Potholig Trip, Ben suffured a sequence of horrific consequences when their was a rock fall which left Theo Sankofa and Jamie Nash dead. Ben felt responsable as he took the wrong actions in attempts to save Jamie's life, which resulted in his death.
This experience left Ben devestated, but both his father Will and sister Abby helped him get over the tragedy and Ben also found support from Izzy as well. Just as Ben seemed to be getting his life back on track, he was not pleased when he discovered that his dad's police colleague, Dale Jackson, had moved in with the Davies household.
Ben hated the idea of another womenin the house, knowing that his father, Will, fancied her and sister Abby thought Dale was like a mother figure. However, Ben soon succumbed to Dale’s charms and ended up in bed with her! After trying to avoid her charms, Ben again managed to sleep with her, only to be caught by his father.
Feeling guilty, Ben was surprised at his father's reaction which was that he refused to get involved, although Ben had learnt his lessons when Dale made another final attempt which this time Ben avoided as she left Hollyoaks. Ben realised his true love of his life Izzy, but found it difficult to tell her as she left for a trip around the world.
Instead Ben turned his attentions to Emma Chambers and after a one night stand, Ben still knew that Izzy is the one for him. When she returned Ben managed to do the unthinkable and asked her to marry him and she accepted. However, Izzy was unaware about Emma and that she was pregnant with Ben's child, a secret well kept by Ben away from her.
During the night before the wedding Izzy found out about Emma's pregnancy but still decided to go ahead with the wedding- much to Ben's relief. But the marriage was not to last as Izzy found it hard to cope with the birth of Ben's child Arthur, and after knowing she was unable to have children, she decided to end their marriage by sleeping with Scott Anderson, Ben's enemy. Despite this Ben decided to forgive her, but Izzy was adamant that the marriage was over and left him.
More struggle was to follow for Ben as he also lost his best friend Dan Hunter who died in a rally car explosion, which made his younger sister, Lisa, grew closer to Ben and he pair both shared a kiss, but Ben was adamant that the relationship was not to work because of the age gap. Lisa the started having an affair with Jake Dean, one Dan's other friends, who was dating Ben's friend Becca Hayton.
Jake confessed the affair to Becca and told her she was the only woman he wanted. Jake turned to Ben for help to win Becca back and was even there when Jake proposed to Becca in the village. Meanwhile another fling was on the cards for Ben as he dated Lous Summers but still he could not fight his feelings for Lisa. Eventually Ben dumped Louise and began to date Lisa as the pair confirmed their relationship which shocked a few including The Hunter family.
As the relationship went from strength to strength, both Ben and Lisa decided to move away from their friends and family and to move in together as the pair said farewell to Hollyoaks. The pair then went to live in the big city and crossed over into their own spin off show Hollyoaks:Let Loose.
Strong- willed, feisty and continually saying the wrong, Izzy Cornwell, arrived in Chester as a student and as Tony’s tenant. Izzy first appeared when Adam Morgan saved her life in the college pool, after she was drowning. Adam instantly fell in love with Izzy, and dumped Geri for her. Thus began a war of words between Geri and Izzy. Izzy, started dating Adam, but lasted a short while after discovering he had exposed her by putting cameras up in Tony’s house for a film project and Geri had also been involved. Izzy and Geri rivalry continued for over a year, climaxing in their one to one combat in Game 4 IT (a charity event), when Geri managed to beat Izzy.
Izzy than went on to move at ‘The Dog’, and had also started working in there. She started dating hard man Dan Hunter, but that did not work out after he was not being honest with her. Izzy went on to build a friendly rivalry with fireman Ben Davies (Marcus Patrick), where she taught him a lesson, when she got him believing that she likes to have sex in dangerous places and she took him to an empty top of a bus. She blindfolded him and made him take his clothes off, leaving him naked in the streets of Chester! From there on Izzy and Ben began to complete each other, but to a serious side things began to fall downhill for Izzy. Her parents marriage had split and she was being repeatedly harassed by Scott Andersson. She confided a lot in Tony, who supported her through difficult time and shortly the pair became an Chester's most unlikely couple. However, it was not to last when Tony’s ex fiancée Julie had returned and started working with Tony at Gnosh. Unexpectedly Izzy got engaged with Tony, but Izzy promised Tony that she will keep it a secret. But, Izzy was horrified after discovering that Tony was engaged to Julie! This lead on to Izzy dumping him and her harassment returned from Scott continued, when he started telling her how sorry he was and he wanted to be given another chance.
Scott started pressuring her, until Ben Davies came to her rescue. From there on, Izzy began to form a strong bond with Ben as the pair tried to wind each other up, but soon Izzy started falling for Ben, however it was pride getting in her way of asking Ben out. Having underachieved with a 2:2 degree, Izzy decided to move on from Chester and go travelling with Chloe. After two months, Izzy returned back to Chester as she realised that she had to make a go of things with Ben, but was hurt when Ben did not pay much attention on her return. Having a minor accident outside Gnosh, Ben had rushed to Izzy's bedside at hospital and told her that he wanted to marry her. The pair finally got together as they awaited for their wedding as Izzy had introduced a sex ban on Ben until their wedding day. Scott was desperate for Izzy not to marry Ben, and the night before her wedding day, in a desperate attempt for her not to marry Ben, Scott confessed to Izzy that Ben slept with Emma Chambers and she is pregnant with his child. Shocked and in disbelief, Izzy confronted Ben on their wedding day and Ben admitted to her that he slept with Emma while Izzy was travelling.
Not sure what to do, Izzy decide to give Ben another chance as the pair tied he knot. Having come back from her honeymoon, Izzy found it difficult than she thought with the attention Ben had given to Emma over their child Arthur. Convinced, that the only way to get Ben's attention was to fall pregnant. Izzy became pregnant but within two months she had lost their child. Suffering and depressed, Izzy could not cope with the depression and was further suffered when she was told by the doctor that she can not have children. Izzy felt that she could not give Ben what she wants and decided to do the unthinkable by sleeping with Scott Anderson- in a bid to end all ties with Ben. She told a devastated Ben about her actions leading him to throw her out.
A few weeks later, both Scott and Ben called on Izzy’s doorstep, each pleading Izzy to give them another chance. Izzy told Scott she wanted nothing to do with him, while she told Ben that their marriage is over but she will always love him. For over three years, Izzy had been a dominating character of the show and has been hugely popular with the audiences, as she moves on from the show after her eventful time in Chester.
  • Abby Davies - Helen Noble, 2000-2004
Will's daughter and Ben's younger sister Abby was the school friend of Lee Hunter, Zara Morgan, Cameron Clark and Norman Sankofa.
Abby's main storylines involved her tempestuous relationship with Lee. No matter how many times they would break up, Abby could always be won back by Lee quoting Romeo and Juliet (though this didn't stop her almost starting a relationship with Craig Dean.) Lee finally asked Abby to marry him shortly before she left Hollyoaks to go to university, but alas it was not to be. When she stopped calling, Lee executed a surprise visit - only to find her in bed with someone else.

[edit] The Finnigan family

Rory's father. It's from him that Finn got his urge to drift around and never settle down even though he inherited a mansion in Ireland from his grandmother on his mothers side of the family and the title Lorg Kilduggan. He did however left the mansion to the family butler to look after.
Rory Finnigan better known as Finn was lovable and cheeky. Finn arrived in Hollyoaks when Tony Hutchinson discovered a supposed vagrant sleeping in Jambo’s old shed, little odd did he realise that this philosophical, free spirited charmer would become one of his closest friends. Immediately, Tony went on a mission to have Finn evicted from the shed, beginning a comical rivalry that would continue throughout Finn’s time in the village.
Finn’s father was in prison and his mother was dead, so he tended to drift from place to place, he had no idea how long he would remain in Hollyoaks, yet he planned to stick around and see what opportunities came his way. Whilst persevering in his war with Tony, Finn soon hooked up with Lewis Richardson and together they ran a market in the Yard, with Finn specialising in selling antiques.
Along the way, Finn embarked on quite a few money making ventures, the most infamous being the time he decided to use his double decker bus as a tour bus around Chester, procuring the services of Carol Groves as the unsuspecting tour guide. Fin’s enigmatic status attracted considerable interest from women in Hollyoaks including Jude Cunningham, Kate Patrick, Carol and Geri Hudson, even more so when he revealed that he was, in fact, Lord Kildiggin and heir to a castle in Ireland!
True to his nature, Finn declined the inheritance of his castle and although he retained his tittle, he preferred the life of an anonymous drifter. Carol and Finn embarked on a passionate and sometimes tumultuous relationship, climaxing in a marathon 48 hour session on Finn's bus, yet his free spirited nature and roving eye brought the relationship to a premature close.
Finn and Lewis found another money spinning idea when they began to organise Nineties revival nights at a local club, giving them the idea of building their own night-club. After using Finn’s tittle to secure a bank loan, the pair finally got the go ahead to build The Loft.
Problems in Finn’s relationship with Tony resurfaced when an unsuspecting Finn embarked on an affair with a woman called Victoria. Even Finn was shocked to discover that she was Tony’s mother! Unsurprisingly, Tony was actively against the union, but the two carried on regardless. Soon, Victoria became Victoria Finnigan and along with the marriage came Finn’s new role, as Tony’s stepfather!
Finn and Victoria’s marriage lasted on six months, collapsing after Victoria discovered that Finn had been unfaithful. The end of the marriage marked the beginning of Finn’s life crisis, when he begun to question what it was he wanted from life.
Whilst business at The Loft continued to thrive, Finn was becoming increasingly bored with life and, after learning that Lewis had got himself in debt and had to put the future of the club in jeopardy, he persuaded Tony to buy out Lewis. Finn returned the favour by buying into Tony’s new restaurant 'Gnosh' and they both became embroiled in a new set of adventures in Hollyoaks: Movin On.
Finn’s life crisis continued, however, and Lewis's shocking death only underlined his belief that life was indeed to short. Whilst Finn returned to Hollyoaks, it was not long before he moved on. He left the running of The Loft to Tony, saying that he wanted to return to the life he used to have, the life of uncertainty. And so Finn boarded a barge with a mystery woman (Cameo by TV presenter Cat Deeley) and sailed off into the sunset.

