Ashley Slanina-Davies (born 18 December 1989) is an

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actress born in Standish, near

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, who is notable for playing the role of

Amy Barnes Amy Barnes is a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Ashley Slanina-Davies. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 14 November 2005. Amy was created by executive producer David Hanson and Slanina ...

in the

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, ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...

''. The role of Amy was Slanina-Davies' first major television role.

Hollyoaks

The character of Amy Barnes developed in a number of storylines in Autumn 2006, which saw the character discover she had become

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and her family break up. Dealing with these issues saw the character act erratically, becoming involved in a car crash. Her character was written out of ''Hollyoaks'' in the episode broadcast on 8 August 2012, when she decides to take up a full-time course in Manchester. In May 2016, it was announced that Slanina-Davies would be returning to ''Hollyoaks'' on a full-time basis later in the year. In January 2017, Digital Spy reported that Slanina-Davies' character Amy was being killed off in a "devastating" and "dark" storyline that ''Hollyoaks'' will air in late March. Slanina-Davies continued to appear in flashbacks throughout the storyline of Amy's murder and last appeared on screen on 8 September 2017 when an unknown assailant seemingly killed her.

Personal life

Slanina-Davies is interested in charity work, and has contributed to fundraising activities for the

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charity as well as

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down the

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building in

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in June 2006. Slanina-Davies stated that she was motivated by the fact that her "mum's partially sighted". In May 2008, Slanina-Davies had her hair cut short for a storyline in ''

'', while also raising money for cancer charity

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. The haircut was part of a domestic violence storyline involving Ashley's character, Amy, and her abusive boyfriend Ste Hay, played by

Kieron Richardson Kieron Mark Richardson (born 12 January 1986) is an English actor and television presenter. He plays the role of Ste Hay in ''Hollyoaks'', having previously appeared in '' Heartbeat'' as Ricky Smith. He won the British Soap Award for Best On ...

Filmography

Television

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Slanina-Davies, Ashley 1989 births Living people British actresses British television actresses People from Standish, Greater Manchester English soap opera actresses