Suzanne Ashworth (also Dick) is a
fictional character
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Channel 4
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soap opera
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Hollyoaks
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'', played by
Suzanne Hall
Suzanne Hall (born 1972), is an Australian born British actress.
Before attending her first secondary school, Worden Sports College in Leyland, she went to Hayward School in Bolton and, at that time lived in Great Lever, but now lives in Smi ...
. She made her first on-screen appearance on 30 September 2005. Suzanne was introduced by series producer
David Hanson as part of the Ashworth family. In February 2010, Suzanne was axed from the serial by new series producer
Paul Marquess
Paul Marquess (born 23 June 1964) is a television producer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. His credits include '' Brookside'', '' The Bill'', '' Family Affairs'', '' Hollyoaks'', ''Crime Stories'', '' Suspects'' and '' Hope Street''. He also or ...
. Suzanne made her final appearance on 14 July 2010. Marquess stated in an interview that he was a big fan of Hall's work in the serial. In late 2010 it was revealed that Hall had returned to filming and Suzanne would be pregnant with twins. Suzanne's storylines have included trying to keep her family together, fathering a son
Rhys Ashworth
Rhys Ashworth is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Andrew Moss. He made his first on-screen appearance in September 2005. Rhys was killed off in the Enjoy The Ride storyline in an episode air ...
secretly with another man, other affairs and a feud with
Kathy Barnes (
Sarah Jane Buckley). Suzanne returned to ''Hollyoaks'' on 14 January 2011 for a period of 2 months. In 2012 it was announced that Hall had reprised the role once again.
Casting
Suzanne was created in 2005 as part of the Ashworth family by David Hanson, actress Suzanne Hall was cast into the role. In early 2010, it was announced that Allan had stepped down from the position of
executive producer
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and that Paul Marquess had taken over the role. It was soon revealed that Marquess planned to give Hollyoaks a "shake up", changing the productions team and beginning a cast cull by axing the entire remaining Ashworth family apart from
Rhys Ashworth
Rhys Ashworth is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Andrew Moss. He made his first on-screen appearance in September 2005. Rhys was killed off in the Enjoy The Ride storyline in an episode air ...
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Andrew Moss
Andrew Moss (born 1 June 1985) is an English actor. He is known for portraying the role of Rhys Ashworth in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2005 to 2014. He also appeared in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'' as Paul Cuthbert. On st ...
).
The move was part of his reinvention of the serial and clearing out the "deadwood".
Marquess later revealed he axed the Ashworths because he believed ''The Dog'' should have a lively family at the heart of it, that the Ashworths had become grim because of their hard hitting storyline, but added it was a shame because he is a "huge fan of Hall's work on Hollyoaks".
In December 2010, it was confirmed that Suzanne would return to ''Hollyoaks'' in 2011. On 3 December 2012, Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy announced that Suzanne would return to ''Hollyoaks'' in a guest capacity that month.
Character development
Suzanne has been described as always trying to hold her family together.
In 2007 Hall stated that Suzanne was unhappy adding: "I have to look really miserable all the time at the moment. I hope soon she can have some happiness in her life, maybe even have an affair."
She also added that Suzanne is "downtrodden and bored".
Suzanne has been seen struggling to cope with daughter
Hannah Ashworth's (
Emma Rigby
Emma Catherine Rigby (born 26 September 1989) is an English actress. After rising to prominence for her role as Hannah Ashworth in ''Hollyoaks'', she later played Gemma Roscoe in the BBC One drama series '' Prisoners' Wives'' and as the Red Qu ...
) anorexia battle, of the filming Hall states: "The anorexia scenes with Hannah were so sad. We were crying for hours at a time and the tears were real. I think moreso for me because I have a daughter who is the same age."
In 2011 Suzanne returns and her storyline sees her pregnant with twins.
Speaking Suzanne's return
Ashley Taylor Dawson
Philip Ashley Taylor Dawson (born 11 January 1982), known as Ashley Taylor Dawson, is an English actor and singer. He is known for portraying the role of Darren Osborne in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', as well as being a member of th ...
who plays Suzanne's old lover
Darren Osborne stated: "she says, 'It's twins and they're yours'. At first, he doesn't believe her and he thinks it's a wind-up. The dates match up. It's a huge shock. But when she threatens to go back to Spain, he realises it's not what he wants and he stops her. He decides to man up and be a dad to his kids."
Storylines
After her son Josh and nephew,
Fletch (
Sam Darbyshire) were involved in a car crash after a joy ride she treated
Amy Barnes
Amy Barnes is a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Ashley Slanina-Davies. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 14 November 2005. Amy was created by executive producer David Hanson and Slanin ...
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Ashley Slanina-Davies
Ashley Slanina-Davies (born 18 December 1989) is an English actress born in Standish, near Wigan, who is notable for playing the role of Amy Barnes in the Channel 4 soap opera, ''Hollyoaks''. The role of Amy was Slanina-Davies' first major te ...
) and found out she was pregnant. She told Amy to tell one of her parents about the baby, but Amy was reluctant. When Amy started seeing her son Josh she warned her away from him, because she was worried Josh wouldn't be able to handle having to look after someone else's child.