[edit] The Hudson/Cunliffe family

The bubbly barmaid at The Dog became an instant hit with viewers with her honest opinions and became another one of Jack’s girlfriends
Geri arrived as a fresher at Hollyoaks Community Collage. Geri was a rich daughter of a biscuit factory owner and academia was never high on her list of priorities. She arrived in Chester determined to have as much fun as she possibly could.
Geri moved into halls with Sam, Nikki, Anna and Alex, and soon formed a strong friendship with Anna that would last throughout her time in Hollyoaks. Geri hooked up with Finn Finnigan, but was dropped by him when he returned to Carol Groves. After much teasing, she finally got together with Adam Morgan. However, this relationship was also scuppered when Adam lost interest in her over new fresher Izzy.
Spurned by Adam, Geri formed hatred for Izzy. Which continued until just before she left Hollyoaks, when they finally reconciled their differences. A brief dalliance with Lewis Richardson followed, but this soon fizzled out and it seemed as if Geri was never going to meet the man of her dreams. It was on holiday with her mother, the irrepressible Jacqui, which Geri met and fell for the football ace, Jason Cunliffe.
What followed was a tumultuous relationship, as Geri had to cope with being the trophy and, at times, celebrity girlfriend and then, after Jason finally relented, she became celebrity fiancée. This relationship reached a climax in the video, Hollyoaks: Indecent Behaviour, when Geri saw Jason’s true colours as he was unfaithful to her and then turned a blind eye when his team-mate, Scott attempted to force himself on her. Geri was devastated that her fairytale prince had been exposed to be such a rogue.
After much thought, she decided to go through with the wedding anyway and extract, as much money as she could out of Jason, this was about revenge, not love. It was this plan that led Geri to leave, she married Jason and then, as they left for a new life in Spain, threw him out of their limousine, informing him that their marriage was over and that she was going with her mother. As she left for the airport, Geri drove through Hollyoaks Village for one last time and bid a tearful farewell.
  • Jason Cunliffe - Alex Thorne, 2001
Jason was a Footballer who was living the high life and was always got what he had wanted, until he met Geri Hudson. Geri instantly fell in love with Jason, or rather for his status, and the pair had became Chester’s very own ‘posh and becks’.
Geri wanted to marry Jason, however Jason has other things on his mind as often he would have his regular affairs with his book publisher Alison. He also made a play at Geri’s rival Izzy Cornwell, but Izzy was having none of it and told Geri what had happened. Jason admitted what he had done but still the foolish Geri had forgiven him.
Eventually though Geri did see Jason’s true colours when he had after a night party in his mansion, despite agent Dion telling Jason to recover from his injury. During the night, Jason’s team-mate Scott Anderson attempted to rape Geri and Jason failed to do anything about it. Realising that Jason treats her like a ‘trophy’, Geri decided to hit him where it hurts the most, in his pocket. Geri threatened Jason for him to marry her otherwise she would tell the press what he really gets up to. After getting married, Geri threw Jason out of the car, leaving Jason to realise that was going to take him for every penny he is worth after what he had put her through.

[edit] The Hunter/Mills family

  • Sally Hunter - Katherine Dow Blyton, 2001-2005
Mother of Ellie, Dan, Lee and Lisa: wife of Les. She was also a secondary school science teacher at Hollyoaks Comprehensive e. Les's drinking split him and Sally up for a while after he accidentally hit her while drunk. The two also split when Les wanted to support their selfish daughter Ellie after she destroyed Dan's life. The two were reunited after eldest son Dan died suddenly and Ellie finally scarpered. When all the children had moved out the two sold up to live in Cyprus.
  • Les Hunter - John Graham Davies, 2001-2005
The moody father of Ellie, Dan, Lee and Lisa: husband to Sally. He had a reliance on alcohol to sort his problems. He later admitted to being an alcoholic. He had two sides, the strict, overprotective father and the aloof, caring side of his personality usually reserved for when his children needed him the most. His drinking split him and Sally up for a while after he accidentally hit her while drunk. The two also split when Les wanted to support their selfish daughter Ellie after she destroyed Dan's life. The two were reunited after eldest son Dan died suddenly and Ellie finally scarpered. When all the children had moved out the two sold up to live in Cyprus.
  • Ellie Mills (née Hunter) - Sarah Baxendale, 2002-2005
The eldest Hunter child was a runaway living in Ibiza for two years without contacting her family before returning, not out of love but because she had run out of money. She was a man-eater and was responsible for the spread of an STD that Jamie Nash got the blame for. Her brother Dan and mother Sally resented her immensely, while her father Les treated her like a princess, which she often lived up to.
Her evil streak came when she married serial killer Toby Mills. When her brother Dan saved her from being his next victim, she pretended not to remember what had happened (she had fallen from a roof) before letting her brother take the blame for not only Toby's murder but the murder of all Toby's victims. Her family turned against her including her dad. The atmosphere in the Hunter household got too much and Sally disowned her daughter before ordering her to leave. Ellie refused and when Dan was finally released after another of Toby's victims was discovered and her lies were exposed, she was more hated than ever. Dan refused to forgive her and after he died Sally made it clear that she was no longer a part of the family and told her she wished she had died instead of Dan. One day when the family were out celebrating Sally's birthday, Ellie packed her bags and slipped away with no one caring or even trying to find her.
  • Toby Mills - Henry Luxemburg, 2001-2003
Toby was never the most exciting character in Hollyoaks! He was a bit of a push over with girls and especially with Ellie Hunter. His relationship with her was always up and down and on and off and it tore him apart. He was so upset by how Ellie treated him that he started to murder blonde girls that looked similar to her! After many girls Ellie found out that it was him and tried to make him confess. He refused and made her go on a trip with him.
In the late night special Hollyoaks Leap of Faith Ellie's brother Dan and sister Lisa soon found out and followed and it was almost too late when they got there to find Toby had forced Ellie onto a roof and was going to jump on to the next roof to get away from them, even if it meant them both dying. Dan managed to get to them and grabbed Toby and pushed him off the roof, as Toby fell to his death, Ellie also slipped and despite Dan trying to pull her back, Ellie fell too but luckily she survived and oby was revealed as the Hollyoaks killer!
  • Dan Hunter - Andy McNair, 2001-2004
Dan was the first Hunter to arrive in Hollyoaks, opening his own garage (later owning Dan's PitStop), followed by the rest of his family. Sensitive, yet extremely volatile and moody, Dan was extremely private about his life, which is why the first person he got involved with, nosey Izzy Cornwell, did not last very long. She accused him of being on drugs and spread the gossip around college. He wasn't, instead he suffered from diabetes.
Dan's relationship with his family was strained at the best of times. He hated his selfish sister Ellie, didn't understand his mother, clashed regularly with his father, had little in common with his brother Lee but had a close, if overprotective, bond with little sister Lisa.
Dan was shy yet good looking and fell for Debbie Dean the moment he saw her. The two were very much in love but were torn apart. Firstly he cheated on her after she had embarrassed him publicly by revealing she had taken his virginity, and when Dan was wrongly imprisoned for his sister Ellie's husband Toby Mills' killing spree. Dan was released after months in prison and was gutted to find Debbie had moved on. Dan and Debbie were not over each other and left it to the last minute to tell each other they loved each other, when moments later Dan's rally car exploded killing him and leaving Debbie devastated.
(Note: Dan's first name was originally going to be Simon but Phil Redmond didn't want to name any characters Simon as he hated the name.)
The second youngest member of the family was also the comedy element of the show for a long time with his sidekick Bombhead. Lee's first appearance was in the back of a police car. He was always in trouble and failed his exams numerous times due to his workshy attitude. He enjoyed money making schemes that often went wrong and dodging any hard work if he could. He had a long running on-off relationship with Abby Davies, who he believed was his Juliet to his Romeo. They were always falling in and out of love with each other usually when Lee messed up by lying to her or on one occasion having a fling with her best friend Zara Morgan. Lee proposed to Abby before she left for University in Brighton. She accepted and after only a week apart Lee annoyed everyone by pining after her and being miserable and lovesick. They broke up after Lee visited her only to find her in bed with someone else. She broke off their engagement explaining how she had made a mistake accepting his proposal and that they were just not meant to be.
Lee moved on to become a student at the college taking a course in Beauty Therapy (he wanted to do film studies but this was the only course he could get on with his grades and lack of work). He actually made a success of this and became College president but his ego grew too big and he alienated best friend Bombhead, while being set up for fraud by deputy Chris. He and Zara became close again after they were both kicked out of college. The two left the village together, with eco warrior, Zara, convincing shallow Lee to come with her to do voluntary work overseas.
The youngest member of the Hunter family, Lisa often bore the brunt of her families troubles. Shy and intelligent, Lisa was under constant supervision by her overprotective dad Les and older brothers Dan and Lee. She had a troubled life and was bullied at school by nasty Steph Dean who was jealous of how popular someone so nice was.
Lisa kept a secret from everyone, until Brian Drake saw cuts on her arms and legs and assumed she was being abused and called a social worker. She admitted to self harming. She saw a counsellor for a while and became Brian's girlfriend but became a little to reliant on his help when her troubles at home became too much. They split up just before their exams started. When hunky new boy Cameron Clark arrived he took an instant shine to Lisa and the two started dating. Around this time she started receiving threatening text messages from a mysterious stalker. Her friends assumed it was Steph as she had always made her life hell and also wanted Cameron for herself.
Lisa's stalker was revealed to be her jealous ex boyfriend Brian who had been terrorising her as he had failed all his exams and blamed her rather than himself. Cameron and Lisa lost their virginity to each other, but broke up and Lisa briefly dated older man Kristian Hargreaves.
When her beloved big brother Dan died Lisa became more confident and was determined to enjoy life to the full. Her reckless behaviour included having an affair with one of Dan's friends Jake Dean and passing on an STD. The affair did not last. As Jake was totally in love with his girlfriend Becca Hayton, he ended the affair before confessing to his girlfriend. Lisa was gutted when Becca ended their friendship and Jake admitted that Becca was the only woman he loved and he had used Lisa. Lisa turned to Dan's other friend (actually his best friend) Ben Davies for comfort and riled his casual girlfriend Louise Summers who schemed to get her out of his life. She failed as Ben had fallen for Lisa and dumped Louise. Ben declared his love as Lisa was planning to go and stay with Ben's younger sister Abby in Brighton. The two decided to leave the village together to find a place of their own and get away from all their troubles. The two left Hollyoaks behind to appear in their own spin off show, Hollyoaks: Let Loose.

