There's a new McQueen – Lauren – arriving in Hollyoaks (VIDEO)

LILY DRINKWELL, LAUREN MCQUEEN

There's a new McQueen joining the cast of Hollyoaks. Lauren McQueen will play the role of Diane O'Conor's niece, Lily Drinkwell

Liverpool actress Lauren McQueen has been cast in Hollyoaks and says she feels so lucky to be working in her home town.

Despite her own name, Lauren will play a character called Lily Drinkwell, the sweet and caring niece of Diane O’Conor and cousin of Scott.

Lauren said: “I was over the moon when I found out I was joining the cast of Hollyoaks. Being from Liverpool I feel so lucky to be working in my home town and being part of such a successful show with cast I’ve looked up to since I was 12. I couldn’t have been cast in a better family!"

Lily arrives in Hollyoaks after tragically losing her mother and Hollyoaks says that although she has a very soft nature she 'is one tough cookie and a little mischievous like her Aunty Diane'.

In her recent Hollygoss,, below, Lauren discusses her previous roles in the 4 o’clock club, Ordinary Lies and feature film The Violators. Lauren has also just featured on screen in the BBC’s 6 Wives, in which she played Henry VIII’s fifth wife, Katherine Howard.

https://youtu.be/Uxepbn36JFc

No word yet on when Lauren will make her debut on Hollyoaks.

 

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