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.
Pacific Drive is an Australian television series made by Village Roadshow in association with New World International for the Nine Network which screened for 390 episodes from 29 January 1996 to December 1997,when it concluded it was show in reruns being in a late night timeslot for years. It was also repeated for a daytime slot on Nine while they lobbied (unsuccessfully) to the Australian Broadcasting Authority for a daytime drama to count towards their local drama quota points.
Gemma Louise Atkinson is an English radio presenter and former actress and glamour model. She played Lisa Hunter in Hollyoaks and in three spin-off series,Hollyoaks:After Hours (2004),Hollyoaks:Let Loose (2005) and Hollyoaks:In the City (2006),Tamzin Bayle in Casualty and Carly Hope in Emmerdale (2015–2017). She currently presents the drive time slot across the Hits Radio Network. In November 2021,it was announced that Atkinson is set to reprise her role as Lisa Hunter in Hollyoaks.
Jake Dean is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks,played by Kevin Sacre. Sacre portrayed the character between 2002 and 2008,before making a return on 5 October 2009. In March 2010,Sacre was axed from the series by Paul Marquess during his major revamp and cast cull. Jake made his last appearance on 6 August 2010.
Becca Dean is a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks,played by Ali Bastian. She first appeared on-screen on 19 September 2001 and departed on 16 February 2007.
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,and she returned full-time from 5 August 2021. On 29 June 2023,it was announced that Condron was to make a second departure from Hollyoaks. Zara's final scenes aired on 30 June 2023.
Clare Bates is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders,played by Gemma Bissix. Bissix originally played the character as a schoolgirl from 1993 to 1998. She left the serial with her screen stepfather Nigel Bates,when his actor Paul Bradley opted to leave. After a ten-year hiatus,Bissix returned to the role on 1 February 2008. The character was transformed from "cute and sweet" into a gold digging "maneater",chasing wealthy men for their money. The British media focused on the character's penchant for revealing clothing,and while she was praised by some critics,it was suggested that she was underused upon her return. Bissix again left EastEnders at the end of her contract in the summer of 2008. Her departing episode aired on 7 August 2008.
Russ Owen is a fictional character in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks,played by Stuart Manning. He first appeared in the episode first broadcast on 22 August 2004 with the Owen family and has been involved in storylines including being diagnosed with testicular cancer and kidnapping his son Max McQueen. It was announced in April 2009 that Manning had quit the role and Russ departed in the episode first broadcast on 3 June 2009. Nine years later,it was confirmed that Manning would reprise the role. Russ returned on 13 August 2018 and was killed-off on 16 November 2018 after being murdered by Breda McQueen.
Debra "Debbie" Dean is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks,played by Jodi Albert. She first appeared in 2002,before Albert quit the role in 2004. She made her final appearance during 2005,before making a brief return in 2006.
Natalie Osborne is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks,played by Tiffany Mulheron. She made her first appearance during an episode broadcast in July 2003 and left in 2004.
Kristian Hargreaves is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks,played by Max Brown between 2002 and 2004.
Izzy Davies is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks,played by Elize du Toit. She made her first appearance in 2000 before leaving in 2004. The character then briefly returned in October 2007.
India Longford is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks,played by Beth Kingston. She made her first on-screen appearance on 21 September 2009 and was introduced by series producer Lucy Allan as a new student at Hollyoaks Community College. Kingston was given the role after she entered and won an online competition run by Hollyoaks Desperately Seeking. In November 2010,it was announced that India would be murdered. India was murdered by Silas Blissett on 23 December 2010. India returned briefly in 2011 and 2012. Kingston has stated that she was happy to leave the show before being typecast in the role. India has been portrayed as a "posh bird" and is narrow-minded,having a tendency to "rub people up the wrong way". She is also described as sensible and "strait-laced".
Ben Davies is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks,played by Marcus Patric. He first appeared in August 2000,and after departing from the main show in 2005,made further appearances in spin-offs,Hollyoaks:Let Loose and Hollyoaks:In the City,which followed his relationship with Lisa Hunter