[edit] The Morgan family

Andy was a kind and generous father but has had his bad share of luck which included a rocky relationship with son Luke after he was raped by Mark Gibbs and his on/off relationship with wife Sue.
The mother of the Morgan family who saw her fair share of trouble, but will be best remembered for her triangle love storyline with husband Andy and Will Davies.
  • Adam Morgan - David Brown, 1999-2003
Heartthrob Adam Morgan entered Hollyoaks as the enigmatic new lifeguard at the collage pool, and was a hit with the female swimmers. Adam had a brief fling with Jas, and than had moved on to his Australian lover Kerri. However, Kerri wanted Adam to move to Australia with her, but he decides to stay in Hollyoaks and finish his degree.
After his brother had Luke been raped and his parents were going through a divorce, Adam was very supportive to Luke and his younger sisters Beth and Zara. He began to date collage fresher Geri Hudson for a small while, until he turned is attentions to Izzy Cornwell. Adam dumped Geri, and started dating Izzy, but that ended in a disaster after Izzy discovered that Adam had cameras up in Tony Huchinsons’s house for a collage project! Adam tried to make up with Izzy, but she made it clear that their relationship was over. Adam’s old friend Jamie Nash had turned up and stayed with the Morgans as the pair bonded well together. Adam's brother Luke had decided to move on and left Hollyoaks after bidding farewell and thanking Adam for his support during some tough days.
During New Years, Adam and the rest of the Morgan family were shocked to see Jamie and Mandy Richardson naked on their sofa. It resulted in Adam’s mum chucking Jamie out of the house, whist Adam had enough of Mandy’s behaviour towards his family. Adam went after Mandy, who tried escaping in her car, but Adam had jumped in. After telling Adam to get out numerous times, Mandy then drove off fast. Eventually Mandy stopped the car and undid Adam's seat belt but Adam still refused to get out of the car as the pair continued to argue. Mandy drove fast, however soon she had lost control of the car and could not stop. The car ended up falling from a hill and landing on a railway. Mandy survived with a few cuts and bruises, while Adam was told he may never walk again and was lucky that he was still alive. Adam was devastated and even more when he discovered sister Beth had been raped.
Adam’s character took a turn for the worst and went moody, arrogant and frustrated by the fact he was stuck in a wheelchair. Adam went to Canada to visit Luke and returned with some movement in his legs. Adam build the bridge with Mandy as the pair start becoming good friends. He started comforting Mandy after she was dumped by Toby, and the pair ended up kissing and having a secret relationship together, but know one had knew about it.
Yet there was another shock for Adam during Adam’s mum and dad’s remarriage, brother Luke had returned and Adam was shocked. Mandy and Luke were ex lovers and sparks flied off when Mandy saw Luke, and Adam felt devastated. Mandy ended up sleeping with Luke, and Luke later discovered that Mandy was in a relationship with Adam! Luke ended up dumping Mandy, and so did Adam, after he found out she slept with Luke.
After Luke returned back to Canada, Adam was in his final year of his degree and was sadden by the death of friend Jamie Nash. Adam comfort Jamie’s ex Becca, but they ended up kissing and Becca ended up walking out on him. Adam was confused, but Becca told Adam she wants to take their relationship, one step at a time. His relationship with Becca began to progress, as the pair began to get closer with each other and they decided to move in together. For a change, things were looking good for Adam as he completed his degree, started taking his first steps of walking and was offered a job in New York! Adam’s dream had finally became true, however Becca had other plans for the future for Adam. This opportunity in New York was far too good to miss for Adam and despite several attempts from Becca trying to persuade Adam to stay in Chester, but he had made his finally decision. Adam jetted of to New York to make a fresh start after a four tough years in Chester and hoping to succeed his dream as a director.
  • Beth Morgan - Elizabeth O'Grady, 1999-2000 & Kate Baines, 2001-2002
Beth arrived in Hollyoaks as part of the Morgan family and is the Sister of Adam and Luke. She caused a stir around the village, after receiving male attention from Lewis Richardson, Tony Huchinson and Finn Finnigan. Beth had a unlucky love life, when she started dating Lewis, which lasted a month, after Lewis realises that Beth is too young for him and he splits up with her. Beth than picks another wrong guy, Rob Hawthorne. But Beth’s father, Andy, got warnings about Rob and band Beth from seeing him.
Beth soon overheard Lucy Benson and Rob arguing of what he has done to Lucy’s family and Beth breaks up with Rob. Beth then found out about her brother, Luke's, rape so she went went on holiday to France with and Luke her mother, Sue. Beth decides not to return, after meeting a guy who she got engaged to called Pierre.
After more than two years, Beth returned from France after splitting from her fiancé Pierre. Beth was featured in Hollyoaks video ‘Indecent Behaviour’, where Beth was raped by footballer Scott Anderson. At first, Beth chose not to tell anyone, but soon confided with her brother Luke who was going off to Canada for his work. Luke told Beth that he can stay in Chester, but Beth insists that she can cope. Beth enlisted the help of journalist Alyson to help her incriminate Scott for her rape.
After going to the press with her story, Beth had no choice but to break the news to her parents. It was the last thing Andy and Sue need, but they said they will stand by Beth. Beth’s case finally gets to court and after a tense day, Scott was found not guilty of rape after the judge learnt that Beth had coaching for her trial. Whist, Scott was innocent until proven guilty, Beth was determined to exact revenge on Scott. However a self-destructive Beth found herself turning to Sam 'OB' O'Brian for support but they ended up sleeping together.
The morning after, Beth told OB that she did not want him any more because she was still angry at Scott. She then decided to take matters into her own hands and visited Scott at the football training grounds. She ended up spitting at him and was arrested.
However, Beth’s obsession with Scott got from bad to worse, when Beth came to Izzy Cornwell's rescue, after she saw Izzy being physically harassed by Scott Anderson. Beth tried to scare Scott, and droves towards him, unwittingly knocking him down.
Beth was arrested, charged with attempted murder and was held in custody. The residents of the village turned against Beth for injuring Scott and ruining his chances of playing in the World Cup, whist in prison Beth was attacked by a fellow inmate.
During Beth’s court case, Scott admitted to raping Beth, however Beth was still sentenced for two months, for dangerous driving and Scott was let off free again. After, returning from prison Beth found it hard to cope with life in Hollyoaks, and moved back to France with her mother and father.
Luke was a very talented a football, he was friends with Darren Osbourne and boyfriend to Mandy Richardson. He was bullied by Mark Gibbs for a while and when Luke finally stood up to him, Mark raped him.
His relationship with Mandy ended soon after because he couldn't tell anyone what happened about the rape and she thought he was cheating on her. Darren Osborne then made a move on Mandy but they sort of fizzled out as a couple.
Luke finally told people about the rape but his dad, Andy, didn't believe him which caused ructions in the Morgan house.
Mark harassed Luke to drop the case and made out no-one would believe him eventually the case went to court and Luke won.
Luke then left for a new life. However he did return briefly and had a fling with Mandy when they realised they still felt for one another. However Mandy was going out with Luke's brother Adam at the time.
Moody, impetuous, but highly intelligent, Zara was introduced as the youngest member of the Morgan clan. Zara struggled to settle in Hollyoaks and as a result caused endless trouble at her new school, culminating in her trying to burn down her school after an argument about her art project and she was sent for psychological assessment.
Zara had been deeply affected by her parents marriage problems and often found herself second to her elder siblings, especially Luke, who was trying to cope with his rape ordeal, and later Adam, after he was paralysed. Zara is also very protective of her family as she defended her father after her mother was dating another man, Zara also supported Adam through his disability and Beth through her trial.
Zara was friends with Steph Dean, who proved to be a bad influence on her, and later she made friends with Abby Davis, who proved to be more grounded friend than Steph but who was not averse to getting into trouble. After causing trouble by inventing a fictitious relationship with Paul Millington, Zara set her sights on Brian Drake, Zara became a Goth and won his heart, only later to loose him to Steph and than Lisa Hunter.
Zara than began to grow up into a young women, but was hurt when she realised she had to leave to France, however Abby kindly offered Zara a place to stay with the Davies. Since Brian, Zara never really had many love interests but did share a brief kiss with Norman, but he wasn't interested.
After a visit to France to see her parents, Zara returned and boasted about losing her virginity a French guy called Hugo who looked like Johnny Depp. Soon nerdy looking Hugo turned up in Hollyoaks in search for Zara, leaving her to tell the truth that she still remained a virgin. Her virginity wasn’t to last o long as Zara turned her attentions to Abby’s boyfriend Lee Hunter as she ended up having a one night stand with him, in which she lost her virginity.
However, Lee didn’t really want anything more to do with Zara and as soon as their secret got out, her friendship with Abby was at risk. Soon after though the pair eventually made up, but Zara still had a keen interest in Lee. She began to date Cameron Clark, but only to make Lee jealous and the relationship didn’t work out either.
With the departure of Abby leaving for Brighton, Zara felt more isolated than ever. She moved into the halls at H.C.C and found comfort with English literature student Freddie Watson, but it wasn’t to last as Zara was thrown out of HCC after she tried to break in to the college to try and help out Lee. Lee had been framed by Chris, for a fire in the media lad which had started by Freddy for an animal rights demonstration.
Zara then decided to move to Thailand in helping out Charity and to accompany her, Lee joined her as the pair decided to get together after admitting their feelings for one another.

[edit] The Osborne/Patrick family

  • Celia Osborne - Carol Noakes, 1995
  • Jill Osborne (née Patrick) - Lynda Rooke, 1997-2000
Jill Patrick was mother to Kate Patrick, Sol Patrick and Gina Patrick. She moved in with Jack Osbourne and then ended up going out with him, they latter married and she became step mum to Ruth Osborn. Jill then died of cancer.
Ruth Osborne is the daughter of Jack and Celia Osborne, she married Kurt Benson then divorced him after an affair with Kate Patrick. She then got into a relationship with Lewis Richardson who then became abusive towards her. After that she had a brief fling with Tony Hutchinson and then left the village in 2001. She came back to Hollyoaks in 2003 to tell Tony she loved him but she was too late Tony had gotten married to Mandy Richardson.
Sol arrived in Hollyoaks with his mum Jill, and sisters Kate and Gina. Jill married Jack Osborne and the family moved into the pub, despite the disgust of Jack's snobby children Ruth and Darren.
Sol had a bad temper and was often flying of the handle and getting into trouble. The discovery that he and Gina were not Jill's biological children sent him off the rails. He stole a car and crashed it almost killing Jill who he had picked up in the passengers seat.
He spent time in a Young Offenders Institute, and eventually forgave his Mum for hiding the truth from him for so long. He also had short lived romances with Cindy Cunningham and Mandy Richardson but neither lasted long.
The crushing blow that Jill had terminal cancer sent Sol of the rails again and drove a wedge between him and Gina and Kate, when he went missing and they went to look for him and Jill died. Following Jill's death Sol fell out with Jack and was forced to live rough when he met Jess Holt. She was a young prostitute who he fell for and wanted to help escape her pimp. His sister Kate returned to the village to help Sol find somewhere to stay and heal the rift between Jack and Sol. Sol moved Jess in, but her angry pimp later torched the pub, leaving Sol almost blind.
When he got out of hospital Sol and Jess confronted her pimp and it turned violent. Jess pushed him from a balcony. He survived but Sol and Jess fled Hollyoaks to avoid more trouble.
  • Kate Patrick - Natasha Symms, 1997-2000
Kate came from a very dysfunctional family. The Patricks were common and had plenty of secrets, all of which at one point came out.
When their mother Jill married Jack Osborne, Kate, Gina and Sol acquired step siblings in the form of stuck up Ruth and dastardly Darren, who they refused to get on with.
Ruth's bitchiness toward's her family riled Kate, and as revenge she taught her a lesson she wouldn't forget by seducing and having an affair with her husband Kurt Benson, effectively destroying their marriage.
Kate earned a reputation in the village as the wicked step sister, but she couldn't have cared less as she had serious family issues to contend with. Firstly her mother admitted that Gina and Sol were not her biological children but had brought them up as her own when their real mother died. The biggest bombshell for Kate was that she had a long lost twin brother, Joe Johnson who she had never known. When Joe arrived in the village Kate rejected him but soon warmed to him. Unfortunately there was an attraction between them which they could not shake and they shared a kiss. Ruth and Carol Groves spread rumours they were having an incestuous affair. Kate exacted revenge by stealing Carol's diary and photocopying pages and sticking them in the phone box for everyone to see. She then gave Ruth laxatives before her house warming party then hid all the toilet paper, then let all her friends and family in and left them to it.
Joe's feelings for Kate grew stronger by the day, and realising that she couldn't cope with being so close to him anymore, Kate said a tearful goodbye to Jill, Gina Sol and Jack before breaking the news to Joe that she was leaving.
Kate reappeared a year or so later to help her brother Sol get back on his feet after being made homeless by Jack and for Jill's funeral.
Gina arrived in the village with Mum Jill, brother Sol and sister Kate. While all the family were loud and brash, Gina was a little different. Her nose and lip ring made her stand out from the crowd and her passion for the environment saw her become a bit of an eco-warrior.
She was also very intelligent and did well at college. She went up against her friend Emily Taylor for the editor of the college magazine, but she lost due to step sister Ruth Osborne's hostility towards her family. She even helped sister Kate exact her revenge on Ruth by standing by and watching her drink a drink spiked with laxatives.
Gina never had a serious boyfriend despite a willing admirer in Sol's friend Paul Millington. Although he was sweet and obviously adored her, Gina let him down gently. Her sexuality became a big issue, especially when she eventually came out as a lesbian with Emily as her girlfriend.
Following Jill's death Gina and Emily's relationship went downhill fast. Emily was caught cheating on her, and an upset Gina dumped her and moved back in with stepdad Jack Osborne. After struggling at college, Gina quit and decided to do volunteer work overseas at an orphanage and make her mum proud.
  • Natalie Osborne - Tiffany Mulheron, 2003-2004
Natalie was Jack's Scottish niece who came to stay with her Uncle after refusing to go back to the small village she had come from. She was blonde and beautiful and she knew it. She annoyed Jack's lodger Izzy Cornwell by stealing her clothes and make up and flirting outrageously with her boyfriend Ben Davies. She also proved to be work shy and, along with cousin Darren, a trouble maker. She made no friends during her time in the village as she was extremely bitchy, and was always trying to steal someone else's boyfriend. He love life was also unpredictable. She shared a dalliance with cousin Darren but rejected his later advances until he got with Debbie Dean. Her jealousy led to a ketchup fight between the girls in the pub before Debbie dumped Darren. By this time Natalie did not want him, and seduced Craig Dean and lost her virginity to him. Her treatment of Craig was mean, and she was taught a lesson by Craig's sisters Debbie and Steph who had both had an intense dislike of Natalie since she arrived. She was horrified when her little sister Rachel arrived and vowed to get rid of her as soon as possible. After weeks of fighting and squabbling, the final straw came when Jack found out about her failing her exams due to the lack of work. Despite using her charms, Jack told Rachel and Natalie that they were being sent home. Rachel was delighted and stroppy Natalie flounced off back to Scotland.

