Anita Roy (also Strong) is a
fictional character
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from the
Channel 4
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soap opera
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''
Hollyoaks
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'', played by
Saira Choudhry. Choudhry was cast in 2008 as part of the new Roy family and arrived in November and stayed in the serial for 2 years before she left ''Hollyoaks'' on 20 January 2011.
Her more notable storylines include being racially bullied, which was nominated for an award at the ''Inside Soap'' Awards and which led to her
self-harming
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storyline. In her time on the show she also discovered that she is adopted and began an on-line relationship. Anita also suffered an
identity crisis
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The stage of psychosoci ...
.
Character development
Characterisation
E4 described Anita as "sensitive soul". Colin Daniels of
Digital Spy
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branded her a "troubled teen".
In an interview Choudry labelled the character "disturbing" and commented that "She's not so self-absorbed and she's turned into a young adult now." On her favourite storyline she also added that it was "probably the story where Anita tried to bleach her skin." because of how challenging it was to her and because she was most proud of it.
E4 also said the character was originally "a shy young teenager, who found it hard make friends because her Dad happened to be head of the school."
Self-harming
Anita's first major storyline started in late 2008, when
Lauren Valentine
Lauren Valentine is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Dominique Jackson. First appearing in 2007, Lauren was written out of the show in 2010 along with the rest of the Valentine family as part o ...
and
Barry Newton
Barry "Newt" Newton is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Nico Mirallegro. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 22 October 2007. He was introduced as the serial's first emo character ...
used her so they could be together in secret, this led to Anita feeling secluded from their group. Anita tried to dress like Newt and Lauren, however
Leila Roy
Leila Roy is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Lena Kaur. The character made her first appearance in June 2008. In November 2009, it was announced that Kaur had decided to leave Hollyoaks. Lena m ...
told her to be herself. She then began a friendship with
Theresa McQueen
Theresa McQueen is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Jorgie Porter. She made her first appearance on 24 November 2008. The character was introduced as an extension of already established McQueen f ...
. After Lauren and Newt split up, Anita and Newt began a relationship. Lauren was jealous and began to make people think Anita was bullying her. Newt took Lauren's side and dumped Anita, with only Theresa believing she was innocent. Anita began feeling self-conscious and wished to be blonde and beautiful like Theresa. She then put a picture of Theresa on a social networking website and pretended to be her, when Theresa found out, she called her a freak. Local bully
Gaz Bennett
Gaz Bennett is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Joel Goonan. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 25 November 2008. Goonan took a break from filming during 2010, and returned on-sc ...
approached Anita and began racially bullying her. Anita, in order to become white, began rubbing bleach onto her skin.
When Choudry found out about the storyline, she was "quite surprised". She said the nature of the story was controversial and she felt shocked at some of things Gaz does to Anita. Choudry was not certain Hollyoaks had ever aired such "dark scenes" of racism before. The storyline gave Choudry a chance to "do something new" as she had previously been filming "normal school scenes." Speaking on the opportunity to portray the storyline, she added: "I just felt really glad to be given the chance to do something like this - it was a big challenge."
Storylines
Backstory
Anita was born to a teenage mother named Eva Strong. Anita was adopted by Govinda Roy and Bel Roy, who then failed to inform that Anita she was adopted until she was sixteen and told by her brother Ash Roy. She keeps to herself, and is friends with Barry Newton, Theresa McQueen and Lauren Valentine.
2008-11
Anita arrives with the Roy family in November 2008. They move into the Ashworths former home. Soon after her arrival, Anita befriends
Lauren Valentine
Lauren Valentine is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Dominique Jackson. First appearing in 2007, Lauren was written out of the show in 2010 along with the rest of the Valentine family as part o ...
(
Dominique Jackson) and
Barry Newton
Barry "Newt" Newton is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Nico Mirallegro. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 22 October 2007. He was introduced as the serial's first emo character ...
(
Nico Mirallegro
'
Nico Cristian Mirallegro ( ; born 26 January 1991) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Barry "Newt" Newton in the soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' (2007–2010), Finn Nelson in ''My Mad Fat Diary'' (2013–2015), Joe Middleton in ...
). Anita feels she is different from her friends and begins to dress like them, however, is advised by sister
Leila Roy
Leila Roy is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Lena Kaur. The character made her first appearance in June 2008. In November 2009, it was announced that Kaur had decided to leave Hollyoaks. Lena m ...
(
Lena Kaur
Lena Kaur (born 1986) is a London-based British actress, perhaps best known for her role as Leila Roy in Channel 4 soap ''Hollyoaks''.
Career
Lena Kaur grew up in Almondbury in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and is of Asian descent. She attended ...
