Ellie Mills

Ellie Mills
Hollyoaks character
Portrayed by Sarah Baxendale
Duration 2002–05
First appearance 2002
Last appearance 25 March 2005
Introduced by Jo Hallows
Classification Former; regular

Eleanor Jane "Ellie" Mills (née Hunter) is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Sarah Baxendale. She first appeared in 2002 and made her final appearance in 2005.

Storylines

The eldest Hunter child was a runaway living in Ibiza for two years without contacting her family before returning, not out of love, but rather 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. She often caused trouble for her family and often went against her mother's wishes.

She married Toby Mills, which her family approved of, but this was a huge mistake, as he was in fact a serial killer. Ellie ran off again, and Toby and Dan went off to look for her, but the night ended in disaster when Toby died, Ellie was left unconscious and Dan was in the frame for his murder. The Hunter clan desperately awaited for Ellie to wake up (she had fallen from a roof) to clear Dan's name, but on waking, she had lost her memory and accused Dan of murdering her husband.

Her family turned against her, including her father, and Ellie also incurred the wrath of Les's close friend and business partner Johnno Dean and his then-wife Frankie Osborne, whose daughters Steph and Debbie had their lives ruined by Toby, Steph when she nearly lost her life after being attacked by Toby and was left with epilepsy as a result of the attack; and Debbie, who had been in a relationship with Dan, having lost her boyfriend due to his wrongful imprisonment. Ellie's actions led to an explosive confrontation with Johnno, and Les had to step in and prevent his business partner from physically attacking Ellie.

The atmosphere in the Hunter household was too much and Sally disowned her daughter. Ellie's memory eventually returned and Dan was cleared, but her mother was unable to forgive her.

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. Ellie continued to live with the family, but tensions flared up yet again when she needed tuition money and asked Sally if she could get back some of the money she'd given to help Dan start the Pit Stop. An angry Sally gave her a cheque for all the money, further alienating Ellie from her mother and siblings. Les had moved away due to Dan's death and the family strife and Sally decided to go look for him. When Lee and Lisa decided to go and find their parents, Ellie wanted to go along, but they refused, telling her once and for all that she didn't fit in. While they were all gone, Ellie had a drink with Russ Owen and Dannii Carbone and realised she had nothing left in Chester. She packed her bags and watched a few old family videos from when she and Dan were kids. Full of remorse, she left a goodbye letter and the ripped-up cheque from Sally. After taking one last look around the family home, she left.

When the Hunters returned to find her missing, they initially rowed over who was responsible for her leaving and whether she just wanted to hurt them yet again. Bombhead convinced them she was just trying to do what she thought they wanted and that they should be happy. They sent Ellie an e-mail, telling her they loved her and to contact them any time she wanted.

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