[edit] The Owen family

  • Carrie Owen - Jaq Croft, 2004-2006
Warm and caring, Carrie feels deeply for her children and will go to great lengths to protect them even though her interfering can earn her little gratitude at times. Carrie is intelligent and will usually act as though she is naive or unaware of what is going on in her children's lives, whilst she is really picking up more than she lets on. She only becomes involved when she feels it is absolutely necessary and tends to let her views go unnoticed much of the time. Carrie had split up with Rob for a long period of time because of different views about whether Sam had set the house on fire. When she found out about her son Sam date-raping girls, she refused to see his side of the story, and wanted him in prison. However, Carrie was devastated when Sam told her he didn't want her to visit him in prison, and that if she did, he would deny her visitation rights. Carrie throw herself into the household chores and organised Sam's funeral. She was angry when Russ and Nicole refused to attend. Carrie decided that the family would leave Hollyoaks.
Carrie's estranged husband. He recently returned after finding out about Russ's cancer. Originally ostracized from the family because he refused to believe Sam's innocence when he was imprisoned, Rob returned after Russ warned him that he could be at risk from cancer, and after Nicole begged him to stay. Rob's return almost split the family again as Sam refused to accept him at first. He was forced to change his mind after Rob rescued him on a climbing trip when Sam was unable to scale the rock face on his own. He tried to help Sam to run away after it was revealed that Sam was a drug-rapist however this attempt failed and it caused a bit of tension between Rob and Carrie.
  • Sam Owen - Louis Tamone, 2004-2006
Not the most empathetic person, Sam is suspicious and sees persecution all around him where there is none. Sam was introduced into Hollyoaks after he served a sentence for a crime he didn't commit. He felt let down by Rob for not believing in him and tried to lead a clean-cut lifestyle because he felt that he had something to prove. Despite being a bit self-centred, Sam was a major help to Russ in getting over his cancer. He almost split the family up by threatening to walk out when his father returned. He eventually forgave his father after Rob saved his life during a rock climbing accident on Russ's Birthday and realised that his father still cared for him and felt guilty for not believing Sam. Sam is a daredevil and was part of action adventure group at college where he meet his old friend Andy Holt.
Sam decided to study Law at HCC but this didn't last long due to his taking part in drug rape, after being tempted by his friend, Andy Holt who revealed that he had rapped Russ's girl friend Dannii Carbone by using GHB (but told him he didn't know she was Russ's girlfriend until after). Andy convinced Sam that the drug was a short cut to sex from girls who were gagging for it. Although he was wracked with guilt, he still committed the rapes. Sam was disgusted with Andy when he found out he raped and drugged the twins Sophie and Mel Burton. Andy had Mel and gave Sophie to Sam as a present, although Sam liked Sophiie he couldn't go through with it. This forced Sam to stop, despite pressure from Andy. This resulted in a conflict on a cliff between the Owen brothers and Andy with Andy falling off the cliff down the quarry into the lake (presumably drowning). However Andy returned to continue his assault on the Owens. When Nicole was abducted by Andy, Andy lured Russ and Sam to an abandoned warehouse. When they got there Andy beat them with a metal pole and told Nicole and Russ about Sam's involvement in the rapes. They were both shocked and disgusted.
After confessing to his parents, he confessed his involvement in the drug rapes to Sophie, who tricked him into turning himself in. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison and told his parents not to visit him.
4 months later he began writing to Nicole and sending her visiting orders, begging for forgiveness from his sister. Nicole went to visit Sam and told him how much of a mess her life was because of him and refused to forgive him. This led to Sam being attacked in prison and hospitalised. During his time in hospital he managed to escape by holding Nicole hostage and went on the run. He later returned deranged and determined to get revenge on Sophie for tricking him into confessing all to the police. While forcing Nicole to tell him where Sophie was, he learned that she was now Russ's girlfriend and over Sam. This tipped Sam over the edge and he headed to the Dog and Pond where he coated the pub in petrol before storming in to kill Sophie. After a collision with Calvin Valentine he dropped his lighter and the crowded pub went up in flames. Sam (aged 20) died in the fire he started at the pub along with Sophie and Melanie Burton (aged 21), Joe Spencer (aged 22) and Olivia Johnson (aged 19).
Chronically insecure, Nicole is easily led but still capable of sticking up for herself and her friends. She is also perceptive and intelligent like her mother. Almost went through with a breast enlargement operation because of her insecurities.
After Justin Burton had escaped from prison Nicole went on the run with him and gave evidence in his favour at his trial. She considered herself Justin's girlfriend although she wasn't. She has very strong views and has become a vegan, but is annoying her family by trying to push her beliefs onto them.
In the late night special Hollyoaks: Back from the Dead, Nicole was abducted by Andy, the serial rapist, as bait for Sam and Russ however she managed escaped rape after being rescued by Mel Burton. Nicole was disgusted when she found out Sam was also a rapist and has vowed never to speak to him again.
More recently, she found out about Becca and Justin's affair after she saw them snogging behind a curtain after school. She told Nancy on her 16th birthday. Sam contacted Nicole and she visited him in prison, however it was all a trick. Sam took Nicole hostage and escaped. It was Nicole who told Sarah about the photo in the magazine. Nicole worried about the future and Sam coming back. Nicole was at home when Sam turned up. He took her hostage and tied her up. She tried to escape but he caught her. Sam threatened to pour boiling water over her if she didn't tell him where Sophie was. She did and Sam left Nicole lying on the floor.
Russ came home and found her. She told him what had happened. After the fire Nicole went to the scene of the crime to see it for herself. Nicole and Russ both refused to go to Sam's funeral. She only had bad memories of him. Nicole locked herself in her room and looked at old photos of Sam. She turned up at Sam’s funeral, her parents were the only others there. She sat at the back and showed no emotion. She gave Carrie a comforting hand, but once at home told her that she was sorry her son had died and went back to her room. Everyone hated Nicole and turned against her. She even had a dead rat in her locker. After Ste and Wayne got her drunk and tried to take advantage she decided that enough was enough.

[edit] Hollyoaks siblings

Characters who have only siblings and no other family in the show.

[edit] The Nash siblings

Jamie arrived as one of the new students at the college. He was a jack-the-lad with a cheeky charm who was determined that his time at college was going to be one long party with lots of pretty girls on his arm.
His good looks worked well and he had many conquests in the village, so when a sexually transmitted disease went around at college, Jamie got the blame due to a witch hunt by his jilted conquest Eve Crawford. Although the claims turned out to be false, Jamie realised the error of his ways and with the help of sister Jodie, he vowed to change his ways.
This included running for student president against Chloe Bruce which he won but did the decent thing and gave it up to Chloe who was more serious about the job.
His new attitude extended to relationships as well. He admitted that despite all of his conquests the only one he genuinely cared for was sexy Becca Hayton. Jamie vowed to win Becca back no matter what. She eventually gave in and got back together with him. For the first time ever Jamie fell in love, but Becca was torn between him and Alex Bell, who had also treated her badly in the past. Jamie was heartbroken when Becca dumped him, but was determined not to give up on the hope of a reconciliation with the only woman he ever loved.
Jamie won Becca back over time, but tragedy struck on potholing trip with his mates, and Jamie died in hospital from his injuries moments after saying how happy he was with Becca.
Becca was heartbroken that her boyfriend had died and discovered she was pregnant. Despite Jodie putting pressure on her to keep Jamie's baby, Becca made the hardest decision of her life and had an abortion.
Jodie was a tom-boy when she first arrived and had a crush on Max Cunningham. She was a happy go lucky character amd appeared in a College version of big brother which was devised my Chloe Bruce. Jodie took the death of her brother Jamie very badly, this resulted in Jodi having a new direction in life, which included numerous one night stands and then going into a gothic phase.

[edit] The Sankofa brothers

  • Theo Sankofa - Andrew Somerville, 2001-2002
Theo moved to Hollyoaks where he set up the village's first gadget shop ‘Theologic’, which supplied some of the strangest devices. Friendly and well liked Theo was someone who the residents of Hollyoaks come to for advice and help. He often supported and advised his friends including Chloe (Mikyla Dodd) and Matt.
Theo also played a key part in helping Gordon Cunningham (Bernard Latham) in winning the local elections as Theo was right hand man campaigner.
In 2002, his younger brother Norman arrived and extra responsibility was put on Theo’s shoulders, especially when his business began to fall apart. ’Theologic’ wasn’t making much profit, which led Theo into selling the business and both he and Norman had to move into the Hunter’s caravan park. With crippling debts ahead and not much money available, Theo was struggling with money problems.
Theo along with Ben Davis, Kristian, Max Cunningham, Jamie Nash and Sam O.B O'Brian he headed for a Potholing Trip which turned into a disaster. During a rock fall, Theo died in the van the group where using, which left Sally Hunter breaking the devastating news to Norman.
(Note: Actor Andrew Somerville was part of the first Hollyoaks:On The Pull campaign to find new young actors to appear in the show. The other three chosen were Marcus Patric (Ben Davies), Lesley Johnston (Laura Burns) and Elize Du Toit (Izzy Cornwell).)
  • Norman Sankofa - Jamie Luke, 2002-2004
Norman was Theo's younger brother, As a schoolchild Norman was left homeless after his brothers death, a fact he hid for many months from the other Hollyoaks residence. Jack Osborne eventually befriended Norman and took him into his home, much to the annoyance of Jack's son, Darren Osborn, who Norman consequently had many run ins with. After his A-levels Norman started a brief relationship with Zara Morgan, only to vanish off to train as a policeman following in Jack's footsteps.

[edit] Hollyoaks Comprehensive students

Characters in this section are Students who used to attend Hollyoaks Comprehensive School and sixth form.

