| Lucy Benson | |||||||||
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| Hollyoaks character | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Kerrie Taylor | ||||||||
| Created by | Phil Redmond | ||||||||
| Duration | 1995-2000 | ||||||||
| First appearance | 23 October 1995 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | 2000 | ||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 March 1978 | ||||||||
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Lucy Benson is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Kerrie Taylor. Taylor appeared from the first episode on 23 October 1995. Taylor later quit the role with the character leaving in 2000 when she went travelling.
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Taylor quit the role saying "I was scared to leave. I thought I might never work again, but the time was right".[1] Taylor described her time on the serial as "happy" which made her decision to leave "hard". Taylor added that the Hollyoaks cast felt "like family". Taylor filmed her final scenes around Christmas 1999.[2] The Daily Mirror labelled the character a "goody-two-shoes".[3]
Merle Brown of the Daily Record labelled Lucy "troubled".[1] Taylor felt the character had "gone through everything" saying she had taken the character from "a good daughter character on a journey to hopeless addict and then to strength again".[1] The character was also labelled "hopeless" and a "junkie" by the Daily Record.[4]
Taylor commented on Lucy's herion addiction saying "it wasn't pleasant. I had this foundation I had to wear called Death Grey. Most foundations have girlie names, like Autumn Dew or Sunrise, but not this".[1] Taylor commented on the storyline saying "For 18 months, I'd go into work and play a heroin addict" which she found "challenging, but it it did get to me after a while".[3]
Lucy was introduced as part of the Benson family. Lucy began dating Rob Hawthorne. Lucy is involved in an accident which kills Dermot Ashton. Lucy tells the police of Rob's part in Dermot's death. After Lucy and Kurt seek revenge Rob is thrown off a car park roof by his drug dealers. Rob begins a vendetta Uagainst the Bensons. Lucy begins a band with Carol Groves and Bazil McCourtney.
Lucy's younger brother Ollie is killed in a car crash. Lucy blames 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. Lucy becomes addicted so Rob begins giving her heroin. Lucy is put in a coma. Lucy finally weans herself off heroin.
However, Rob traps Lucy, Lewis Richardson, Ruth Osborne and Tony Hutchinson in a watertank. Rob tries to set fire to Rory Finnigan's bus but is trapped inside, perishing in the fire.
Lucy decides that she wants to travel the world and Tony offers 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 promises Lucy that he would wait for her.
Taylor was nominated for "Best Dramatic Performance" at the British Soap Awards.[5] While expressing her disinterest, Merle Brown from the Daily Record did not welcome Lucy’s drug habit being a heavily focused upon storyline.[6] Charlie Catchpole of the Daily Mirror commented on the performances of soap actors giving his opinion on what they should be paid. On Taylor he said she would be in his "bottom" paid soap stars saying she deserved £15, 000 which Lucy would use for "A new silver spoon for her nose. She's tried every drug bar aspirin".[7]
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