Lucy Benson

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Lucy Benson was a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera Hollyoaks.

She was played by actress Kerrie Taylor between 1995-2000.

Lucy was Kurt's younger sister and the middle child in the Benson family.

[edit] Character History

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 Osborne and Tony Hutchinson 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 would wait for her, but Lucy left and never returned.