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Zara Morgan
Zara Morgan is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Kelly Condron. The character initially appeared from 1 April 1999 to 22 December 2005. In July 2021, 15 years after her initial departure from the soap, it was announced that Condron would be reprising her role as Zara from August 2021. Casting and characterisation Departure In July 2005, it was announced that the serial's production team planned to write out some of their established characters. Kris Green of Digital Spy said he had heard that Condron's contract would not be renewed. In November, it was reported she had already finished filming with the series. Condron said that she was already pursuing other projects. Producers remained secretive about how they would write Zara out of the series. The character departed on 22 December 2005. Reintroduction On 19 July 2021, it was announced that Condron would return in August 2021 after a 16-year absence from ''Hollyoaks''. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Condron
Kelly Condron is a British television and voice actress. She is known for her role as Zara Morgan in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' (1999–2005, 2021–present). Prior to 2006, Condron used her previous surname "Greenwood" professionally. Career Condron grew up in Salford in the 1980s and decided she wanted to act from age twelve. She began taking acting lessons and the following year she secured the role of Geri in the ITV show ''Children's Ward''. In 1999, Condron secured the regular role of Zara Morgan, in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. In July 2005, it was reported that producers would not be renewing the contracts of several cast members, including Condron. She soon filmed her final scenes with the show. In 2007, Condron was approached by the production company Endemol to provide voice overs for one of their relative television shows. The experience lead Condron to take up voice over work as her new career. She has also had roles in the television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK. Since its launch in 1999, Digital Spy has focused on entertainment news related to television programmes, films, music and show business to a global audience. As well as breaking news, in-depth features, reviews and editorial explainers, the site also features the DS Forum. History digiNews (1999) In early January 1999, Iain Chapman launched the digiNEWS website, providing news, rumours and information on Sky's new digital satellite platform SkyDigital. At the same time, Chris Butcher launched the ONfaq website, offering similar news and information on the UK's new digital terrestrial platform ONdigital. Both sites proved to be popular, attracting a lot of attention from visitors eager for more news about these rapidly developing TV platforms. Very soon Chapman and Butcher discussed the idea of a merger of the two sites, to create the dig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Hunter
Lisa Hunter is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Gemma Atkinson. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 23 April 2001. The character is noted for her storylines including bullying and self-harming. After her exit from ''Hollyoaks'', Atkinson reprised the role twice in two spin-off series. In November 2021, it was announced that Atkinson would be returning to ''Hollyoaks'' for a guest appearance, with her return airing in March 2022. Development Casting Actress Gemma Atkinson was cast in the role of Lisa, a member of the new Hunter family, in 2001. She made her first appearance on 23 April 2001. Lisa joins the local secondary school, where she is bullied by Zara Morgan ( Kelly Greenwood) and Abby Davies ( Helen Noble) after they "take an instant dislike to her." During 2004, Atkinson was reported to have been axed from the soap along with her on-screen family. Despite this, the character stayed onscreen unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Noble
Helen Noble (born in Wigan) is a British actress best known for her role as Abby Davies in the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2000 to 2004, with a brief return in 2005. Helen attended Wigan's Willpower Youth Theatre as a teenager and it was through this and their links with Intercity Casting that she got her first audition to play Abby in ''Hollyoaks''. After leaving ''Hollyoaks'', she presented and appeared in pantomime at the Manchester Opera House and in 2004 appeared on a celebrity version of ''The Weakest Link'' dressed as her pantomime character from '' Dick Whittington''. In the 2005–06 pantomime season she appeared as Princess Apricot Crumble in ''Jack & the Beanstalk'' at Theatre Royal, Plymouth. where she met her now husband Graham Tudor. In February 2006, she fronted a bid to promote the work of the Halton Drug Action Team and its partner agencies in Widnes and Runcorn by living 'homeless' in the Halton YMCA. In April 2006, she appeared alongside Sara Crowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abby Davies
Abby Davies is a fictional character from the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Helen Noble. The character made her first on-screen appearance on 18 April 2000. Noble remained a part of the cast until her character departed in June 2004. She made reprised role for a guest return on 5 September 2005. Casting Helen Noble was seventeen when she joined the cast of Hollyoaks after auditioning for the role. Helen Noble quit in 2004, but agreed to return in four episodes in 2005. Noble stated that she felt she had changed and was confident in her decision to depart. Development Abby is an enthusiast and has high hopes in her life. Speaking of Abby's persona during an interview with OK! Noble stated: "My character Abby Davies was such a fun character, very likeable, very girlie, a little bit ditzy and silly. She had a big imagination and she had very high hopes for herself and her love life." Abby has a unique style but Noble disliked it. She told a reporter from ''Inside Soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hollyoaks Characters (1998)
