Diane O'Connor made her first on-screen appearance on 1 September 2010.
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99 Facts About Diane O'Connor
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Diane O'Connor was introduced with her husband, Rob and stepchildren, Sinead and Finn.
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Diane O'Connor is described as a "loving wife" and a "devoted stepmum".
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Diane O'Connor is a little bit over the top, but Fletcher hoped that she would be quite likeable.
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Fletcher explained that Diane O'Connor has a great relationship with Sinead and Finn and that she did not want Diane O'Connor to be "the wicked stepmother".
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Diane O'Connor's storylines have mainly focused on her desperation to have her own child.
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Diane O'Connor undergoes a second round of In vitro fertilisation treatment.
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Diane O'Connor added that she feels she has a "huge responsibility" to do the storyline justice.
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In December 2016, it was announced that Diane O'Connor was to return in the New Year with her niece Lily Drinkwell, played by Lauren McQueen.
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The Diane O'Connor family, described as a "four-member Liverpudlian tribe", were announced on 16 June 2010.
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Diane O'Connor said working on the show is practical as she does not have to relocate.
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Diane O'Connor is described as a "loving wife" who is a "devoted stepmum".
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Fletcher told Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy that Diane O'Connor is a good person as she has brought up two children who are not biologically hers.
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Diane O'Connor's career is important to her, but not as much as it was for Jacqui.
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Fletcher said that Diane O'Connor is a little bit over the top, but hoped that she would be quite likeable.
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Diane O'Connor is a marketing worker and is training to work for the local council.
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Fletcher explained that Diane O'Connor has a great relationship with Sinead and Finn and that she did not want Diane O'Connor to be "the wicked stepmother".
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Diane O'Connor added that Diane is "a really caring person but a bit nosey with it" because she is always keeping "a beady eye on" Sinead.
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Diane O'Connor becomes desperate to have her own child and undergoes a second round of In vitro fertilisation treatment.
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Diane O'Connor is "desperate" for a baby, and steals a baby boy from the hospital.
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Diane O'Connor goes to the hospital to see a nurse and when she gets there, she finds the baby.
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Diane O'Connor thinks it's an animal at first when she hears something crying - and when she looks it's a baby boy.
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Diane O'Connor discovers that Marnie is having an affair with her daughter's boyfriend, Freddie Roscoe and blackmails her.
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Marnie decides she needs to get rid of Diane O'Connor and calls an old friend who offers her a job in France, which Diane O'Connor accepts.
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Hollyoaks announced that Diane O'Connor would be a suspect for an upcoming whodunit storyline, which sees Mercedes McQueen being shot and left for dead by a mystery assailant.
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Diane O'Connor is motivated after, in May 2019, Mercedes frames her stepson, Harry Thompson, for a hit and run which left Grace Black paralysed and then believes she killed him, in July, to make sure she is not exposed.
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Diane O'Connor completes a round of In vitro fertilisation treatment and takes a pregnancy test, which reveals she is not pregnant.
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Diane O'Connor goes to the hospital to discuss other options for conceiving children and returns with a baby boy.
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Diane O'Connor tells her stepdaughter, Sinead, that the baby was abandoned at the hospital.
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Diane O'Connor intends to raise the baby as her own, however he becomes ill and Sinead tells nurse, Lynsey Nolan.
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Diane O'Connor learns that teenager, Amber Sharpe, is pregnant and planning to terminate her pregnancy.
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Diane O'Connor discovers that her stepson, Finn, is the father of Amber's baby and tells Amber that she cannot raise the baby.
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Diane O'Connor reveals to Sinead that Morag is alive and not dead as first thought.
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Diane O'Connor explains that learning of the revelation made her steal the baby from the hospital months earlier.
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Diane O'Connor tries to stop Sinead from seeing her boyfriend, Bart McQueen, after she becomes intoxicated the night before an examination.
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Diane O'Connor finds a note left by Sinead telling her that she and Bart have run away.
