Chrissie Williams

Christine "Chrissie" Williams a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, portrayed by actress Tina Hobley. The character first appeared on-screen on 5 June 2001 in episode "The Road Less Traveled" - series three, episode 30 of the programme. Chrissie briefly left the show in April 2008 while Hobley went on maternity leave. She returned for one episode on 21 October 2008, then returned full-time in spring 2009.

Storylines

Chrissie is the daughter of Chief Executive Officer Mark Williams and former staff nurse Tricia Williams. Upon her arrival at Holby City Hospital, Chrissie soon clashed with several of her colleagues, including Sandy Harper and Jasmine Hopkins. Chrissie expected a high standard and made it clear that she would tolerate nothing less - reprimanding Sandy harshly for occasionally being a few minutes late for her shifts.

Early in series four, Chrissie began an affair with married Cardiothoracic Consultant Alistair Taylor. He soon became besotted with her, and ignored Chrissie's repeated attempts to rebuke him. In episode 'Shadow of a Doubt (Part Two)', Chrissie attempted to sever relations between them, and was saved by Obstetrics Consultant Owen Davies when Alistair attempted to restrain her physically.

Chrissie's relationship with Owen developed alongside the affair with Alistair. Owen and Chrissie had known each other for some time and had a brief affair, which almost ended Owen's marriage. Almost as soon as her affair with Alistair was over, she and Owen started flirting again and Chrissie tried again to lure him away from his wife. Owen initially resisted but slept with Chrissie in episode 'Winner Takes It All' and were caught by Owen's daughter, Katie. Katie told her mother what she had seen and Laura ended her marriage to Owen so he and Chrissie got together but during the remainder of the series, she struggled to get on with Katie, and proved resistant to making any commitment to Owen - although she agreed to move in with him in episode 'The Private Sector'.

During series five, despite becoming engaged to Owen, Chrissie had an affair with Cardiothoracic Registrar Ed Keating. When she discovered that she was pregnant, she wasn't sure if the father was Ed or Owen. This was accidentally revealed to Owen by his colleague, Mubbs Hussein, and he ended their relationship. Chrissie moved in first with Lisa Fox, and then her mother, Tricia, recently returned from Spain. In episode 'Seasons in the Sun' Chrissie went into premature labour, and Owen was forced to deliver the child by caesarean section. Her daughter was born with irreversible brain damage, and Chrissie was able to spend only a few short minutes with her, holding her daughter only after her life support had been switched off. Although Owen ordered a paternity test after the birth of the child, named Amanda, he threw the results away without looking at them. Chrissie later told Owen that she wanted a divorce, and Owen began an affair with her mother, Tricia. Although Owen and Chrissie briefly attempted to reunite in early series six, upon discovering this betrayal, Chrissie once more terminated their relationship, and had a one night stand with Mubbs.

Chrissie's relationship with her mother was, for a long time, marred by her affair with Owen. Although after taking a refresher course, Tricia began working as a nurse at the hospital but it took Chrissie a long time to forgive her. When she discovered Tricia had breast cancer, Chrissie went to London to track down her estranged father, Mark, and persuade him to come to Holby. Relations between her parents were initially poor - however, in time the pair reconciled, and attempted to rebuild their marriage.

During this period, Owen began a relationship with General Surgical Registrar Diane Lloyd. Chrissie was jealous, especially after the pair became engaged, and enticed Owen to sleep with her the day before the wedding. Disappointed that he had married Diane, Chrissie left things for almost a year between her and Owen. She had a brief affair with Michael Beauchamp - husband of current Clinical Lead Connie Beauchamp, and was instrumental in aiding Connie to bring about his downfall after it was revealed Michael had purposely let VRSA into the hospital, resulting in the death of a young girl. As Owen's relationship with Diane became strained, Chrissie pursued him once more. It initially seemed that she may have won, when Owen left Diane for her. However, the death of his ex-wife, Laura, meant that he had to provide a stable home for his daughter, Katie, and in episode 'The Long Goodbye', Owen resigned his position at the hospital, and told Chrissie that from now on, his daughter had to come first. This marked the end of their on/off relationship.

After losing Owen, Chrissie's life was once more dominated by her parents' relationship. Chrissie was disgusted to discover that Mark was not her natural father, and refused to speak to her mother for several months. To this day, Chrissie is unaware that Mark is her half brother, and that she is the product of her mother's rape by her grandfather, Frank Williams. The pair only began to reconcile when, after her parents' remarriage, Chrissie discovered Tricia was once more suffering from cancer. She was initially angry at having been kept in the dark but came to accept her mother's actions following a heart to heart with Diane. Tricia and Mark set off on a second honeymoon, ecstatic that Tricia was in remission from her cancer once more but they were involved in a car crash en-route. Chrissie was devastated when later that day, Tricia succumbed to her injuries, and they were asked to switch off her life support.