  • Candy Browne - Laura Handly, 2004-2005
Candy was friends with Nicole Owen and Paula. Candy, Paula and another character called Nathan Haywood disappeared when the Hollyoaks writers had to move up the Justin/Ali/Macki bully story after Luti Fagbenle wanted out of his contract to start his own film company.
The producers also felt the show had to many stand alone characters and wanted to get rid of them to add more room for full families.
  • Nathan Haywood - Robert Norbury, 2005
Nathan was friends with Justin Burton and Ali Taylor. When Nathan first appeared Justin and Ali were jealous of him. justin because he Nathan got to play football at school (and was better at it then him) whilst he was on probation for his rebel period and Ali because Nathan had better football gear and better clothes than him. Nathan also played for a professional football team and let Ali and Justin come to watch him, the three became friends and he told Justin he could play for his team outside of school hours if he wanted. At first Justin wasn't allowed to go for punishment but his step dad, Richard, let Justin play when his grades improved (only because Becca was tutoring him and he had a crush on her).
Nathan and 2 other characters called Paula and Candy Browne disappeared when the Hollyoaks writers had to move up the Justin/Ali/Macki bully story after Luti Fagbenle wanted out of his contract to start his own film company.
The producers also felt the show had to many stand alone characters and wanted to get rid of them to add more room for full families.
  • Steven 'Macki' MacIntosh - Paul Holowaty, 2005
Macki was a racist bully who picked on Ali Taylor. Macki made Ali's life a misery and called him monkey boy, he also picked on Ali's step brother Justin Burton. Ali eventually had enough of the bullying and went after him with a knife his dad, Richard, had confiscated of Justin (who got the knife to defend himself against Macki). When Ali found Macki, Macki challenged him to a 1 on 1 fight and lead him to a quite spot, whilst Ali's back was turned Macki picked up a brick.
Meanwhile Justin found the knife missing and went looking for Ali. Justin found Ali just in time to see Macki with the brick and shouted to Ali to watch out. Ali then turned around and stabbed Macki who then died. Ali dropped the knife and Justin told him he'd sort it all out and told Ali to go home. Ali then ran out into the road and was hit by a car and then taken to hospital. Justin later hide the knife in the hospital toilets and Ali was pronounced dead. A few days later Justin went back for the knife but the police had already found it and were waiting for Justin to show up. Justin was then arrested for Macki's murder but was later found not guilty.
  • Paula - Beth MacDonald, 2004-2005
Paula was at Boot camp with Justin Burton and use to hang around with Nicole Owen and her friend Candy. She acted funny and she wanted to break up Nicole and Candy's friendship it was never explained if she had fully changed from boot camp.
Paula Candy, and another character called Nathan Haywood disappeared when the Hollyoaks writers had to move up the Justin/Ali/Macki bully story after Luti Fagbenle wanted out of his contract to start his own film company.
The producers also felt the show had to many stand alone characters and wanted to get rid of them to add more room for full families.

[edit] Hollyoaks Community College students

Characters in this section are Students who used to attend Hollyoaks's community college.

[edit] Hollyoaks Community College students 2000-2003 leavers

  • Alex Bell - Martino Lazzeri, 1999-2002
Alex was a student at H.C.C, and was a bit of a computer nerd freak, he got involved in a relationship with Anna Green. He found he was infertile but it turned out the hospital mixed up the results.
Alex went off the rails and believed Anna had cheated on him. He then slept with ALMOST all of Chester. He then found out he wasn't infertile and accepted the baby was his.
Taylor was the Editor for HCC Magazine which was formally run by Ruth Osbourne.
  • Emily Taylor - Lorna Pegler, 1999-2000
Emily Taylor was a student at HCC, she believed in Animal rights and dated Gina Patrick.

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Chloe was friends with O.B. and Max. She was both confident and compassionate, firstly hosting an "agony aunt" style campus radio show and eventually becoming a student counsellor at HCC. She went abroad after Matt Musgrove was arrested during their wedding.
Robbie was a cheeky student who after a mistake by admin had to share a room with Joe Spencer in the student halls. The two battled with each other hoping to get the other one to move out. Robbie also managed to sleep with Student President Chloe Bruce.
  • Kristian Hargreaves - Max Brown, 2002-2004
Intelligent, charming and witty, Kristian arrived in Hollyoaks as a student studying for a BSc in molecular biology at Hollyoaks Community College. Kristian instantly moved in to Tony Huchinsons’s student house, but than when Tony was selling it, Kristian had to move to Nick O'Connor and Jodie Nash's flat.
Kristian had already landed female attention from Izzy Cornwell, Becca Hayton and Jodie. But eventually, many women in Hollyoaks learnt the ways of Kristian, as he never really had one woman for too long. But a tragic incident had left Kristian shaken when he organised a Potholing Trip, which went into a disaster when both Theo Sankofa and Jamie Nash died due to a serious storm of rain happening.
After recovering, Kristian went into a ‘Big Brother’ style reality show where he attracted many teenage girls, including Lisa Hunter. Soon, Lisa had a crush on him and Kristian began to date her but made her promise to keep it a secret. But it wasn’t to last as soon as. Kirsten then realised Lisa was still a virgin. He then dumped her, which led to Lisa seducing cameron, losing her virginity to him and then going back to kristian, but Lisa’s brother, Dan Hunter, had found out about the two dating and warned Kristian of.
Failing to keep any women, Kristian felt lonely and found the company of Jodie as the pair ended up sleeping together. However, like any other relationships Kristian had, this ended soon when Jodie left Hollyoaks because of she failed her course. Kristian began to have one-night stands, which included Mel Burton, as she ended up hurt by the way he treated her.
Kristian picked his next victim, but this one gave him a taste of his own medicine. He dated Stacey Foxx, which turned into a nightmare as she was on his case 24/7 with an annoying laughter. Desperate to get rid of her, he told Stacey that he was gay with Nick! Kristian than transferred to another University and left Hollyoaks behind him.
A likeable Liverpudlian, who became involved with Scott Anderson's criminal schemes in order to pay for his wedding to Chloe Bruce. He arrived at HCC as a caretaker and became close friends with Theo Sankofa and Alex Bell. He fell for HCC student and radio show host Chloe Bruce. However, he wasn’t to keen on asking Chloe out as he felt that she may dislike him because of his occupation. Therefore, Matt decided to phone her on her radio show and pretended to be someone he is not. When Matt finally revealed himself, Chloe was disappointed- leaving Matt’s worst fears confirmed.
Despite this set back, Chloe decided to give Matt a chance and the pair became a popular couple among the show. The relationship was going well, until Chloe had self image issues and began to push Matt away. This resulted in the pair breaking up, which left Matt disappointed as he really loved Chloe. A one night stand soon followed with new student Eve Crawford, but Matt was reluctant not to carry on with the relationship, as it was Chloe whom he wanted to be together with. Eventually, Matt and Chloe got back together, as Matt supported her through her problems and Matt even purposed to Chloe.
The pair became engaged and Chloe’s demands for the wedding proved to be expensive and Matt also wanted to give Chloe the best wedding ever. He turned to The Loft owner Scott Anderson, and soon became involved in Scott’s counterfeit money scam. Matt manage to pay for the Wedding with counterfeit money but it was to prove costly.
On his wedding Day, the police turned up and Chloe learnt the truth about Matt’s dealings with Scott. Knowing about Matt lies, Chloe decided she didn’t want to go through with the wedding, leaving Matt to face the police on his own.
Despite attempting to persuade Chloe to take him back, she refused leaving Matt to depart away from Hollyoaks. Matt, did make a brief cameo return in 2004, in the late night edition of ‘After hours’ where he was working as a sailor and helped Ben Davis, Jake Dean, Joe Spencer and Dan Hunter to escape from a mob who were running after them.
  • Nick O'Connor - Darren Bransford, 2001-2004
Wacky, gregarious and sensitive, Nick arrived as a fresher with best friend Jodie Nash. He was immediately involved in controversy when he was attacked outside The Dog because he is gay. Yet, Nick had coped well with the situation, thanks to the help of Jodie. Nick began dating Greg, who he met at a gay club, but it was over when Nick discovered that he was two timing him.
Nick went on to become confused with his sexuality, after he had doubts about being gay. With Jodie upset when her brother Jamie had died, Nick tried to comfort her and the pair ended up sleeping together! Jodie went away from Hollyoaks to clear her head out, and Nick began to date Nathan, who worked at Gnosh.
Yet, when Jodie returned, the pair decided to be just friends. Nick realised that he felt comfortable being gay, after having strong feelings for Nathan, as the pair embarked a good bond together. Yet there was only one problem, Nick’s parents did not know about his sexuality! Nathan encouraged Nick to come clean and the pair went together to Nick’s farmhouse to confess the truth.
However, Nick's father's reaction was bad as he forced Nick and Nathan out of the house. This had left Nick shattered and terribly upset, despite Nathan trying to comfort him. Yet, Nick's mother phoned him up to tell him that his father had just had a heart attack.
Nick rushed to his bedside, and his father told him that the farm was not doing good for business and he needed an extra pair of hands. Nick decided to help his father out, yet Nathan had plans to go on holiday, but Nick decided he had to help his father after his condition. Nathan was frustrated by this and asked Nick to choose between him or his parents, which led to Nick stuck between his partner and his parents. Nathan ended up dumping Nick, which left him devastated.
Trying to make a success of his life, Nick completed a degree in Arts and wanted to travel around the world. However, his father had other plans as he wanted Nick to run the farm. Once again, Nick had to choose between his choice and his parents, but this time Nick thought it was best for him to do what he wants to do. Bidding a farewell to Hollyoaks, Nick left feeling free and being able to do what ever he wanted to do.