It was revealed during a stay of her brother-in-law, Noel Ashworth, that she has had an affair with him, and that in fact, Noel is her eldest son Rhys' father, not her husband, Neville. When the family find this out, they are shocked, and Hannah and Josh start to treat her like a stranger.
After returning from a holiday in France, Suzanne began to worry about Hannah and her friendship with
Melissa Hurst (
Carla Chases) Suzanne thinks that Hannah is under the influence of drugs from Melissa because she doesn't know that Hannah is actually suffering from anorexia nervosa, and bans Melissa from the house. When Hannah accuses Gilly of sexually abusing her, Suzanne believes her at first, but beings to grow suspicious of her story when Gilly tries to explain what really is happening. Suzanne finally realised the truth about Hannah's anorexia when she broke into Hannah's room and found her hidden food, and her food diary. Suzanne felt guilty for not figuring it out quicker and tries to comfort an unwilling Hannah.
When Hannah helps Melissa escape from hospital, it all goes wrong and things do not go quite as planned. They plan to run away together, miles from home. But when they go to the Ashworth's to retrieve Hannah's passport, they get caught out by a shocked Josh. Hannah tells Josh not to tell Suzanne, but he called for Suzanne. When he calls Suzanne, she tries to stop them both from running away. Although they nearly got away with it, Melissa suddenly has an unexpected heart attack and collapses on the floor. Suzanne tries to resuscitate Melissa, but she was too late.
After Melissa's death, Suzanne was determined to see Hannah recover from her illness. When Hannah faints one day in her room, whilst
Sarah Barnes
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Loui Batley
Louie Anne Batley (born in Chorley, Lancashire) is an English actress, singer, and dancer best known for her role in ''Hollyoaks'' as Sarah Barnes.
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) and
John Paul McQueen
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James Sutton) are having an argument about
Craig Dean (
Guy Burnett), Suzanne searches Hannah's room to find out where she has been hiding her food. She discovers a pile of rotting food under a floorboard in Hannah's room and feels helpless that she is unable to help her daughter and decides that Hannah must be admitted to hospital to receive professional help to recover from her illness, so she is sectioned.
In late May 2009, Suzanne, Neville, Rhys and Josh assumed that Hannah had taken a relapse over her eating disorder.
Ash Roy (Junade Khan), who was jealous after Hannah dumped him for
Justin Burton
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Chris Fountain
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), planted food in Hannah's room to make it look like she was hiding food and had in fact had a relapse, although he admitted to Hannah he had done it so her family would think Justin is not good for her and is causing the 'relapse'. The Ashworths attempted to stop Hannah seeing Justin. Hannah got Ash to come to her house and admit to Suzanne and Nev that he had put the food in the room, however he told them he never did it and he was worried for Hannah's mental well-being. After Justin left Hollyoaks, Hannah moved out of The Dog and moved in with
Nancy Hayton
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Jessica Fox), knowing she could not live with her family who thought she was ill and did not believe her. However things went from bad to worse, when the whole family discovers that Hannah had drunkenly married Darren. Suzanne tries to push Hannah into getting an annulment. However, this pushes her more towards Darren and the pair stay married. Nev and Suzanne's teenage godson
Duncan Button (
Dean Aspen) comes to stay with her the Ashworths. Hannah relapses and ends up back in hospital. She recovers and later leaves the village on her own with the Ashworths' support.
Suzanne is horrified when Josh is involved in a car crash then arrested for drink driving after Rhys spiked his drink. She is angry with her son thinking he should know better even though he protests his innocence. Suzanne and Neville do not believe him. When Josh's life deteriorates, Suzanne begins to support her son although this causes arguments with Neville who has disowned him. Whilst having her birthday dinner, Suzanne is shocked in disbelief that Neville reports Josh to the police, after Josh punches him. Josh is sent to prison for a few weeks for a second drink driving offense.
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Ricky Whittle) and
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Gemma Merna
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) wedding, Suzanne sleeps with Darren. Suzanne later embarked on an affair with Darren, until Rhys catches them outside Darren's flat. Rhys tells Neville who then kicks Suzanne out of The Dog. She then moved in with Darren, temporarily, alongside Cindy and Holly. Neville forgives Suzanne and they reconcile and move to Spain.
Suzanne returns in January and meets Nancy and Darren in the pub. She tells them that Neville is divorcing her because she is pregnant with Darren's twins. A few days later, Suzanne gives birth to twins
Jack and Francine during the opening of
Tony Hutchinson
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Nick Pickard
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) spa. Her and the twins then move in with Darren. Suzanne later gets roped into a failed money-making scheme by Darren and Duncan.
Cindy Hutchinson (
Stephanie Waring) returns and offers Suzanne £100,000 to go back to Spain so that she can have Darren to herself. Suzanne offers to go if she doubles the money, which she does, and Suzanne leaves for Spain, taking Francine and Jack with her leaving Darren heartbroken. Suzanne returns in December 2012 to attend Rhys's funeral and informs Darren that the twins are doing fine and that they are beginning to talk. It is implied that she and Neville are still together in Spain. Suzanne returns to Spain after the funeral.
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