| Lisa Loveday | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hollyoaks character | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Rachel Adedeji Serrayah Rowe (flashback) Alexis Simone (flashback) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2015–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 17 September 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 9 September 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Bryan Kirkwood (2015–2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spin-off appearances | Hollyoaks Later (2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lisa Loveday, is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Rachel Adedeji, made her first on-screen appearance during a flashback episode on 17 September 2015, before appearing regularly from 29 April 2016.[1][2] Lisa is the daughter of Simone (Jacqueline Boatswain) and Louis Loveday (Karl Collins) and sister of Zack Loveday (Duayne Boachie) who had been missing for 15 years. In June 2020, it was announced Adedeji would exit the role later in the year;[1] she exited on 9 September after the character was killed off.
Storylines
editLisa first appears in Hollyoaks at the police station when her kidnapper and adoptive mother, Margaret Smith (Suzette Llewellyn), is arrested for kidnapping her. Her mother Simone (Jacqueline Boatswain) and father Louis (Karl Collins) are stunned to see her. Louis and Simone later do a DNA test to see if she's really their daughter, and the results come back as positive. Lisa later confronts Sonia Albright (Kiza Deen) after she discovered that she stole her life. Lisa then attacks Sonia for stealing her life, and Zack Loveday (Duayne Boachie) breaks them up and separates them. Zack later takes Lisa back to his house and he and his parents show her objects and pictures from the past, which she remembers. Lisa later goes to the police station to confront Margaret, who she's angry with for kidnapping her and making her believe that her parents and brother were killed in a car crash. However, Margaret manipulates Lisa into by saying she took her in because her parents didn't love her. She believes what she says and later disowns the Lovedays for having Margaret arrested. As a result of Margaret's manipulation, Lisa wrecks Price Slice. As soon as Simone and Louis walk in, she pours some sauce on Sonia's hair and blames her for all of the damage. Simone believes her, but Zack and Louis do not. After the incident, Louis sees Joanne on the street and they talk about what had happened. Joanne reveals that nobody knows what Lisa is truly like, and therefore, Louis grows even more suspicious of Lisa afterwards. Eventually, Sonia pleads guilty to the wreckage with Joanne by her side at the police station, even though she didn't really do it. Joanne tells her that it would be better to plead not guilty, but Sonia objects to this idea.
Lisa later begins a feud with Sonia, trying to separate her from Zack and ruin her life. Lisa persuades Simone to take the restaurant away from Sonia in which she does leaving Lisa the manager. Lisa forms friendships with Holly Cunningham (Amanda Clapham), Ellie Nightingale (Sophie Porley) and Cleo McQueen (Nadine Mulkerrin). When Sonia applies for a course at Hollyoaks University, Lisa ruins it revealing about Sonia imposing her. This leads to a fight between them, leading to Lisa hurting her ankle. In order to spite Sonia more, Lisa sets Holly with Zack however the plan does not work, leaving her furious. Lisa is furious when Simone and Louis accept his relationship with Sonia, so Lisa decides to begin a relationship with Jesse Donovan (Luke Jerdy), leaving Simone angry. After a failed romance with Nathan Nightingale (Jared Garfield), Lisa's friend, Cleo, sets both Lisa and Nathan up. They begin a problematic relationship, but however, during a village blackout, they have sex. However, after becoming engaged to Nathan and moving in with him and his family, Lisa has sex with Nathan's father, Mac Nightingale (David Easter), and the pair swear each other to secrecy. Mac and Lisa then begin an affair.
In 2020 Lisa was killed off by her cousin Toby Faroe (Bobby Gordon) after mistaking her for other cousin Mitchell Deveraux (Imran Addams) and his sister Celeste Faroe (Andrea Ali) helped cover up for him.
Development
editCasting and characterisation
editThe character of Lisa has been known since 2015, but former friend Sonia Albright (Kiza Deen) has been pretending to be her.[3] Lisa has been billed as "a loud and brassy party animal" and "is on a mission to claim back the family that is rightfully hers".[1] Rachel Adedeji was cast in the role of Lisa and had already begun filming with the show when her casting was announced.[1] Adedeji stated she was "excited" to have joined the show's cast, but said it was "quite a pressure" to be introduced as Lisa because "she is such an anticipated arrival".[1] Adedeji added that Lisa's backstory had "turned her into a tough cookie".[1] Adedeji's agent informed her that Hollyoaks were interested in hiring her. She attended a meeting with production and read for the part. Adedeji told Lorraine Kelly that her character has "sass" and is "feisty".[4] Adedeji made a temporary departure from Hollyoaks for maternity leave, with her character leaving on 1 December 2017. She made her on-screen return on 13 November 2018.[5]
Reception
editIn August 2017, Adedeji was longlisted for "Sexiest Female" at the Inside Soap Awards.[6] She did not progress to the viewer-voted shortlist.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f Kilkelly, Daniel (21 March 2016). "Hollyoaks casts X Factor star Rachel Adedeji as the REAL Lisa Loveday... and you can expect fireworks". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (17 April 2016). "Soap spoilers: Coronation Street death, EastEnders kiss, Emmerdale romance, Hollyoaks Lisa". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (21 March 2016). "Exclusive: Family reunion! Hollyoaks' Loveday clan will come face-to-face with the REAL Lisa very soon". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ Adedeji, Rachel (19 April 2016). "Interview". Lorraine (Interview). Interviewed by Lorraine Kelly. ITV.
- ^ "In and out". Inside Soap (44): 92. 3–9 November 2018.
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