) to be herself. After helping
Bel Roy
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Kieron Hobbs
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(Nila Alia) in Evissa, Anita begins to dislike
Theresa McQueen
Theresa McQueen is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Jorgie Porter. She made her first appearance on 24 November 2008. The character was introduced as an extension of already established McQueen f ...
(
Jorgie Porter
Jorgina Porter (born 25 December 1987) is an English actress and model. She is known for portraying the role of Theresa McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2008 until 2016 and again from 2020.
Early life
Porter was born in Tr ...
). However, the pair do eventually become friends. Anita discovers a CCTV
DVD
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containing
Warren Fox
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(
Jamie Lomas
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Life and career
Lomas was born in Manchester. Before joining ''Hollyoaks'' in 2006, he had m ...
) having sex in The Loft with
Mandy Richardson
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(
Sarah Jayne Dunn
Sarah Jayne Dunn (born 25 September 1981) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Mandy Richardson on the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 1996 until 2021. In November 2021, Dunn was dropped from ''Hollyoaks'' after she ...
), which
Ravi Roy
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(
Stephen Uppal) accidentally left out. Anita then shows
Michaela McQueen
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(
Hollie Jay Bowes) and Theresa with
Myra McQueen
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(
Nicole Barber-Lane
Nicole Barber-Lane is a British actress known for playing Myra McQueen in the long-running teen soap ''Hollyoaks''.
Career
Before working in ''Hollyoaks'', Barber-Lane appeared in ''Emmerdale'', '' Bodies'', '' The Cops'', and in a Yorkshire ...
) and
Jacqui McQueen
Jacqui McQueen (also Malota and Ashworth) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Claire Cooper. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 26 September 2006 and was introduced by series ...
(
Claire Cooper
Claire Elizabeth Cooper (born 26 October 1980) is a British actress, best known for portraying Jacqui McQueen in Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', a character she played from 2006 to 2013.
Cooper co-owns clothing rental boutique The Closet ...
) deciding to go to Warren's wedding to
Louise Summers
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(
Roxanne McKee
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) and show the wedding party.
Gaz Bennett
Gaz Bennett is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Joel Goonan. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 25 November 2008. Goonan took a break from filming during 2010, and returned on-sc ...
(
Joel Goonan
Joel Benjamin Goonan (born 2 September 1989 in Manchester) is an English actor, best known for his role as the villainous Gaz Bennett in ''Hollyoaks''.
Goonan had guest roles in '' Waterloo Road'', '' Doctors'' and ''Casualty''. Joel Goonan left ...
) begins to bully Anita, who makes racist comments towards her and he is later expelled from Hollyoaks High School. Lauren and Newt begin to use Anita to cover up their secret relationship with Newt pretending to be Anita's boyfriend. The pair eventually do go out after Lauren and Newt split up.
Jealous Lauren begins claiming she is being physically bullied by Anita. Anita protests her innocence, however Newt takes Lauren's word for it and ends the relationship. Theresa convinces Anita to record Lauren saying she made the bullying up and when she does Lauren threatens Anita but is told to leave by Gaz, who returns and apologises to Anita. Anita begins to think Gaz has changed and agrees to meet him. When she does, Gaz and his friends throw white paint over her and record it. With the video circulating around the village, Lauren sends it to various people, leading Anita slap her. Anita finds the video on the internet and reads hurtful comments about herself. She then signs up to a
social networking website
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and uses an image of Theresa as herself when she gets a compliment. Anita begins to talk online to a boy named
Ricky Ricky may refer to:
Places
*Říčky (Brno-Country District), a village and municipality in the Czech Republic
*Říčky v Orlických horách, a village in the north of the Czech Republic
* Rickmansworth, a town in England sometimes called "Ricky" ...
(
Ashley Margolis
Ashley Margolis (born 31 October 1993) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Ricky Campbell in the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', in which he appeared regularly between 2009 and 2012. He has recently married Kelly Cla ...
). Theresa catches Anita pretending to be her and calls her sad. Anita is hurt and begins to pour household bleach on her legs. Leila finds Anita in pain and comforts her. Leila tells the rest of the family and
Govinda
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believes she is ashamed of her ethnicity. Anita puts on Theresa's jacket and smashes the school window, which is caught on CCTV. Gov believes it was Theresa but Anita admits the truth. Theresa is shocked to discover Anita's self-harming and tells her she is beautiful. Theresa, Newt, Anita and Lauren confide in each other and make up, with Theresa revealing Anita's self-harming.