The following is a list of characters that first appeared on the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' in 1998, by first appearance. Tessie Thompson Tessie Thompson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Sian Gibson (originally credited under her maiden name of Foulkes). She debuted on-screen during 1998, she was involved in storylines such as pretending to be pregnant, extortion and hiding Tony Hutchinson's son from him for 8 years. '' The Sun'' announced her return on 17 October 2007. Tessie and Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard) begin dating, she pretends to be pregnant before she tries to scam him and take his money. She gets found out and leaves Tony who is humiliated. Several years after her last appearance, Tessie returned to Tony's thirtieth birthday party. She tells him she has a surprise to show him, before introducing him to his long-lost son, Harry. When she supposedly lied about her pregnancy, she was really pregnant and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carley Stenson
Carley Stenson (born 22 September 1982) is an English actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Steph Cunningham in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' and Harriet Shelton in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. For her role as Steph, she received numerous nominations at the British Soap Awards. Stenson left ''Hollyoaks'' in 2010 to focus on musical theatre acting and has since played roles such as Elle Woods in '' Legally Blonde: The Musical'' and Fantine in ''Les Misérables''. In 2023, she is set to compete in the fifteenth series of ''Dancing on Ice''. Early and personal life Stenson was born on 22 September 1982 in Billinge Higher End, Wigan. As a child, she competed in talent competitions hosted by the ''St Helens Star''. Whilst starring in '' Legally Blonde: The Musical'', she met actor Danny Mac. The pair began dating in 2011, and got married in 2017. In March 2021, the pair announced that they were expecting their first child together. She gave birth to a da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steph Cunningham
Steph Roach (also Dean and Cunningham) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Carley Stenson. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 8 March 2000. Steph was introduced into the serial by executive producer Jo Hallows. In 2009 Stenson decided to quit, but the then producer Lucy Allan convinced her to stay to play out a dramatic storyline. The announcement of her departure was made public in June 2010. Stenson's fellow cast members have described her as a "''Hollyoaks'' legend" because of her lengthy duration. Steph has been described as having a highly confident persona, a trait Stenson enjoyed portraying throughout. Steph is also played as "fame hungry". She is noted for a number of high-profile storylines such as the portrayal of bullying in a school environment, the portrayal of epilepsy, which Stenson felt had been a 'taboo subject' for too long. Other stories include becoming a widow and her involvement in Niall R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Gibbs
The following is a list of characters who first appeared in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' in 1999, by order of first appearance. Throughout the year ''Hollyoaks'' saw several new arrivals including the Morgan family. Adam Morgan Adam Morgan, played by David Brown, made his first on screen appearance in February 1999. Adam is introduced as part of the Morgan family, consisting of parents Andy Morgan (Ross Davidson) and Sue Morgan ( Eve White) and children Adam, Luke Morgan (Gary Lucy), Beth Morgan (Elizabeth O'Grady) and Zara Morgan (Kelly Greenwood). Adam is introduced as the enigmatic new lifeguard at the local college swimming pool. Adam has a fling with Jasmine Bates (Elly Fairman), before beginning a relationship with Kerri, his Australian girlfriend. Kerri asks Adam to move to Australia with her, but he decides to stay in the village and finish his degree. Adam then dates fresher Geri Hudson ( Joanna Taylor), before starting a relationship with Izzy Cornwell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Lucy
Gary Edward Lucy (born 27 November 1981) is an English actor, television personality and model who is best known for playing Will Fletcher in the ITV police drama ''The Bill'', Luke Morgan in ''Hollyoaks'', Kyle Pascoe in '' Footballer's Wives'' and Danny Pennant in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. He also played a part in the show ''The Dumping Ground'' as a footballer named Billy. Career Lucy was born in Chigwell, Essex. He appeared in ''Grange Hill'' and ''Dream Team'' before getting the role that brought him to public attention, Luke Morgan in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. Lucy undertook a male rape storyline, for which he won the Best Newcomer award at the 2000 British Soap Awards. Lucy then went on to do three series of the ITV football drama ''Footballers' Wives'' where he played Kyle Pascoe, a football player for fictional football club Earl's Park. In 2004, Lucy starred as Michael Sands with Ray Winstone in the ITV drama ''She's Gone''. From 2005 to 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve White
Eve White was an English television actress. Among other roles, she appeared as Sue Morgan on the soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 1999 to 2002. White is now a literary agent in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ..., UK, having founded Eve White Literary Agency in 2003. References External linksEve White: Literary Agent Living people Literary agents English television actresses English soap opera actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{England-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Davidson
William Russell "Ross" Davidson (25 August 1949 – 16 October 2006) was a Scottish actor best known for his role as Andy O'Brien in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders''. Career Davidson started his working life as a physical education teacher in Scotland in the early 1970s. He also played water polo at international level for Scotland. He left teaching to run a pub and disco in Glasgow, but furthered his ambitions to act by attending night classes. He made his screen acting debut on television in ''A Degree of Uncertainty'' (1979), a BBC '' Play for Today'' set in a Scottish university, then appeared as a kilted dancer in '' Stanley Baxter on Television'' (1979). He also had small parts as a member of a mime troupe in ''The Comedy of Errors'' ("BBC Television Shakespeare", 1983) and a photographer in '' Widows II'' (1985), as well as appearing in the film ''The Pirates of Penzance'' (1983) and the Monty Python short ''The Crimson Permanent Assurance'' (1983), made to acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
