Russ Owen

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Russell "Russ" Owen is a fictional character on the Channel 4 British soap opera Hollyoaks and is played by actor Stuart Manning.

1 Character history
2 Friendships and Relationships
- 2.1 Family
- 2.2 Relationships
3 External links

[edit] Character history

Social Anthropology student, Russ is easy-going and very at home with himself. He also exhibits a very mature nature when necessary. He is a popular ladies man and unafraid to make his views heard. Russ recently suffered from testicular cancer and had one testicle removed as a result. This left him depressed for a while, during which time, his brother Sam supported him. Russ was in love with Dannii Carbone, who left him when he didn't believe she was raped by Andy Holt.

In the spin-off series, Hollyoaks: Back from the Dead, he suffered a traumatic experience when he witnessed the serial rapist almost rape his sister. Russ suffered serious injuries after Andy beat him with a pole. Having long hair for well over a year, Russ shaved it off in April in an attempt to stop people recognising him as "Brother of Sam Owen: Rapist". Russ is slowly getting over the ordeal, showing interest in a relationship with Sophie Burton.

However, Sophie told him to stay away after Mercedes McQueen let it out that he had slept with her, despite Russ telling Sophie that nothing happened between him and Mercedes. He began seeing Sophie but also couldn't resist Mercedes. He was supposed to meet Sophie at the Dog, but slept with Mercedes instead. He was shocked to come home to find Nicole tied up, and to hear that Sam was back. Russ charged into the pub and pulled Sophie out of the fire, but he was too late, she died. Russ admitted that he couldn't grieve for Sam. He admitted to Nicole that he was with Mercedes and he never loved Sophie. He accepted an invitation to be a pallbearer at Sophie's funeral. Russ made a speech at the funeral. Justin discovered where he was the night Sophie died and beat him up at the wake. After his family had left Hollyoaks Russ moved in with Mercedes. They saved up money for a flat, but Mercedes gave the money to her sister Jacqui. After Russ saved Carmel from Davey, Russ decided that enough was enough and left Mercedes. However it was a misunderstanding and they made up. Russ recently landed himself in hot water with the McQueen family after gathering research on them for his Masters degree thesis on class. The information became public news when Jessica Harris used it as part of an article for the student paper. He later won back Mercedes' affections.