53 Facts About Holly Cunningham

1.

Holly Cunningham is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, most recently portrayed by Amanda Clapham.

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2.

Holly Cunningham made further appearances in 2002 and later in 2004, played by Karis Sharkey and Katie Hynes respectively.

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3.

Holly Cunningham made a brief return the following year on 23 January 2019, where she told Zack Loveday that she has feelings for him, leading to him leaving the village to reunite with her.

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4.

Cindy's parents, Gordon and Angela Holly Cunningham, find out about her secret pregnancy and force her into motherhood.

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5.

Holly Cunningham is rushed to hospital and Cindy knows social services will take Holly Cunningham out of her care, and so she concludes that she has no choice but to flee the country with her daughter.

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6.

Holly Cunningham takes Holly from hospital and they leave for the airport.

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7.

On Holly Cunningham's first day of school, Cindy forgets to pick her up, so Holly Cunningham is taken in by a concerned Tony Hutchinson, but this angers Cindy as she assumes he is a paedophile after it becomes public knowledge that he slept with fifteen-year-old Theresa McQueen, though Tony thought she was of age at the time.

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However, one day Holly Cunningham apparently goes missing, although she is actually hiding from Rhys, who lures her out of hiding with an episode of University Challenge.

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9.

Cindy's young half-brother and Holly's friend Tom Cunningham and Holly find out Mercedes Fisher has been stealing food from Il Gnosh, which she begins selling for profit.

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10.

Holly Cunningham is accidentally electrocuted at The Dog in the Pond by Darren Osborne's Christmas lights.

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11.

Holly Cunningham is not breathing, but Darren resuscitates her; he tells Cindy that she was resuscitated by Jake Dean.

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12.

Holly Cunningham isn't all that keen but agrees to do it, thinking that it will get her more attention from her mum.

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13.

Holly Cunningham then realises that Cindy has her own selfish motives for wanting her to win and overhears Cindy tell Tony that the talent show isn't important.

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14.

Holly Cunningham tries to talk to Tony's half-brother Dominic Reilly, who is preparing a meal in the kitchen, about how Cindy is treating her, but this distracts Dom from his cooking - he drops his pan of food on the floor and shouts at Holly Cunningham, causing her to run off, feeling even more isolated and alone.

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15.

When Holly Cunningham hears Cindy wants her to start at boarding school, she blames Tony for trying to get rid of her and is so upset and she runs away.

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16.

Holly Cunningham tells Spencer that she wants a new coat so they go out to buy her one.

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17.

Holly Cunningham waits in a disguise outside for Spencer but is recognised by Jake, who chases after her.

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18.

Holly Cunningham eventually wakes up, but refuses to tell Cindy and Tony what had happened to her.

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19.

Holly Cunningham admits that she loves them both and wants them in her life.

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20.

Cindy and Holly Cunningham move into the flat above the Price Slice convenience store.

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21.

Callum and Holly Cunningham go on a trip to country mansion with Esther Bloom, Esther's girlfriend Tilly Evans and Tilly's new housemate Jade Hedy, to celebrate Esther's eighteenth birthday.

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22.

Callum and Holly Cunningham take the man in and apologize, finding out his name is Wes and that he coincidentally already knows Jade.

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23.

Holly Cunningham tells Callum about this although Callum refuses to believe it, causing them to argue.

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24.

Holly Cunningham is then interrupted by Theresa, who is at the party, and Wes then leaves.

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25.

Holly Cunningham, still trying to cope with Callum's death, gets drunk with Robbie Roscoe, then later kisses his brother Jason Roscoe and they start dating.

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26.

Jason returns the phone to Holly Cunningham thinking she'll be impressed but she is annoyed at how he did it.

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27.

When Patrick sees Holly Cunningham holding her distinctive pink-cased mobile, he assumes that she was the one who broke into his flat and calls both her and Jason into his office, where Jason admits it was him.

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28.

Holly Cunningham is blamed by Cindy for leaving the Price Slice freezer door open and letting the stock defrost.

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29.

Holly Cunningham is born with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency which means he needs a Bone Marrow Transplant.

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30.

Holly Cunningham is horrified when Cindy's bipolar returned causing her to kiss Jason and he did nothing about it.

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31.

Holly Cunningham later sleeps with Robbie after he pushed Jason off a ravine and left him for dead.

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32.

Holly Cunningham is devastated when Cindy has to go back to a secure unit, nobody aware that Cindy's friend Lindsey drugged her and faked the results so nobody would believe her claims of a serial killer.

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33.

Holly Cunningham then discovers that Mac and Cindy were married in secret and had a child who turns out to Alfie, Holly Cunningham's half-brother.

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34.

Robbie and Holly Cunningham then start an official relationship, much to the anger of Jason, who lashes out on both of them every chance he gets.

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35.

Holly Cunningham tells Robbie that Jason forced himself on her, which causes Robbie to furiously attack Jason.

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36.

Holly Cunningham realises that he has been taking steroids again and becomes angry with him.

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37.

When Robbie sees that Holly Cunningham isn't at the airport, he believes that she doesn't love him anymore.

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38.

However, when they are informed of Rachel's death by Mac Nightingale, Holly Cunningham tries to encourage Cleo to not take the blame, but Cleo refuses as she believes Holly Cunningham has a good future ahead of her while she has no future at all.

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39.

Holly Cunningham says that if it was dangerous driving, Cleo is more than likely to receive a lengthy prison sentence.

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40.

All charges against Cleo are dropped and Holly Cunningham is arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

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41.

However, Holly Cunningham is unaware that Nick has secretly filmed this video.

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42.

Holly Cunningham confronts Ellie and tells Ellie what Nick did to her and she decides to report Nick to the police with Ellie's help and she decided to support her.

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43.

In July 2017, Holly Cunningham goes to Ibiza, along with Ellie, Alfie, Tom and their friends.

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44.

Holly Cunningham is angry when Ellie tells Damon everything about Nick.

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45.

Holly Cunningham is concerned for Ellie on the anniversary of her ordeal with Nick.

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46.

Holly Cunningham is horrified when she finds out that Milo has been tracking her, but unknownst to her, Milo has been secretly tracking the whole family.

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47.

Holly Cunningham arrives in Llandudno for the wedding and Cindy tries to change her mind about marrying Damon.

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48.

Holly Cunningham is further shocked when she finds out that everyone knew about it.

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49.

Holly Cunningham stays at Zack's place and they kiss, unaware that Dirk has just died.

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50.

Unable to tell Cindy, Holly Cunningham tries to be a nuisance so Cindy will want her to go.

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51.

Holly Cunningham is seen making a phone call to Zack at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, telling him that she loves him.

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52.

Holly Cunningham was one of 54 candidates up for the role of Holly, the character of which who had previously appeared in Hollyoaks between 1997 and 2001, with returns in 2002 and 2004, played by Karis Sharkey.

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53.

When Day's portrayal of Holly Cunningham first began appearing on screen, she was at first generally quite unpopular, and many viewers complained about the realism of an adult-looking 18-year-old playing a 14-year-old.

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