Alexis Hall (actress)

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Alexis Hall
Born (1980-01-23) 23 January 1980 (age 44)
United Kingdom
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • model

Alexis Hall (born 23 January 1980) is an English actress, singer and model from Manchester.

Career

She played the role of Precious, a model agency scout in the television series Hollyoaks: In the City .

Hollyoaks: In the City is a spin-off of the Channel 4 television series Hollyoaks . It is set in the city of Liverpool, not the usual Hollyoaks setting of Chester.

The show also serves as a continuation to 2005's Hollyoaks: Let Loose which followed the lives of ex-Hollyoaks characters Ben Davies and Lisa Hunter.


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