70 Facts About Lynsey Nolan

Lynsey Nolan is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Karen Hassan.

Lynsey Nolan's murderer was revealed to be Dr Paul Browning, who had killed her to prevent her revealing that Mercedes McQueen had stabbed herself.

Lynsey Nolan was voted Hero of the Year by fans for E4 special Hollyoaks: Best Bits of 2011 and has been both praised and criticised by the British press for the suspense built up during the Silas plot, for putting herself in danger during her feud with Silas and for the shock of her exit.

Lynsey Nolan was introduced as the best friend of established character, Cheryl Brady, during the first series of Hollyoaks Later in 2008.

Lynsey Nolan felt like Lynsey was "kind of plodding along" and asked the producer if he was happy with her work.

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Lynsey Nolan then revealed that he had been thinking along the same lines and told her that she would be a major part in an upcoming storyline featuring Silas Blissett.

When Lynsey Nolan joined Cheryl in the village, she quickly found herself a job at the local hospital and fell in love.

Hassan described Lynsey Nolan as being "a very loyal person", who wanted to see the best in people and would do anything for her family and friends.

In February 2011, Lynsey Nolan became attracted to widower Gilly Roach and they began a short relationship.

Lynsey Nolan added that the scenes were not romantic to film due to the water being cold.

In February 2011, Susan Hill from the Daily Star reported that Lynsey Nolan would become the next target of serial killer Silas Blissett.

Silas was scared off after Lynsey Nolan's screams alerted his grandson Riley Costello to the situation.

Lynsey Nolan realised Silas was the one who attacked her, after she heard his voice which "triggers a flashback" to the moment of the attack.

Lynsey Nolan then turns to Cheryl for help and although she hates seeing her best friend in such a state, Cheryl believed Lynsey Nolan was just being paranoid.

When Silas suffers a heart attack, Lynsey Nolan is faced with a dilemma when he is placed under her care.

Hassan told a reporter from All About Soap that Lynsey Nolan innocently buys diet pills for Cheryl off the internet but Silas sees this as an opportunity to seek revenge and switches them with his heart medication, leading to Cheryl collapsing in Chez Chez.

Lynsey Nolan is told that Cheryl has sedatives in her system although she is "completely flummoxed" as to how this happened as she does not consider that Silas would have wanted to hurt Cheryl.

Lynsey Nolan explained that Silas would do this by breaking into her flat and moving things around in the middle of the night, adding that "it's like a war of attrition" with Silas planning to "wear her down and send her mad".

Hassan explained that when Silas realises Lynsey Nolan is trying to bring him down again he "basically tells her to bring it on".

Lynsey Nolan continued saying that Silas "gets off" on the idea that Lynsey is trying to prevent him from killing again as it makes his game more interesting.

Rawle explained Silas' plan to discredit Lynsey Nolan, saying his character plans to send Lynsey Nolan mad so that no one will listen to her.

Lynsey Nolan "needs to keep her in check, but Silas delights in the idea that Lynsey thinks she's good enough to play him".

Lynsey Nolan decides that as Silas is out to silence her she will try to catch him out and turn the tables on Silas, although Rawle teased that Silas will retaliate.

Lynsey Nolan opined that although Lynsey is clever, she is not clever enough to outwit Silas and is "screaming from the rooftops about what he's done, but no one's listening".

The actress said that this leaves Lynsey Nolan to fight her own battles, teasing that the situation gets "even worse before it gets better".

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Lynsey Nolan discovers Texas has been speaking to a girl online.

Lynsey Nolan arranges to meet the correspondent in the woods, planning to take journalist Nancy Hayton with her.

Hassan explained that Lynsey Nolan is unaware Nancy is not coming until "the penny drops that she's all alone in the woods with Silas, she's absolutely terrified".

Lynsey Nolan goes missing, with the actress explaining that nobody knows where her character is.

Hassan explained that Brendan finds a note which he believes is from Lynsey Nolan telling him to meet her in the woods and because he is already suspicious of Silas he come to rescue Lynsey Nolan.

Lynsey Nolan is kicked out of the flat by Cheryl who does not believe her claims.

Lynsey Nolan elaborated on this, saying the characters are at opposite "ends of the spectrum" but have both been through traumatic times and have had people not believe them.

Silas tells Lynsey Nolan she has until Halloween to guess who his next victim will be and if she succeeds he will confess to the police but if Lynsey Nolan fails Silas will kill his intended victim.