After her mother's death, Chrissie came to increasingly rely on the support and friendship of Cardiothoracic Registrar Sam Strachan. The pair became quite close, however their blossoming relationship was damaged first by Sam's revelation that he was the father of Connie Beauchamp's child, and then by Chrissie's discovery of fourteen year old prostitute Jade McGuire in Sam's bed. Weighed down by events since her mother's death, Chrissie took a leave of absence from the hospital. Although Chrissie returned in episode 'Deep Dark Truthful Mirror', her future at the hospital as well as the future of her relationship with Sam, remains to be seen.

In December 2007, sexual health nurse Tim attacked three people with a cross bow - shooting Faye, Zoe and Martha Hope. Chrissie was the only member of staff to witness this. Martha and Faye survived the shooting but Zoe didn't make it. Martha and Chrissie later found themselves trapped in a lift - the lift was disabled during the aftermath of the shooting. In the lift, Martha had bled and Chrissie promised her that she will do something about her brother James's court sentence, which led Mark to be a witness. Later, Chrissie and the security officer found Tim on the stairs, feeling remorseful. Chrissie took the crossbow from him and he was later found dead, having committed suicide.

On 5 February 2008, Chrissie was taken hostage by her ex-boyfriend Stuart McElroy, who slashed her face with a scalpel. He gagged her while he stitched her wound. However, Chrissie knocked over a tray, which Connie heard from outside the locked theatre. The episode ended with Connie banging on the locked theatre door. On 12 February, Chrissie went into hiding and Stuart tried to convince Connie that Chrissie had slashed her face herself. Connie wasn't fooled, however, and persuaded Chrissie to help set him up. Chrissie was sitting in Connie's office when Stuart walked in. Stuart apologised for his actions and confessed, unaware that the conversation was recorded and made a run for it, leaving Sam and the security guard to give chase. After catching him, Sam punched Stuart to the ground and Stuart was arrested. Connie told Chrissie that she will be scarred for life.

Chrissie decided to leave Holby, to clear her head after the attack. She returned in January 2009. She wasn't pleased to see her father's relationship with Daisha Anderson, questioning the nature of it. After Daisha allowed her sister to take her baby son home to the Philippines, Daisha, thanks to Chrissie, also questioned Mark's feelings for her and moved out.

When junior doctors, Oliver and Penny Valentine, joined the hospital, Oliver made friends with Daisha and Chrissie. He and Chrissie had a brief relationship which ended to a mutual decision but Chrissie discovered she was pregnant. Unfortunately she miscarried not long afterwards and has now challenged Mark to find her a man and she will find him a woman. A few months later Chrissie is pregnant by new doctor Sacha Levy and she seems to be embarrassed by him. When she fell ill, Sacha called Paradis Bloom who is a fantastic midwife. As Chrissie deteriorated the baby boy was born by emergency c-section. Sacha then later on got down on one knee and asked Chrissie if she would have the honour of meeting his mother. She does meet his mum and two daughters Rachel and Beka but drives Chrissie up the wall. Chrissie than names her son Daniel Levy Williams and says that Sacha can see him whenever he wants and that he is part of their family be she isn't. Chrissie then gets the all clear and leaves Holby for a four-month maternity leave. Chrissie returned in November 2010 and started flirting with Greg Douglas and went on a night out with him whilst Sacha looked after the baby. Chrissie finished her fling with Greg. A patient called Patrick Wright went into surgery and nearly died due to a mistake made by Jac Naylor. Jac had an interview that day and was determined to get the job, so she got Patrick's notes and changed the number from 4 to 1.4 as his INR result which made it looked like Chrissie had wrote it down wrong. There was then a complaint made against Jac and Chrissie; Chrissie took it badly and became closer to Sacha, the father of her child. Chrissie got a promotion to Nurse Consultant, and Orthopaedic Consultant Dan Hamilton became her mentor. They began seeing each other when Dan's friend from rugby was admitted to Holby with a nasty infection in his knee; which was caused by Steroid shots that Dan had been giving him. When both Malick and Chrissie found out about this, they are both annoyed. When Sean's surgery doesn't go as straight forward as expected, he is left with a limp. Dan gets frustrated and in the locker room, fights with Malick ends up kissing him. He then runs to Chrissie and drags her into the On-Call Room, for sex. Dan and Malick continue to argue on the ward and when Dan takes credit for Malick's work, Malick punches Dan leaving him with a cut on his face. Chrissie I'd determined to find out what happened and when she finds out about the punch, she tells Hanssen. Leaving both Dan and Malick to explain themselves.

References

External links

• Chrissie Williams at BBC Online