Esther Bloom is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by actor Jazmine Franks.
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Esther Bloom did not think that she had secured the part of Esther and concentrated on her studies until she was informed.
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Esther Bloom is characterised as having a "selfless consideration for others" despite being a "proverbial punchbag" for many characters.
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Esther Bloom found confidence when she decided to pursue a fashion career.
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The bullying of Esther Bloom began to worsen and the production team set up a cross-over website titled DocYou to engage the audience with Esther Bloom's story.
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Esther Bloom was recalled for the part and waited another five weeks.
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Esther Bloom presumed that she was unsuccessful and decided to concentrate on her studies.
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Esther Bloom is a lesbian and according to a writer from E4.
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Esther Bloom eventually grows in confidence when she decides to follow a career in fashion.
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Esther Bloom is "overlooked and underloved" and is one of the serial's characters that do not get their chance in the "spotlight that they so deserve".
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Originally Esther Bloom's attire consisted of "many pairs of jeans and oversized jumpers".
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Esther Bloom noted that once Esther took an interest in a fashion career the opportunity to wear "lots of nice clothes" arose.
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Esther Bloom called her character "sure of herself" and noted that "she's not bothered that she stands out, she doesn't want to fit in with the sixth-formers".
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Esther Bloom was pleased with the audience reaction to Esther, who had praised the character.
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Franks told an Inside Soap columnist that Esther Bloom "feels guilty, even though she hasn't really done anything wrong".
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Esther Bloom decides to help Tilly out by pretending that she made up the rumours.
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Franks explained "it's awful though because everyone thinks Esther Bloom is a liar and they turn against her".
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The press department at Channel 4 revealed that Esther Bloom would take the "centre stage" during the storyline and added that it was "needless to say, fireworks ensue".
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Esther Bloom was even required to run in high heel shoes around Carnaby Street while it rained.
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Esther Bloom is both "pretty nervous" and "a little bit excited" about her internship, though happy that George accompanies her.
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True to form when Esther Bloom arrives at work over-dressed and wearing jewellery, big hair and make-up "she sticks out like a sore thumb".
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Esther Bloom added that the storyline was "the beginning of consolidating their friendship".
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Esther Bloom manages to ruin her experience by wearing and tearing an item of clothing needed for a fashion shoot while on a night out.
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Esther Bloom elaborated that Esther is "the voice of reason" and she wanted to explore "what happens when the popular kid at school, slowly but surely undermines Esther's sense of self".
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Esther Bloom added that by October 2012 Esther would "hit a pretty big low", she would be lonely and in need of friends.
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Esther Bloom is in no mood to be lectured and storms out, unaware of the critical situation she's left behind.
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Franks told a reporter from Inside Soap that Maddie starts rumours that Esther Bloom has a moustache because "Esther Bloom's not Maddie's favourite person since she tried to kiss her in Abersoch".
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Esther Bloom is pushed to "breaking point" and punches Maddie in the face.
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Esther Bloom accuses Phoebe Jackson and the writer suggested that direction of the plot could see Esther Bloom could "end up friendless".
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Esther Bloom felt that Ruby was not defending Esther because she wanted to be with "the cool kids".
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Esther Bloom decides to move to Spain with Ruby after Darcy Wilde poisons her and she argues with Jack.
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Esther Bloom is taken to hospital and Jack tells the police that he hit her to protect Tom.
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Esther Bloom regains consciousness and tells Frankie that she is her granddaughter.
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Esther Bloom reveals that her father had died and she knew Frankie was his birth mother.
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When Jack and Gilly Roach ask Esther Bloom to move out, she threatens to tell the police that Tom is responsible for hitting her.
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Tom is ordered to face court for his actions and Esther Bloom tries to defend his actions, but he is still found guilty.
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Esther Bloom, Ruby Button and Ricky Campbell truant from school and play kissing games, then Esther Bloom reveals that she is a lesbian.
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Esther Bloom tells Ruby that she is in a relationship with Sinead.
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Esther Bloom is humiliated and Jason accuses Ruby and Sinead of bullying Esther Bloom.
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Esther Bloom goes to Abersoch with Ruby, Sinead and Bart McQueen and meets Tilly, who reveals that she is a lesbian.
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Esther Bloom tells a heartbroken Esther that she does not want a relationship.
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Tilly tries to kiss Esther Bloom, which makes her angry and she tells Tilly that she will not be used.
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Esther Bloom accidentally exposes Tilly's relationship with her teacher Jen and lies to get her out of trouble.
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Esther Bloom makes a few mistakes but ends the week with a successful project.
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Esther Bloom goes to Abersoch where Maddie is annoyed by her presence.
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When Esther Bloom helps Maddie escape from being attacked by a man, she tells Esther Bloom that she misjudged her.
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When Esther Bloom tells confidential information about Maddie to Tilly, Maddie starts bullying Esther Bloom.
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Sinead and Ruby begin to join in on the bullying and Jen tries to help her resulting in Esther Bloom holding a fashion show but her dress slips off when she trip leaving her standing there naked Maddie then posts this on YouTube the next dayEsther Bloom becomes lonely as the three girls play tricks on her.
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Esther Bloom tries to convince Bart to go and help out but he drives away before she gets a chance to get out of the car.