Hassan explained that Lynsey Nolan takes a big risk in confiding in Doug but Lynsey Nolan trusts him to keep it a secret.

Lynsey Nolan feels like she should not be bringing Doug in to the dangerous situation but she realises that she needs someone to help her.

Lynsey Nolan's portrayer went on to add that Doug believes Lynsey and shows her a lot of kindness and friendship.

Lynsey Nolan is given clues by Silas to help her identify his next victim, although they leave Lynsey Nolan feeling like she has no way of figuring the potential victim's identity out as the clues seem to fit everyone.

Hassan said that she had enjoyed seeing Lynsey Nolan show gumption during the storyline and hoped to see more of this side of her character.

Lynsey Nolan said that previous to the storyline she had known she could show a feistier side and more depth to Lynsey which she was always aware existed.

Lynsey Nolan felt that it is almost like the characters should not be friends, but acknowledged that opposites attracted in this instance.

Lynsey Nolan is attracted to Mercedes as she sees qualities in Mercedes that she wishes she had herself, such as Mercedes being straight-talking, ballsy and someone who "calls a spade a spade, and sometimes Lynsey Nolan wishes she had a bit of that gusto".

Metcalfe explained that Lynsey Nolan comes to Mercedes' rescue when she is at her lowest point and she can see how broken Mercedes is so just hugs her friend.

Metcalfe said Lynsey Nolan proves how much she cares about Mercedes when she convinces her to see a psychiatrist.

Actress said that Lynsey Nolan feels guilty because she is in a relationship with Riley behind Mercedes' back, but Lynsey Nolan feels that she deserves to be happy because she usually places everyone else's needs above her own.

Lynsey Nolan's departure was a mutual decision made between herself and the producers.

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Lynsey Nolan intended to leave in August 2012, but to facilitate the storyline she had to leave early.

Lynsey Nolan teased the audience with the revelation that Hollyoaks had not actually aired Lynsey's final on-screen appearance.

Lynsey Nolan is upset when she discovers that her ex-boyfriend Kris, who she still has feelings for, is bisexual and a crossdresser.

Lynsey Nolan arrives in Hollyoaks to nurse at the Dee Valley Hospital.

When Malachy is injured in a fire, Lynsey Nolan says goodbye before his life support is switched off.

When searching Silas' belongings for her ring, Lynsey Nolan is interrupted by Riley and returns home to discover her ring has been returned.

Texas makes Riley doubt Silas' innocence and when Lynsey Nolan accuses Silas of murdering India, Riley questions Silas.

Silas' daughter Heidi finds Lynsey Nolan withholding treatment from Silas and calls for help leading to Lynsey Nolan being suspended.

Lynsey Nolan gives Cheryl some diet pills, which Silas replaces with his heart medication.

Silas tells Cheryl that Lynsey Nolan could have given her the sedatives, making her doubt Lynsey Nolan's state of her mind.

Lynsey Nolan arranges to meet the correspondent in the woods with Nancy although Silas sends Nancy to meet a journalist.

Lynsey Nolan arrives in the woods alone, unaware Nancy is not coming.

When Lynsey Nolan goes missing, Brendan goes to the woods in search of her.

Lynsey Nolan convinces Doug of Silas' plan and together they narrow down the possible victims.

Lynsey Nolan is thrown out of the party after trying to convince the guests that a murder is going to take place.

Lynsey Nolan agrees to die but smashes a vase over Silas' head and runs out the flat.

Silas refuses to reveal Mercedes' location, saying that he wants Lynsey Nolan as she is an opponent he has a rapport.

Lynsey Nolan is threatened by Walker and Ally after she becomes suspicious about their shared past.

Lynsey Nolan appears as an apparition in Silas' mind and following her funeral, Doctor Browning pleading not guilty to charges of murder.

Lynsey Nolan was nominated for Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards.

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Lynsey Nolan's death shocked Laura Morgan from All About Soap, who could not believe that she was writing about her death.

Lynsey Nolan felt that it was so unexpected she would never have foreseen the scenario "in a million years".

Ellis said that she did not see it coming and concluded that she would miss Lynsey Nolan, who was on the path of becoming one of her "favourite Hollyoaks characters".

Lynsey Nolan added that viewers named Lynsey as one of their favourite characters amongst "some really nice feedback".

Fox said that Lynsey Nolan had been at the core of the serial's "best storylines".