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  • David "Bombhead" Burke - Lee Otway, 2001-2005
Bombhead was Lee Hunters's best friend, and was introduced into the series as a schoolfriend of Zara Morgan, Cameron Clark, Norman Sankofa, Abby Davis and Lee Hunter. Slightly odd, socially inept and occasionally stupid, but with a heart of gold, David frequently misunderstood other characters to comic effect.
Bombhead liked to cook. He became somewhat of an apprentice to Tony Hutchinson, and worked in Il Gnosh. He was close friends with Gordon Cunningham, who was a father figure for him. He was devastated when Gordon and his wife, Helen, were killed in a car crash and briefly became a Christian.
When Bombhead's mother died, David suffered a mental breakdown. Unable to accept her death he continued to act as if she was still alive, doing her dry cleaning and cooking her meals. David's only form of comfort during this time was a recurring hallucination of Gordon Cunningham, who would offer advice and try to convince Bombhead to accept what had happened and ask his friends for help. Cameron had noticed something was wrong with Lee and wanted to help him in return for Bomhead helping him when he attempted suicide. Cameron tried to get David to open up but he refused.
David's mother's body was eventually discovered by his friend Lee. Lee had gone round to the house thinking it would be empty so he could have sex with his friend Stacey Foxx. Stacey sat down on Mrs Burke's body and screamed Realising what had happened, Lee and Sally convinced Bombhead to move in with the Hunters. After his mother's funeral, Bombhead stopped seeing visions of Mr Cunningham.
After his mother's death, Bombhead spent considerable time trying to track down his father, a person he only knew through letters his mother had hid from him until her demise. After much effort, it became apparent that he would never succeed. It wasn't until Lee decided to hire a collection of clowns as a fundraising exercise for students at HCC that David would finally meet his father, a clown, of which ironically Bombhead had always suffered an irrational fear.
Bombhead's friendship would finally come to an end when Lee was turned against him by the evil machinations of Chris, although once he found out what Chris was up to, Lee made up with Bombhead. David decided to leave Hollyoaks and join the circus to live with his father. Bombhead mattered so much to Lee, that after Lee's hearing over diverting college funds, during which Chris used Bombhead joining the circus against Lee, he punched Chris square in the face, saying "This is for Bombhead".
  • Dannii Carbone - Christina Baily, 2004-2006
Dannii was introduced as a wealthy fashion-conscious student at H.C.C. She made her first appearance in Hollyaoks by arriving in a flash car with blacked-out windows and a couple of mean-looking men by her side, it's not long before brunette Dannii, H.C.C gets a reputation as a girl with money and influential connections. She moved above Drive and Buy with Nick O'Connor and Kristian Hargreaves, and attracted a few male attentions.
But, Dannii proved that although she might have her parents to provide for her, she can stand on her own feet and began to work at the Student Bar. While working at the Student bar, she fell for the charms of Russell Owen and the pair began to date.
However, the relationship took a break when Russell discovered that he had testicular cancer and Danni showed her loyalty as she stuck by him. She also became best of friends with Halls room mate Joe Spencer as se often supported him throughout his troubles.
Danni and Russ started dating again and her romance with Russ was going perfect but things took a turn for the worst for Danni. At Lee’s Hunter party, her drink was spiked by Andy Holt who later on went on to rape her. The morning after Danni could not remember what had happened and confronted Andy as he told her that she slept with him.
Feeling guilty towards Russ, Danni kept this secret to herself for a while, until a campaign at the college was launched about drug rape. When Louise Summers (who had also been drugged but saved from being rapped by Joe) told Danni the effects of drug rape, Danni recognised the symptoms and realised that she had been raped by Andy.
Despite confronting him with the truth, Andy refused to admit he had raped her and to make things worse Andy told Russ that Danni slept with him and was trying to accuse of false allegations of rape. A furious Danni told Russ that she had been raped but Russ believed Andy over Danni, as Andy was friends with his brother Sam (who was also in on the rapes).
Danni reached her lowest point and attempted to jump of the roof of H.C.C but was stopped by fellow victims Mel and Sophie Burton along with Louise. After the 4 victims gave there statements to the police, Andy had disappeared from Hollyoaks and was no where to be found.
Danni got support from her fellow victims and her friends including Joe, but despite Russell having a U-turn and believing her, Danni did not want to know.
After several attempts to recover from her rape, Danni knew she had to make a fresh start back home in Italy and despite Russ’s attempts to stop Danni from going, her decision was made. Russ told Danni that he killed Andy (which he thought he did, but he actually survived), which shocked Danni as she told him to go to the police. After a tearful goodbye to Russ, Danni then left the Hollyoaks in a taxi, never to return.
  • Cameron Clark - Ben Gerrard, 2002-2006
Cameron Made a great entrance at Hollyoaks Comprehensive after receiving lots of attentions from the girls. Abby Davis, Steph Dean and Zara Morgan were just a few who had instantly fallen for Cameron, but it was Lisa Hunter who caught his attention. Cameron didn’t waste any time when he hooked up with Lisa as the pair began to date, however it soon became over when Lisa began her obsession with Kristian Hargreaves. Lisa dumped Cameron for Kristian and labelled Cameron as ‘dull’ and soon Cameron had a reputation of being boring.
Cameron soon went on to join a band with Lee Hunter, Bombhead" Burke and Norman Sankofa, called 'The X Factor', which never quite recovered after Lee began to use explicit lyrics during the performance for a Christening at The Dog. But Cameron’s ambition had always been to be a musician, but pressure from his parents in doing well in getting A grades soon caught up with him.
As Cameron began to feel that his parents are running his life and he had no choice as he opted to commit suicide (by placing a pipe in his moms car connected to the cars exhaust pie with him still in the car), but Bombhead had came just in time. Both his friends and parents understood and supported Cameron as he decided to do something positive for himself as he selected to do a music course at HCC.
At the halls, Cameron became a ‘clean freak’ and always would like things kept tidy. Soon, he fell for new tenant Bella Manning and the pair got along, but nothing became of it as she had left HCC.
But by some bizarre of circumstance, Cameron had caught the eye of Steph Dean. Eventually the pair became an unlikely couple of Hollyoaks and Cameron’s world seem to be on the up, until his behaviour became rather strange. Cameron was seen far too often cleaning the halls and things got from bad to worse when he began to write on the walls. Steph became rather concerned over Cameron behaviour and tried to persuade him to get help but Cameron refused to admit he has a problem.
After a few moths keeping away from his friends and not facing the outside world, Cameron faced the prospect of losing Steph, rather than admitting he needed help. Eventually he went to the doctor to discover he had O.C.D and Steph supported him through his ordeal.
As he got better, Steph arranged for Cameron to join a band, which Cameron was delighted to fulfil his long term ambition, but was left shocked to discover it was going to be across Europe.
After telling Steph, he was prepared to stay, a devastated Steph knew how much it meant to Cameron and persuaded him to join the band as he paid a moving goodbye to the girl who helped him so much in his darkest hours. Cameron made his exit away from the Dog to Europe in a bid to make it as a musician.
A few months later Steph saw a picture of Cameron in a music magazine with a girl on his arm, making Steph realise she had to move on.
  • Chris - Chris Grierson, 2005
Chris used to be the Head of the Entertainments Committee and Editor of the Newspaper at the H.C.C, but Lee Hunter went up against him in an election and won. Chris pretended not to care about losing and asked if he could be Lee's vice president. Little did Lee know was that Chris was Manipulating him in to spending more money than what was in the college funds. Lee's friend Bombhead found out what Chris was doing but when he tried to tell Lee, Lee wouldn't believe him. Chris then told Lee about the missing money and blamed Bombhead, which caused Lee and Bombhead to have a massive falling out. Chirs then conspired with Freddy Watson, who had set fire to the H.C.C's media lab for an animal rights demonstration, and tried to pin the fire on Lee. But Lee's friend and Fredy's girlfriend Zara Morgan told people what had really happened and the truth finally came out. Lee punched Chris saying "This is for Bombhead".
It appears that Chris was kicked out of college along with Freddy, Zara and Lee.
  • Stacey Foxx - Jemma Keys,
Stacey came into the show as Kristian Hargreaves one night stand who was obsessed with him, she then left for a while.
She came back as a student who did a beauty course with Lee Hunter and then they opened there own place at the Hunter's house and then at the pitstop.
  • Bella Manning - Kim Bourelle, 2004-2005
A slim Brunette Fashion student who moved in with Zara, Cameron, Steph etc and quickly started making enemies of them by giving off an air of snobbery and superiority that was a total act.
Cameron was the only one to defend her and they grew close, she just packed her bags one day and left, leaving a clue to her true background, a photo of her mother in a ramshackle caravan. Zara was known to refer to Bella as "cruella DeVille" on occasion.
Freddy studied English literature and was an animal rights campaigner. He arrived in 2005 and had a less than secret admirer in Zara Morgan, an avid protester on anything and everything. He has since shown a sinister side and an obsession with revenge against the college for animal rights. He has been using Zara to do this, Freddy was no longer seen as Zara left after his uncovering. Freddy also conspired with Chris to depose Lee from his presidency, but this backfired when Zara told the student council about the plot, and Freddy's involvement with the HCC Media Lab Fire in December 2005.
It would appear that along with Zara & Lee (Who were kicked out of HCC for involvement in the Media Lab fire & the laundering of college funds during Lee's presidency), that Chris & Freddy were also kicked out.

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Olivia split up with her long-term boyfriend before moving to Hollyoaks to study history. She found it hard to adjust to student life. She became close friends with Jessica Harris, but lived in her shadow as she was not as outgoing as her or their new friend Steph Dean. She proved to be a good friend to Jessica in her relationship troubles with Mark and Gilly, and began learning to be more assertive as she was often walked all over by others. She and Jessica recently did a naked protest as they were fired from Il Gnosh and then Olivia "accidentally" told a story about Jessica to the newspaper. However, Jessica decided to forgive Olivia and the two stayed friends until Kris (a new student) arrived and saw that Jessica was bossing Olivia around. Kris taught Olivia to stick up for herself and one night at the Dog she told Jessica that she wasn't going to be her slave anymore; this upset Jessica and unfortunately this was their last conversation. Sam Owen came into the pub and set fire to it, a beam fell down onto Olivia pinning her down. Joe came in to look for her and pulled her out but the heated liquor bottles behind the bar exploded, killing them both instantly.
  • Mark Jury - Ash Newman, 2005-2006
Headstrong and articulate, Mark has already ruffled feathers during his short time in the Village. He speaks his mind, takes no prisoners, and expects others to treat him the same. Having shown up without warning on Jessica's doorstep, Mark is doing his best to try and build bridges with his ex, to the extent of switching courses at HCC to be with her. When he discovered he had a rival for Jessica's affections in Gilly, Jessica had to admit that she was seeing them both. Eventually after a lot of squabbling between Mark and Gilly, Jessica dumped them both. Although gutted that he had broken up with his teenage sweetheart, he was on the verge of giving up his course for good and move away. After a few wise words from Olivia Johnson, Mark decide he was going to move on but not throw away his future and moved out to get away from Jessica.
  • Jeremy "Jez" Peterson - Simon Cole, 2005-2006
Jeremy has had problems fitting in with the easy-going, busy life at University with its lack of routine and structure, as his background is aristocratic, wealthy and rural - he is a viscount. He is fascinated with computers and is studying computer design. He is very naive where money is concerned, which has led flatmate Joe to take advantage - even stealing money from Jez and taking out a credit card in his name to buy new materials for the clothing business. Jez recently found out after a loan shark came looking for Joe.
Jez has recently left Hollyoaks to work as a computer games designer in San Francisco. He left Joe a note telling him how hurt he was after his credit card scam.
Joe is outgoing and extremely self confident. He's easy going and flexible, with little time for rules or regulations. He is also smitten with ice-queen Louise Summers, despite the fact she has shown no interest in him. He has an estranged relationship with his father, an alcoholic who used to abuse his mother.
His money troubles have spiraled out of control and he has resulted to fraud by taking out a credit card in flatmate Jez's name. Jez is oblivious to this and also brought him a laptop after Joe's was "stolen". Although he & Danni were forced to leave the student flat they shared with Zara & Jez to make room for Jessica & Olivia, it would appear he moved back into the flat after Zara (& Jessica's ex-boyfriend Mark) moved out.
Before College restarted in September 2006 he found out he, Ollivia and Jessica had to move out to make room for new students. Joe recognised the name of one of the students as Zoe, a girl he use to date in High School but he dumped her because she was fat. Joe tried to stay in the flat with the Jessica and Olivia by telling the new students that they were their live in student mentors but the students saw through their plans. Joe tried to bribe the students with drinks but with no luck. Joe made it up to Zoe by telling her he regretted dumping her in High School and then they went to the dog together with Kris, Jessica and Olivia.
Joe died that night in the Pub fire started by Sam Owen. Joe, had theorised that the only safe way out would be through the basement. After successfully getting Kris & Zoe out, he went back for Olivia, who had been pinned under a beam just behind the bar. Before Joe left he told Zoe that he already lost her once, and he wasn't going to again. Upon finding Olivia, Joe freed her, but the bottles of liquor behind the bar exploded, killing both of them. Zoe tried to ring Joe's phone and heard his ring tone, she & Kris followed it. They found it coming from a group of body bags. Joe died a hero, trying to save Olivia.