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Esther Bloom is hospitalised and has to have a liver transplant.
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Esther Bloom starts a relationship with Tilly but are both caught when they decide to take things further.
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Esther Bloom supported the Osbornes when it was revealed Sienna has kidnapped Tom and Esther Bloom seemed to be the only one to believe Nancy.
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However Esther Bloom decides to take the money and with the guidance off George and Frankie she invests the money into College Coffee, rebranding it; 'Esther Bloom's Magic Bean'.
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Esther Bloom soon discovers the money belongs to Grace and is left worried, when Grace forgets her change at the coffee shop Esther Bloom goes to the club to give it her, accidentally stumbling across Big Bob.
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Esther Bloom gets worse during the siege and soon becomes unconscious, going into anaphalactic leaving Grace and Lindsey's sister Kim to help her.
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Since Grace became infertile when Mercedes and Freddie Roscoe shot her with her gun; Esther Bloom agrees to be a surrogate mother for Grace and Trevor.
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Esther Bloom becomes pregnant and moves in with Grace and Trevor.
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Esther Bloom meets Kim Butterfield and soon begins a relationship with her.
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Kim and Grace go to war over Esther Bloom, grace believing that Kim and Esther Bloom will want to leave the village.
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Esther Bloom tries to settle the conflict, but it only sparks passion during an argument and unbeknownst to Esther Bloom, Grace and Kim soon start a secret relationship as Grace wants Kim to keep quiet about the shooting of Phoebe McQueen.
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However, due to interference with different people, the car Esther Bloom is travelling in with Sinead breaks down and without a phone and in labour, Sinead is forced to help deliver her baby boy.
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Esther Bloom is taken to hospital, and realizing how she cares for the baby, she admits that she does not want to give the baby to Trevor and Grace and tells Kim, who immediately tells Grace and Trevor.
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Esther Bloom refuses to change her mind, even when Trevor and Grace attempt to convince her.
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Esther Bloom get resuscitated on the scene, but Kim then goes in Esther's room, says no-one can know what she did, and then transfers Esther to a hospital in Manchester, to get her away from Grace.
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When Kim and Lindsey frame Trevor for Lindsey's crimes as the Gloved Hand Killer including putting Freddie's 'dead' body in the trunk of his car, Esther Bloom then wants Curtis to live with her but changes her mind and allows Grace to care for him after she makes a passionate speech about how much Curtis means to her.
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Esther Bloom then develops feelings for Grace as she helps her look after Curtis, but then witnesses Grace sleeping with Darren.
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Esther Bloom starts a feud with Trevor over Esther Bloom not leaving him see Curtis.
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Esther Bloom takes Frankie hostage and tells Esther to help her escape or she will kill Frankie.
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Esther Bloom discovers the truth and breaks up with Kim but when Kim makes her see how much she loves her, they get back together.
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On 31 December 2016, Esther Bloom was shot in the head accidentally by Eva and was left in a coma.
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Esther Bloom's memory was inconsistent and she had mood swings taking her bad moods out on wife Kim and grandmother Frankie, but not with Grace.
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Esther Bloom uses a video camera to record the night but Kim gets annoyed with all the fun she's having.
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Esther Bloom wakes up and finds her leg in a cast and Kim tells her she fell off the city wall and broke her leg and that Grace murdered Frankie and Jack.
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Esther Bloom pleads with Kim to get down and when Kim tries to get down, she slips and falls off the wall.
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Esther Bloom is taken to hospital and survives and is later sectioned.
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Esther Bloom is devastated when Frankie dies from a stroke while at home alone.
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Esther Bloom starts planning Frankie's funeral but is annoyed when the caterers cancel.
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Esther Bloom is rushed to hospital where he flatlines, but the doctors revive him.
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Esther Bloom tells Darren and Nancy about her moving to Spain and Darren angrily shouts at her for abandoning them.
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Esther Bloom tells Grace and Grace confronts Glenn, but he reveals he was going to propose and is smitten that Esther Bloom fell into his trap.
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Esther Bloom becomes annoyed when Jack gets together with Darcy Wilde, knowing she doesn't really love him.
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Esther Bloom is shocked when Darcy's son Toby reveals that Darcy deleted a message that Frankie sent to Jack before she died.
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Esther Bloom is horrified when Jack proposes to Darcy and she accepts.
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Esther Bloom is later furious when she finds Darcy wearing Frankie's necklace because Frankie promised Esther she could have it.
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Esther Bloom is shocked when Jack and Darcy get married without telling anyone.
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Esther Bloom then realises that she really does love Jack and stops him from drinking it, and they return to their wedding party.
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An emotional Esther Bloom comes downstairs and drinks the whiskey and later collapses.
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Esther Bloom survives and is angry at Jack for not believing her.
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Esther Bloom decides not to tell anyone but Jack walks in on her packing.
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Esther Bloom calls Grace her " Guardian Angel" and they kiss which is witnessed by Glenn.
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Esther Bloom meets up with Jack in The Bean and they have a heart to heart and Jack says she will always be family.
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Ruby asks where did it come from and Esther Bloom looks behind her and sees Grace who blows a kiss and Esther Bloom replies "My Guardian Angel".
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