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Diane O'Connor finds Sinead, but after she insults Bart, Sinead slaps her and refuses to return home.
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Sinead is involved in a bus crash which kills her friends, Diane O'Connor is left shocked when the nurse reveals that Sinead is pregnant.
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Diane O'Connor begins teaching at Hollyoaks College and is completely unaware that Sinead and Ruby Button are bullying Esther Bloom following the bus crash.
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Diane O'Connor asks Sinead whether she was involved in the bullying and she denies it and blames Ruby.
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Some time later, Diane O'Connor has a drunken one-night stand with Tony Hutchinson and embarrassed upon her awakening, she secretly leaves his bedroom nonetheless Tony notices.
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Diane O'Connor is shocked to discover that Sinead has turned to prostitution to keep herself afloat, and forces her to move in with her, Tony and Finn to avoid suffering financial difficulty.
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Diane O'Connor reveals the truth and social services take away baby Katy and place her into care.
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Diane O'Connor then fosters baby Katy to keep her granddaughter close and warns Sinead to stay away.
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Diane O'Connor is then informed that baby Katy died and Finn reveals that he allowed Sinead to see Katy whilst Diane O'Connor was in police custody, shortly before Katy was found convulsing.
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Diane O'Connor is disgusted with Sinead and believes that she poisoned Katy to finally get attention.
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Freddie fights for Diane O'Connor to allow Sinead to go, but Diane O'Connor refuses and attends the funeral herself.
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Diane O'Connor is desperate to make amends with Sinead and begs for forgiveness on several occasions, and eventually Sinead relents and forgives her.
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Diane O'Connor and Sinead discover Finn looking at a video that he filmed of him violently attacking Blessing Chambers because she was a transgender, and Sinead is adamant that they should hand Finn in, but Diane O'Connor refuses and deletes the file, saving Finn and implicating Finn's innocent friend Robbie Roscoe in the process.
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Diane O'Connor is devastated when Finn refuses to see her and breaks down to John Paul over it, apologising to him for everything she and Finn did in the process.
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Diane O'Connor is injured after being attacked by Ste when he attempts to steal from The Hutch to fuel his drug habit, but makes a full recovery and remains unaware of Sinead and Tony's affair.
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Tony lies to Diane O'Connor and tells her he's going to a food conference and goes to a hotel with Sinead.
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Diane O'Connor is worried when the flat alarm goes off and Tony is away and not available to fix it, and the alarm persists in annoying the whole village.
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Trevor suggests Diane O'Connor look at Tony's credit card details to find out where he is staying and she tracks him down to a hotel.
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Diane O'Connor is devastated, but forgives Tony and puts their wedding back on.
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On her hen night, Diane O'Connor discovers Sinead is pregnant and confronts her about the father.
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However, when Diane O'Connor learns from Daryl that he and Sinead never slept together, she realises that Tony and Sinead are having an affair when she spots them looking at each other in the church.
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Diane O'Connor refuses to forgive Sinead when Sinead tells her the affair was in revenge for Diane O'Connor not believing her about baby Katy's death, but later rushes to apologise to Sinead afterwards.
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Diane O'Connor regains consciousness in the hospital and Dr Charles S'avage informs her that she has broken her ribs.
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Diane O'Connor is rushed into resuscitation and soon makes a full recovery, after suffering a heart attack from the potassium chloride.
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Diane O'Connor discovers that Tegan is Dee Dee's biological mother, and refuses to help Tegan when she needs a bone marrow transplant to cure her leukaemia when Dee Dee is identified as a match.
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Tegan recovers, and Diane O'Connor is furious with both Tony and Tegan for their lies.
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Diane O'Connor sees a solicitor and attempts to keep custody of Dee Dee while taking Rose Lomax away from Tegan.
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Diane O'Connor agrees not to and Tegan continues bringing up Rose while Diane and Tony look after Dee Dee.
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Tony and Diane O'Connor immediately set up a campaign to retrieve Rose from whoever has taken her.