[edit] Hollyoaks Villains

  • Scott Anderson - Daniel Hyde, 2001-2004
(Note: Not related to the Anderson family)
Ambitious and possessive, Scott had a mean streak that can quickly offend, but when needs be he can easily turn on the charm. Scott first appeared in Hollyoaks video, ‘Indecent Behaviour’, where he had caused a fight with Luke Morgan, forced himself on Geri Hudson and raped Beth Morgan. This was not the first time he had taken advantage of a women, but never any action was taken against him because he is a professional footballer.
However, Beth Morgan decided to take action against him in court, but the case was dropped after it was confirmed Beth had been talking to an outsider about the case. Scott began to have his one night stands, with sixteen year old Steph Dean, but soon got bored of her and dumped her. His attentions became closer to Izzy Cornwell, and made several attempts to seduce her and at one time it went too far. Scott would not let go off Izzy and Beth drove towards Scott and knocks him down whilst driving. This cost Scott his chances of playing in the World Cup and he never played football again because of an injury. Beth Morgan was sentenced for six months, whilst Scott has taken a break but returned in spectacular style as the new owner of The Loft!
Many residents of Hollyoaks, mainly Izzy, tried to protest against Scott, but he insisted that he is a changed man for the better. With Murders happening around the village, Scott became a heavily suspect when he was arrested but was cleared of any charge. Scott tried to convince Izzy that he had learnt his lessons and is leading a new life, but she still was unforgiving towards him. Trouble was also alerted for Scott as Ben Davies had became a rival in Chester with Ben dating his beloved Izzy.
He then began to show two sides of his character, one where he was caring as he supported Ellie Hunter through her problems and the other was when he led Matt Musgrove in being arrested for handling doggy fake notes. There was to be another blow for Scott, when Ben and Izzy announced that they were set to get married and Scott was desperate to persuade Izzy not to marry him. After discovering from Emma Chambers, Scott told Izzy that Ben had a one-night stand with Emma and that she is carrying their child, in a bid to stop Izzy marrying Ben. Despite that, it did not stop Ben and Izzy getting married, which had left Scott devastated.
A few months later, Izzy suffered a miscarriage and was told that she could never have any children as she struggled to cope seeing Ben with Emma’s child, Arthur, around. Izzy confided her feelings with Scott and did the unthinkable as she slept with him. Scott hopes were raised, as this maybe the path that he can finally be together with the girl of his dreams.
However, it wasn’t meant to be after Izzy told Scott that she only slept with him so she can cut all ties with Ben. A desperate Scott asked Izzy to give him another chance, but she did not want to know as Izzy left to make a fresh start away from Hollyoaks. Scott felt needless to stay in Chester after Izzy’s exit but was in for another surprise when his bar worker Darren had stitched Scott up a credit card scam.
Knowing it was Darren who stitched him up, Scott decided to teach him a lesson by locking the doors of The Loft and setting fire to the place. Scott fell over the stairs at the Loft and pleaded to Darren for help, but Darren refused to help and had managed to make his way out. Thinking that Scott was left for dead, Darren phoned the police but was shocked when no trace of Scott had been found.
  • Laura Burns/Kerry Shepard - Lesley Johnston, 2000-2002
Laura arrived in Tony’s student house and soon found herself fending off Tony’s advances. Laura struggled to finance her first year at collage, reaching such desperate measures that she stole the cloakroom money from The Loft. She soon had a fit of conscience and owned up to what she done.
Laura then became friends with Mandy Richardson but then she began to develop an unhealthy obsession with Mandy’s life, which reached its peak when she started dating Luke Morgan. After the relationship fizzled out, Laura continued to drive a wedge between Mandy and Luke, and seemed to enjoy the problems Mandy had when Mandy's brother Lewis Richardson committed suicide. After Mandy and her mother Helen became estranged, Laura filled the gap and enjoyed being part of the Cunningham family.
As Laura continued to control Mandy, Laura's brother Brendan had arrived in the village and started calling her Kerry but Laura refused to recognise him. Laura wanted to get away from Hollyoaks and decide to go Cape Town, and take Mandy with her. However, when Mandy felt suspicious and rejected Laura, Laura reacted by hitting a glass bottle on her head.
Laura continued to taunt Mandy as she locked Mandy and herself in Mandy’s flat, until Tony arrived with Becca Hayton, Max Cunningham, Adam Morgan and Brendan to rescue Mandy and get some help for Laura. It turned out that Laura’s real name was Kerry, and Laura was taken from her best friend’s name who had died tragically at the age of 11. Kerry was still recovering from that, and since then, Kerry found Mandy as a replacement to Laura and had more feeling for Mandy than a friend and had tried to keep Mandy to herself.
(Note: Was cast from the first Hollyoaks on the Pull and came into the show around the same time as Ben and Izzy.)
The football agent who would go to extreme extent in getting what he wants. Dion was Jason Cunliffe and Scott Anderson’s agent and had to keep the pair in line, making sure that they would stay out of trouble.
However the pair did get themselves in deep difficulty when they faced serious allegations. Scott had raped Beth Morgan, but in order to protect his reputation, he protested his innocence.
But the major worry for Dion was Jason’s wife to be Geri Hudson who had been treated roughly by Jason and threatened to go to the press unless she receives a heavy payment. Dion was clearly aware that if Jason pays Geri, he knew that would affect his payment as agent and therefore he would have to reach an agreement with Geri.
In order to keep Geri sweet, Dion began to date Geri’s mother Jackie and warned Geri that he would tell her mother what she was really up to. Geri however, had the last laugh after confessing to her mother and than failing to sign a contact agreement on her wedding day with Jason, which allowed Geri to take Jason for every penny he was worth.
Dion failed to get what he wanted with Jason but managed to get the better of Beth Morgan during her trial against Scott. Despite, Dion’s co worker Alison going against him and defending Beth, Scott was found not guilty, leaving Dion in getting his own way. During his few months on the show, Dion will be remembered by many as a cruel, thick skinned and manipulative character that goes to excessive measures in wanting to succeed.
  • Brian Drake - Jonathan Le Billon, 2001-2003
Brian was a goth who dated Zara Morgan. He was very religious and Zara pressurised him to have sex. However, he didn't sleep with her. He then cheated on her with Steph at a party at Tony Huchinsons's House.
Brian became friends with Lisa Hunter and asked her to sing in his band. They ended up going out. When He found out about Lisa's self harming he tried to help but in helping Lisa he neglected his revision and failed his GCSE'S (He was clever at school).
Brian then stalked Lisa with threatening text messages. Lisa thought it was Cameron at first. But when Lisa found out it was Drake he left the village never to be seen again.
  • Mark Gibbs Colin Parry, 2000-2001
Cruel, nasty and brutal, Mark Gibbs was involved a bullying campaign on Luke Morgan which escalated into a vicious attack.
It had all started off at football training session, when Mark was giving trouble, and Luke inadvertently injured Mark’s leg. It left Mark angered because he could not play football professionally. Mark was recovering in hospital, and decides to get even with Luke by calling his brothers to beat him up. Mark and his friends continue to trouble Luke, when he was training, however with the help from Darren Osborne, Luke put Mark Gibbs in his place. Still, it made no difference to Mark when he kept on hassling and bullying Luke and soon became friends with Darren.
Mark still continued to hassle Luke, after a football match Luke had participated in, Mark and his friends decided to beat Luke up in the changing rooms. What than followed was a vicious attack on Luke, when Mark began to chase Luke in streets of Chester. The pair began a fight, when Luke faced up to him, but Mark decided to teach Luke a lesson, by raping him over the bonnet of his car.
The following day Mark called around to the Morgan house to see Luke and denied that he raped him, however, Mark was eventually charged pending trial. Luke’s rape case against Mark went into court for four tense days. Mark lied in court claiming that Luke was making it all up, however Mark was found guilty and sentenced for eight years.
  • Rob Hawthorne - Warren De Rosa, 1996-2000
Rob never saw eye to eye with Kurt Benson, despite this he dated his sister Lucy Benson and Rob’s best friend was Dermot, who both got up to trouble. It started of when Rob caused a stir around in Hollyoaks when him and Dermot had put a tablet in Natasha Anderson’s drink during Lucy’s 18th birthday party bash. This then led Natasha’s death. Kurt and his friend Bazz Fm pointed the finger at Rob and Dermot, however neither of them had no real proof. Rob felt guilty over Natasha’s death and broke of his relationship with Lucy. Despite that, Rob still wanted to be with Lucy and Lucy gave him one last chance.
Dermot told Rob that he had money problems and Rob planned to rob a drug dealers lock up. Rob had taken Lucy and Carol Groves as alibis and the robbery was going to plan, but the dealer had caught them. Rob, Dermot, Carol and Lucy all managed to escape but were they were being chased but the dealer. Despite Lucy and Carol's protest to Rob to stop the car, Rob continued and lost control of the car. The car had ended up in the River Dee, but they all survived apart from Dermot. Lucy then confessed all to the police, but the police had little to arrest Rob on.
Rob’s problems got from bad to worse when Kurt, Jambo Bolton, Lucy and Carol followed Rob on a night’s ‘work’ in the hope that he might incriminate himself. When they finally caught up with him, they personally delivered Rob to the drug dealers from whom Rob had stolen money. The dealers ended up throwing Rob off the roof of a car park, injuring one of Rob’s legs. Rob had blamed Kurt for this and vowed for revenge. Rob went homeless, but was felt sorry for, when Susi Harrison allowed him to stay at her house.
Whist, Lucy felt isolated from her family and turned to Rob for support and Rob gives her tranquillisers. Rob than found out that his father had died and he had taken the news badly and he turned to heroin to get him through. Despite Rob feeding Lucy her drug addiction, he begun to put pressure on her by giving her an ultimatum, choose him or the heroin. Rob is also told he may have further problems with his leg that he may loose it one day. To get back at Kurt, Rob manages to inject heroin into an already drugged up Lucy, and he takes her to the roof of the car park where he was thrown off, and announces that ‘It is pay back time’, leaving Lucy in coma. Luckily, Kurt finds her in just enough time and Lucy was taken to hospital.
Kurt than had followed Rob to France, in a video special ‘Off on one’, where there is a spectacular scene between Rob and Kurt, climaxing in Rob stealing a speedboat, and Kurt managing climb on board just before he sped off. A fight ensured and Rob charged at Kurt, who quickly stepped to one side, causing Rob to plunge into the water. Refusing to listen to Rob’s pleas, Kurt drove off, leaving Rob floating in the middle of the Atlantic.
Rob than made a return to Hollyoaks, this time he kidnapped Lucy and took her to a disused watertank, with Ruth Osborn, Lewis Richardson and Tony Huchinson coming to rescue Lucy. Despite, Rob’s attempts to drown Lucy, Tony stepped in to rescue her and all four of them had got out safely.
Rob than briefly started dating Beth Morgan, but that came to an end when Beth overheard Lucy arguing with Rob, of how he had ruined Lucy’s and her family’s life. During millennium eve, Rob had tried setting a bus on fire, but he ended up dying in the blast.
Andy arrived as a student at HCC and was seen as an easy going lad with a charm for the ladies, but there was always a dark side to him that no one was ever aware of. Andy became best friends with Sam Owen as he took him under his wing and Sam admired Andy as he was confident, good with girls- everything that Sam wasn’t. Their friendship made both Andy and Sam inseparable as Sam even went along with Andy’s ‘This Way Up’ campaign which saw the pair involved in an illegal and dangerous stunts. But Sam was not aware of the ‘real Andy’ and neither were the viewers as they were in for a shock.
In the late night special Hollyoaks: Crossing the Line, During Lee Hunter’s presidential party, Andy spiked Danni Carboni’s drink with GHB drug and later on he went on to rape her. Despite being raped, Danni could not remember anything the morning after and Andy began to show his manipulative side as he convinced Danni that she slept with him and manage to win over Sam, that he was unaware that Danni was dating Russell Owen (Sam's brother) and that she was all over him.
From there on, Andy began a long journey of spiking girls drinks and raping them, but as his friendship with Sam grew, Andy felt he could trust Sam. Andy confessed everything to Sam, and then onfluenced into thinking that drug rape was okay and the two shook hands as the pair began to take advantages of more girls. As more girls were being drug raped, the more awareness was created, but Andy thought this would mean more of a challenge.
In another late night special Hollyoaks: No Going Back Andy drugged both Melanie and Sophie Burton, as he also invited Sam to rape Sophie. While Andy raped Mel in her own home, Sam decided not to go through with raping Sophie, but told Andy that he did the deed. However, the drug rape scenario was becoming common in Hollyoaks as Danni became convinced that Andy drug raped her and the Burton twins also realised that they have become victims of Andy. However, what worried Andy more then having his victims know what he did was the fact when he discovered that Sam did not go ahead in raping Sophie and he felt betrayed when Sam had lied to him. Andy met up with Sam at the quarry for another ’This Way Up’ challenge, but ended in Andy confronting Sam about why he lied to him. During the scene, Russell burst on in revenge against Andy for what he did to Danni and a brawl began between the three of them. It led to Andy being pushed of accidentally off he quarry, leaving Russell and Sam the fear that they killed Andy.
But the pair were to prove wrong as Andy survived the mighty long fall and vowed for revenge against he Owen brother. After a few months, Andy was ready for his vengeance against Sam and Russ. In the last late night special in this storyline called Hollyoaks: Back from the Dead, Andy kidnapped Sam and Russ's younger sister Nicole Owen. Nicole thought she was being taken for a romantic weekend getaway in Southport but when her mobile phone rang and Sam and Russ told her to get away from Andy. With several messages given to Russell and Sam, they realised that Andy was alive and had held their sister hostage in Southport, as they made a bid to find him.
Eventually the pair made it to he warehouse in Southport Pleasureland where Andy had captured Nicole but were left heavily beaten by Andy who attacked the brothers with a pole. Andy tortured the three Owen family members as he revealed the part of Sam during the drug ape and also began to rape Nicole in front of her brothers, until he was hit from behind by a unlikely hero, Melanie Burton. Mel had come to Southport for the weekend with her friend Sam O.B O'Brian and had seen Andy but her O.B didn't believe her. Andy woke up and found himself tied to a chair as Mel fed him his own medicine of GHB and was questioned by her, but eventually managed to escape her clutches. His fate however was met as he ran from Mel and as he went into a dark warehouse, he ran straight into sharp arrow which stabbed him right through his stomach as he died a painful death.
Louise's husband, after he cheated on her she left him. After a chance encounter, he tracked her down and is now giving their marriage another chance.. He also recently bought the Pit Stop and Chemist and created a new beauty salon called Evissa in a deliberate attempt to rouse some feelings in his ex Louise, to which she retaliated by demanding he give her a divorce. Combining wit, charm and charisma, Sean is every bit the local competitive business man. However, where the opposite sex are concerned Sean usually succumbs to temptation. Sean was recently tracked down by a former friend from Ibiza, Warren Fox. Warren was upset that Sean was to blame for his jail time, and demanded £100,000 compensation from him. Sean refused, offering him a maximum of £1000. He was due to leave Hollyoaks with wife Louise Summers but after a final row, she decided to stay and he left on his own.