Anita and her "20-year-old" internet boyfriend, Ricky, decide to meet. However, Anita who has still been using Theresa's photo, is stood up, although Ricky had really caught Theresa who he assumed was Anita, kissing Newt. Anita then tells Ricky online she lied about her identity. The pair then meet and Anita is shocked to find he is actually 14. Ricky records Theresa and Newt acting more than friends in order to get Anita to believe him. During a camping trip, Newt and Theresa accidentally invite Anita and Lauren, with Ricky inviting himself. Ricky promises to keep Theresa and Newt's relationship a secret as long as they pretend to like him because he really likes Anita. When Lauren discovers the truth, Newt and Theresa have an argument and Anita is angry that they made her believe Ricky had lied. Theresa then makes fun of Ricky. Newt shouts at Anita, with Ricky standing up for her. The pair, on their own, share a kiss. Anita then decides to give their relationship a chance because he liked Anita for who she is.
Ravi's
aneurysm
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causes him to fall into a coma after Ash hits him. Anita is worried the hereditary condition could mean she and her other siblings could get it. However, Ash reassures her she cannot and tells her that she is adopted. Anita refuses to believe Ash, who then manipulates her into keeping it a secret. To make her believe him, Ash shows her a birth certificate, revealing her birth mother was a teenager and that her parents had lied to her. She then confides in Ricky about the adoption. After finally confessing she knows about her adoption, Anita cannot face her family. Ash then tells his parents she came to him with her birth certificate, however Ravi, who awakens, reveals he overheard Ash telling Anita. To escape her problems, Anita confides in Newt and the pair begin a secret relationship. Newt, Lauren and Anita leave for a few days and go to a cottage. Gaz returns and follows the group there, as does Ricky. Gaz threatens Anita and tells her to have sex with him. Anita drugs his alcohol with peanuts due to his allergy. Anita escapes the cottage before he can force her into sex. Gaz rushes after her and jumps on top of her. Struggling, Anita reaches for a brick and hits Gaz. A Seriously injured Gaz is rushed to hospital. Newt believes he had attacked Gaz but cannot recall the events. Anita tells Newt, Lauren, Theresa and Ricky she was the one who had hit Gaz. Theresa looks at Gaz's phone and finds a recording of Anita and Newt kissing. She slaps Anita then leaves.
Whilst getting drunk in
The Dog in the Pond
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with
Dave Colburn
David Colburn is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, ''Hollyoaks'', played by Elliot James Langridge. He first appeared in ''Hollyoaks'' online spin-off '' Hollyoaks: The Morning After the Night Before'', which explored ...
(Elliott James Langridge), Anita is sick in the toilets and is caught by former anorexic
Hannah Ashworth
Hannah Ashworth (also Osborne) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Emma Rigby. Hannah first appeared on-screen on 30 September 2005 and her last appearance was on 12 February 2010.
The characte ...
(
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 Que ...
). Hannah then believes Anita is suffering from the
same illness and consults Leila, who tells Anita she can confide in her. For attention, Anita leads Hannah to believe she is suffering from the illness. Leila, Anita's teacher
Nancy Hayton
Nancy Osborne (also Hayton and Dean) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Jessica Fox. The character first appeared on 6 July 2005. Since the character's inception she has been involved in many ...
(
Jessica Fox) and Theresa believe she has an eating disorder. When Anita catches Hannah being sick, she feels guilty, realising she could cause a relapse and she confesses to an angry Hannah. Hannah then tells Leila, Theresa and Ravi. Anita and Ricky decide to lose their virginity to each other. However, a nervous Ricky decides to wait. Anita then lies to Leila that she has lost her virginity after she begins to treat her like an adult. She later admits she has not. Theresa and Anita set their sights on Dave. Theresa tells Anita that she can lose her virginity to him. During a party at the student halls, Anita feels like Dave does not even notice her. After he finds
MDMA
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, Anita takes some in order to impress him. Later on, Anita goes dizzy and collapses. After being released from hospital, Ravi accuses Dave of spiking her drink. However, she later admits he is innocent and she took the drugs herself.
Anita ruins Ravi's date with a woman who she believes is called Kate, by accidentally spilling a drink on her. Later Ravi finds Anita has been stealing money from the till when asked about her recent change in behaviour. Anita reveals she's still upset with the knowledge that her real mother gave her up for adoption. Unbeknownst to her, Kate's real name is
Eva Strong
Eva Strong is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Sheree Murphy. She made her first on-screen appearance on 23 April 2010.
Character creation and casting
In February 2010, former ''Emmerdale'' act ...
(
Sheree Murphy
Sheree Victoria Murphy (born 22 August 1975) is an English actress and television presenter, best known for her roles as Dawn in Only Fools and Horses and Tricia Dingle in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', Eva Strong in the Channel 4 soap oper ...
) and is Anita's real mother. Anita starts to find her birth mother, with
Jem Costello
Jem Costello is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Helen Russell-Clark. She made her first on-screen appearance on 5 March 2010. It was later announced that Jem had been written out of the serial, ...
