Amy Barnes is a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Ashley Slanina-Davies.
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57 Facts About Amy Barnes
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Amy Barnes debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 14 November 2005.
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Amy Barnes has been part of a storyline which saw her pretending her daughter was suffering from leukaemia to scam money out of the community; off-screen, this prompted Slanina-Davies to campaign for leukaemia and cancer charity CLIC Sargent and Women's Aid.
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Amy Barnes returned for guest appearances throughout 2013,2014 and 2016, before returning to the show on a permanent basis in August 2016.
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In January 2017, it was revealed that Amy Barnes would be departing later in the year in a "whodunit" storyline which would see the character killed off after being murdered.
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Amy Barnes made her final appearance as a corpse on 29 March 2017, however has appeared in flashback appearances throughout the storyline.
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Amy Barnes's funeral was held on 25 April 2017, with characters such as her mother, Kathy, and Zoe Carpenter, returning for her funeral.
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However, on 8 September 2017, it was revealed that Amy Barnes was still alive after Harry left, meaning he was not responsible.
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Amy Barnes appeared again for a final time in a flashback episode which aired on 10 October 2017, where her new husband Ryan Knight strangled her, revealing him as her killer.
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Amy Barnes is described on the show's official website as not "afraid to stick up for herself".
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Amy Barnes is later shown leaving Ste after finally realising she needs to accept help from those closest to her.
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In Hollyoaks, my character Amy Barnes faced this in her relationship with Ste and I know from this storyline why it can be difficult to leave an abusive relationship.
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In early 2011 Marquess revealed that Amy Barnes would be staying in the show permanently and be involved in a serious storyline in which Leanne Holiday would do some "terrible things" to Amy Barnes.
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Amy Barnes said it made the serial more exciting and that they had many storylines for Amy and Lee because they "make a great pairing".
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Series producer Emma Smithwick told Digital Spy's Kilkelly that Amy Barnes often did not "care for herself and her own wellbeing" because she was too busy helping Ste and her children.
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The storyline played out when Amy Barnes "goes on a wild night out", gets drunk and kisses Ste.
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Amy Barnes decides to move away to study taking Leah and Lucas with her.
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Amy Barnes added that the storyline would create dramatic scenes involving Amy's relatives.
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Amy Barnes befriends Michaela McQueen, Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher and Josh Ashworth and begins a relationship with Ste Hay.
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Ste manipulates Amy Barnes into sleeping with him, resulting in their eventual break-up.
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On her 15th birthday, Amy Barnes meets a boy called Billy, who she has a one-night stand.
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Amy's mother Kathy Barnes decides to raise Leah as her own child, ashamed of her daughter's underage pregnancy.
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However, Amy Barnes grows close to Leah and decides she wants to be her mother.
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An angry Amy Barnes decides to leave Ste, but agrees to continue lying until they have enough money to support them.
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Amy Barnes initially believes that Zoe Carpenter has murdered her sister Sarah, along with Lydia Hart's help she tries to expose her.
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Amy Barnes becomes friends with fellow students Jem Costello and Lee Hunter.
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Lee and Amy Barnes begin having feelings for each other, despite his fiancee Leanne Holiday.
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Amy Barnes recovers in hospital and tells Ste she thinks Brendan caused the fire.
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Frightened, Amy Barnes tells Lee she is being transferred to a hospital in Manchester to be near Mike and they share an emotional goodbye.
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Lee later finds a letter from Amy Barnes explaining that they cannot be together, unaware that it was actually Leanne who wrote it.
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Amy Barnes tells Bombhead that her near death in the fire and losing Lee took a burden on her life.
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Amy Barnes got a job as a teaching assistant at Hollyoaks High School, and befriends Pete Hamill.
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Amy Barnes is faced with a prison sentence and repeatedly argues with Leanne in public.
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Amy Barnes buys Amy a new car and Dodger Savage agrees to give her driving lessons.
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Amy Barnes then has a go at Ste, saying everything she has ever wanted has been ruined by him.
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Amy Barnes decides to leave with Lucas and Leah to study in Manchester.
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Amy Barnes argues with Ste and he becomes violent grabbing her arm.
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Amy Barnes later lets Ste look after his children more often but bans him when he becomes addicted to drugs.
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Ryan then asks Amy Barnes to move to America with him with Leah and Lucas, which she is reluctant to do at first because of Ste.
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However, an argument between Ste and Harry at the wedding reception leads to Amy Barnes's dress getting ruined, she agrees to leave for America with Ryan and the children.
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Leah and Lucas accidentally reveal this to Ste, who organises a quick custody hearing, where Ryan and Amy Barnes are granted to move to America with the children, devastating Ste.
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Amy Barnes is murdered by an unknown assailant on her wedding night.
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Mercedes and Amy Barnes had embarked on a feud following Mercedes' one-night stand with Ryan.
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However, it is revealed in another flashback that Amy Barnes was actually still alive after Harry left and another person had killed her.
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Amy Barnes tells Ryan he left his mobile phone on and she received a voicemail where she heard him confess.
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Amy Barnes was devastated that Ryan cheated on her on their own wedding day and expressed disbelief that she fell in love with another gay man.
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Amy Barnes threatened to tell the whole village that Ryan was gay and so he suffocated her.
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Remembering that Amy Barnes told him not to make any mistakes, Ste turns against them upon learning their true actions was.
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Amy Barnes was nominated for "Best Couple" for her relationship with Josh, at the 2007 Inside Soap Awards.
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Amy Barnes opined that Amy would be better off having a relationship with Dodger, instead of Lee.
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