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  • D.S. Green - Francesca Ryan, 1997
  • WPC Vicky Green - Rosie Fellner, ????
  • D.C. Emma Chambers - Georgina Redhead, 2003-2004
PC Emma Chambers arrived in Hollyoaks as a replacement to Dale Jackson and to help Will Davies with the Serial Killings in Chester. On her first appearance in the show, Emma was seduced by fireman Ben Davies as the pair met at the Loft. Her one night stand with Ben was to be costly as she discovered that she became pregnant and eventually confronted Ben with the truth.
However, Ben was engaged with Izzy and refused to stand by Emma’s unborn child. Emma managed to keep the identity of the father of her child a secret, until a blast from Emma’ past returned. Will’s ex wife and Ben’s mother Alison had turned up in Hollyoaks and revealed the truth between Emma and the Davies clan.
A long time ago, Emma had an affair with Will, which was the reason why Will’s marriage broke down. Soon, Ben discovered the truth about Emma’s past and the link with his father. Ben’s fiancé Izzy also discovered about him Ben being the father of Emma’s unborn child on her wedding day.
Despite Emma wanting to have a future with Ben, still Ben went ahead and married Izzy. Shortly after, Emma gave birth to a son and named him Arthur Stanley Davies. Ben also had a U- turn and decided that he did want to be part of Arthur’s life.
However, it wasn’t to last as Ben’s marriage with Izzy broke down after Izzy couldn’t cope with Ben having so much to do with Arthur and this resulted in Ben wanting nothing to do with Arthur. Emma decided it was best to move away from Hollyoaks with her son.
Feisty, ambitious and flirty, DI Dale Jackson arrived in Hollyoaks as an Inspector solving the Murder Investigation of the Toby Mills case.
Dale was very passionate about her job as she put an immediate approach to the murders investigation, as she decided to get every man in Hollyoaks’s DNA sample. Dale arrested teenager Bombhead after she caught him acting suspicious and also arrested Dan Hunter, after he slept with the victim the night before she was attacked, but both had been proven innocent.
Dale moved in with her work collage Will Davies house. Dale was an immediate hit with Will’s daughter Abby who treated her like a mother figure, however she was not a popular choice for Will’s son Ben. Ben disliked Dale and had seen her as a threat, while Dale just flirted with him. Dale ended up seducing Ben as the pair slept together!
Dale was aware that Will had feelings for her but she liked to keep it professional with Will. However, it did not stop Dale from flirting with Will to wind Ben up. Yet again, Ben fell for the charms of Dale, but this time the pair were caught by Will. Dale was not bothered, but Abby found out and was not to happy with Dale upsetting her father. Dale offered to move out, with Ben and Abby wanting her to leave, but Will insisted that she had stayed.
Soon, Dale got her claws into Will as the pair began to date, but her intentions were to make Ben jealous. Whilst, in the murder case there was a turning point when teenager Steph Dean had been attacked but managed to survive. With her being the only hope, Dale questioned Steph, but she did not remember the incident.
Pressure had been taken off a bit on Dale, when Steph gave a vague description of who she thought was the serial killer and Dale had made an arrest. But nothing was over, when he was released after he had an alibi, which had resulted in Dale being sacked.
Feeling depressed, Dale turned to old flame Ben as she thought she could rekindle their love, but he rejected to go through that path again. Having nothing left in Hollyoaks, and not even a goodbye said to Will or Abby, Dale left the village for good.

[edit] Other characters

Characters in this section do not go under any family categories as they are on their own or are not seen regularly. They are listed in alphabetical order of last name.

  • Jasmine Bates - Elly Fairman, 1999
  • Billinge Boy - Barry Foy

Friends with Bombhead. Billinge Boy was a canteen worker at HCC and was part of the famous double act with Bombhead. Billinge Boy often came up with many scams, including the ‘Chips for Sex’ scandal, where he gave girls extra chips in order to seduce them. Along with Ollie, the pair remained best of friends and a force to be reckoned with. However, Billinge Boy’s world did turn upside down after he took Cindy Cunningham's virginity on her sixteenth birthday, this resulted in Cindy becoming pregnant. Billinge Boy was desperate to prove to Cindy that he do the right thing by her during her pregnancy, but an emotional Cindy told him that she hated him and wanted nothing to do with him. Billinge Boy was devastated and sped off in his car to The Dog, where he began drinking heavily. Bombhead soon came to his rescue but Billinge Boy seemed beyond help and headed back into his car with Bombhead in tow. Despite Bombhead warnings, Billinge Boy refused to slow his car down, taking his frustrations out on the car. Billinge Boy had no time to brake as they suddenly came across a lorry reversing down the road. The car hurtled into the lorry and Billinge Boy suffered multiple injuries and died in hospital.

  • Robert 'Bob' Bridges - Peter Faulkner
Callum was a fireman and a close friend of Ben Davies. He didn't really have any storylines apart from being bens friend and helping ben cope with a fireman who died in a fire.
  • Eve Crawford - Natasha Lund, 2001-2003
  • Kevin Daniels - Robert Weatherby, 1995-1999
  • Anna Green - Lisa M. Kay, 1999-2002
Anna was the daughter of a vicar, she was run over by Cindy Cunnigham and Ben Daives when Cindy was trying to escape from social services.
Anna then got involved in a relationship with Alex Bell and had his Child.
Long-term friend and old flame of Tony Hutchinson, always sweet and enjoyed a joke with the boys (Tony, Jambo and Kurt etc), Natalie is currently seen in BBC 3 comedy "Two pint's of lager" alongside "Jambo"
  • Stuart 'Stu' Harding - Dan Cryer, 2004-2005
  • Susi Harrison - Deborah Chad, 1997
  • Jess Holt - Abby Pechullis, 2000-2001
Jess was a prostitute and got involved in a relationship with Sol Patrick who then tried to Save here from the world of prostitution. Her brother was her pimp and he kidnapped Gina Patrick and burnt down The Dog in the Pond.
  • Dave Johnson - Chris Corcoran
  • Joe Johnson - James McKenzie Robinson, 1998-1999
  • Josh - Stuart Morris, 2003-2004
  • Julie Matthews - Julie Buckfield, 1995-1997, 2002
Julie dumped Tony Hutchinson at the alter at there wedding and than five years on, she made a comeback which resulted in Tony being engaged to two women!
  • Paul Millington - Zander Ward, 1999-2000
  • Ritchie - Andonis Anthony, 2001
  • Sash - Mark Arends, 1999
  • Sam Smallwood - Tim Downie, 1999-2000
  • Lee 'Stan' Stanley - Nathan Valente, 1997
  • Nikki Sullivan - Wendy Glenn, 1999-2000
  • Sean Tate - Daniel Pape, 1997-2000
  • Louise Taylor - Brett O'Brien, 1995-1996
  • Alyson Turner - Sarah Jayne Steed, 2001-2002
  • Tara - Chloe Howman, 2001
  • Ty - Garry Grant, 1999
  • Diane Valentine - Pauline Black, 2006
Diane, mother of three, is the archetypal matriarch, and after her divorce from her husband ten years ago, she has single handedly brought up her children. Either genetically or by example her children seemed to have adopted her independence, ambition and tenacity. Diane doesn't notice her son Sonny acting strangely and wearing expensive brands of clothing. She is proud of Calvin becoming a police officer but is heart broken when he announces that he is moving out not long after the family moved in. When Calvin notices that Diane is upset by his leaving he decides to stay but Diane has already gone out to buy a meal for Calvins last day with the family. When she reaches her car after going to the shops she drops her keys and doesn't notice Jake Dean in his car driving down the road at full speed before it is to late and is knocked down. At only 4 episodes Diane Valentine is the shortest cast member on the show.
  • Victor/('Vic') - Mark Cronfield, 2001
Lorraine Wilson had an affair with Lewis Richardson whilst he was with Ruth Osborne. Lorraine got Lewis involved in gambling and debt.
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