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Diane O'Connor then begins to feel unwell and begins to take vitamin tablets.
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Diane O'Connor then goes out to take Rose to the dentist but sees Tegan and Leela as she leaves her flat and Leela persuades Diane O'Connor to let Tegan see Rose for a bit.
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Diane O'Connor tells Scott that Tegan is poisoning her and she runs outside to attack Tegan.
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Diane O'Connor finds nothing but she discovers that Tegan had stolen one of Rose's belongings.
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Right after this Diane O'Connor forgives Tony, after she understands his affair with Sinead is the day of the death anniversary of his daughter Grace, and they decided to get married again.
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Just before the wedding, Tegan makes an emotional speech to Diane O'Connor asking her how can she build her family when she's ripping apart Tegan's.
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Tegan then moves to leave knowing she's not welcome but Diane O'Connor asks her to stay and admits that while she loves Rose their current situation isn't the way forward.
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Diane O'Connor asks Tegan can they both play a part in their daughters lives.
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Tegan agrees and Diane O'Connor sadly gives Rose back, ending Diane O'Connor and Tony's six month feud with Tegan.
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Later while on her own, Diane O'Connor tearfully looks at a silver necklace exactly like the one Scott describes as the one his father bought for his lover, revealing she was the one who was having an affair with his dad and ripped apart his family.
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Diane O'Connor starts acting suspiciously and Lily suspects she is having an affair.
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Diane O'Connor gets James to help Finn with his parole but James is secretly trying to keep Finn in prison as he is John Paul's partner.
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Lily discovers that Diane O'Connor was the one that broke up Scott's family after finding a jewellery box that Scott's dad gave her.
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Diane O'Connor is devastated when Scott is rushed to hospital after being found unconscious.
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Diane O'Connor angrily confronts Scott and calls him selfish before storming out.
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Diane O'Connor is furious when Tony confesses to kissing his ex Mandy Richardson and furiously slaps her, warning her to stay away from her family.
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Diane O'Connor calls Diane, Leela Lomax and Misbah Maalik to the school to discuss the situation.
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Diane O'Connor is relieved that Lily is okay after an explosion at the school occurs.
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Peri reveals that her, Yasmine and Lily have been self harming and Tony and Diane O'Connor confront Lily over this and tell her that she needs help but she denies it.
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In December 2017, Diane O'Connor is shocked when she finds out that Lily is still self harming.
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Ryan manipulates Diane O'Connor into telling the police but James blackmails him into letting Harry off.
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Diane O'Connor is angry when Tony wants Harry to move back in and gives him an ultimatum, either he goes to the police or she leaves.
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Diane O'Connor goes to stay with her sister and Tony offers to take her unaware that he is smuggling Harry out of the village.
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Diane O'Connor is angry when she finds out that Lily's boyfriend Prince McQueen cheated on her with Peri and got her pregnant.
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Diane O'Connor gives Lily her blessing but reveals to Scott that she is going to ruin the wedding.
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All of Diane O'Connor's plans fail and she is horrified when Prince's dad kidnaps him on the day of the wedding but she decides to stay quiet.
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Diane O'Connor is confused when Dee Dee starts behaving badly and is horrified when she collapses at home.
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Diane O'Connor tells Tegan about Dee Dee's condition and allows her to be involved in her treatment.
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Diane O'Connor is annoyed when Tegan decides to bring Disneyland to Dee Dee which causes her to fall ill.
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Diane O'Connor is reluctant to give her consent but Tony and Tegan persuade her to do it.
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Diane O'Connor is worried when Tony doesn't return home and decides to report him missing.
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Diane O'Connor can't believe that Tony has abandoned her and tells Harry and Ste that Tony is no longer part of the family.
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In September 2018, Diane O'Connor is told that they are running out of options for Dee Dee but they have another treatment that can seriously hurt Dee Dee.
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The next day, Diane O'Connor is shocked when Sinead returns and tells her that Ste and Harry have split up.
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