's (Helen Russell-Clark) help. Anita and Jem visit Anita's mother's workplace at a stall in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
. Anita is then hurt when she realises that Kate is actually Eva. Anita is horrified and devastated to learn this and furthermore thinking that Eva doesn't want her for the second time, and walks away in tears. However, Eva returns and begs her to give her another chance. Anita does so, but discovers that she was a result of Eva's holiday fling with her Indian father. She is deeply upset when Eva doesn't let the conversation go any further and instead, goes for fashion advice from Jem. Anita calls her mother a slapper and when Theresa comes for comfort after deciding not to have an abortion, Eva feels uncomfortable and leaves. Anita reconciles with Lauren and Lauren accepts to go to Paris with her to visit Leila but Gaz is furious about this and gives Lauren an ultimatum to either choose between him or Anita. She decides to choose Anita and consequently her and Gaz split. Anita then later finds a gun in Evissa after she is attacked by Gaz and came to
Carmel Valentine (
Gemma Merna
Gemma Merna (born 6 February 1984) is an English actress and model. She is best known for portraying the role of Carmel McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera, ''Hollyoaks'' from 2006 to 2014.
Career
Merna joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap op ...
) for help. She tells Theresa, not knowing that she used the gun before to kill Carmel's husband
Calvin Valentine
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(
Ricky Whittle
Richard George Whittle (born 31 December 1979) is a British actor. Whittle first came to prominence as a model for Reebok in the early 2000s. He is known in the United Kingdom for his role as Calvin Valentine in the soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. I ...
). Theresa then tries to ignore the situation and tries to convince Anita that she must have imagined it. Anita walks off in a strop and insists that someone will believe her, but is wrong when the gun is replaced by Theresa's cousin
Jacqui McQueen
Jacqui McQueen (also Malota and Ashworth) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Claire Cooper. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 26 September 2006 and was introduced by series ...
(
Claire Cooper
Claire Elizabeth Cooper (born 26 October 1980) is a British actress, best known for portraying Jacqui McQueen in Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', a character she played from 2006 to 2013.
Cooper co-owns clothing rental boutique The Closet ...
). Anita is later held hostage by Gaz in the woods after he successfully lures her by texting through Theresa's mobile phone. During the hostage, Gaz finds the gun in his bag and is arrested by the police who arrives at the same time he found the gun.
Anita goes to a party at the McQueen household and kisses a boy named Jason. Anita becomes smitten by Jason until she realise he is in fact
Jasmine Costello
Jason Costello (previously Jasmine Costello) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Victoria Atkin. The character debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 2 August 2010 and was introduced by ...
(
Victoria Atkins
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). Jasmine explains that she is Jason born into the wrong body. Despite a strange start the pair remain good friends. Anita is then involved with Jasmine's ex-boyfriend
Bart McQueen
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Johnny Clarke
Johnny Clarke (born 12 January 1955) is a Jamaican reggae musician, best known for his recordings with producer Bunny Lee in the 1970s.
Biography
Clarke grew up in the Kingston ghetto of Whitfield Town and attended Jamaica College.[Amber Sharpe
Amber Sharpe is a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Lydia Lloyd-Henry in 2010 and Lauren Gabrielle-Thomas in 2014. The character was introduced as a member of the new Sharpe family, as part of series produ ...]
's (
Lydia Lloyd-Henry
Lydia Lloyd-Henry (born 17 March 1996) is an English actress. She was born in Manchester, England. She played Amber Sharpe in ''Hollyoaks''.
''Hollyoaks''
In January 2010, it was announced that Lucy Allan had stepped down from the position of ...
) diary which says that the principal
Rob O'Connor
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In January 2010, it was announced that Paul Marq ...
(Gary Cargill) is the father of Amber's unborn child. Eva then blackmails Rob over this. At first Anita believes it, but later feels sorry for Rob and decides to give him Amber's diary so he can dispose of it, unaware that her mother had taken out the important pages. Anita brought Rob back to her house to try find the missing pages. Eva returns home and sees Rob alone in the house with Anita,l. She then phones the police and has Rob arrested. Gaz returns to the Village and threatens Anita. Anita and Eva decide to move to Manchester together. However, shortly before they leave, Anita decides to go and stay with Bel and Govinda leaving Eva to go to Manchester alone.
Reception
In 2009 the storyline which saw Gaz racistly bully Anita was nominated for best storyline at the
''Inside Soap'' Awards.
Holy Soap
Holy Soap is a UK television and entertainment website founded in June 2009 by the British television company Channel 5. The website is the official UK home of the Australian soap operas '' Home and Away'' and '' Neighbours'', which are broadcast ...
described her most memorable moment as "When she tried to get paler skin by putting chemical bleach on her legs."
References
External links
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Holy Soap
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