Sarah Barnes is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Loui Batley.
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37 Facts About Sarah Barnes
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Sarah Barnes debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 11 October 2005.
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Sarah Barnes's final storyline is her death in a skydiving accident, which was a first for a British soap opera.
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Sarah Barnes's death won "Spectacular Scene Of The Year" at the British Soap Awards in 2010 and the scenes have been praised by certain critics.
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Sarah Barnes made it clear to Kirkwood and new executive producer Lucy Allan that she would leave afterward.
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Sarah Barnes never turned in a performance less than top-notch and I wish she had a little more recognition for that.
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In 2007, Sarah Barnes discovered fiance Craig Dean's affair with best friend John Paul McQueen, in the storyline dubbed "McDean".
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Sarah Barnes sends a text from Craig's phone asking Sarah to come upstairs to see him.
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Sarah Barnes absolutely destroyed her happiness and belief in men.
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Sarah Barnes opined this was the reason her storyline with Zoe and Lydia worked well.
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Sarah Barnes then embarked on her first full relationship with a woman, with Lydia.
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Batley gave her views on how Sarah Barnes should have developed, opining it would have been good for her to spend more time on her own, be herself and learn who she really is.
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Sarah Barnes felt that Sarah had too often clung on to people and believing that ultimately it would make her happy.
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Sarah Barnes said Lydia initially severed a parachute to end her own life, later deciding to cut Zoe's parachute so she could have Sarah to herself.
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Sarah Barnes explained that viewers were not permitted to know who would have parachute.
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Sarah's parents Mike and Kathy Barnes struggled to cope with Kathy got pregnant with Sarah, as the two were still teenagers at the time.
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Sarah Barnes attends Hollyoaks High and becomes best friends with Nancy Hayton and Hannah Ashworth.
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Sarah Barnes befriends Rhys Ashworth and Gilly Roach, Rhys and Sarah Barnes grow closer, but he is put off by her age.
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When Sarah Barnes finds out, she dumps him and starts to despise her mother.
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Sarah Barnes grows close to Gilly but decides not to begin a relationship.
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Sarah Barnes accepts that it was just a drunken mistake and supports John Paul when he comes out as gay.
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Sarah Barnes encourages John Paul in his first relationship with Spike.
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Craig later apologises, but Sarah Barnes makes it clear that if another incident like that happens again, they are finished.
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Sarah Barnes is pursuing a modelling career and delves deep into the modelling world, in spite of Craig's negative feelings about it.
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Sarah Barnes is over the moon about her engagement to Craig and prepares to move to Dublin to him.
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Sarah Barnes is devastated to learn that they had an affair and that Craig gave John Paul a watch while she had to buy her own engagement ring.
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The next day, Sarah Barnes forgives Craig and says she still wants to be with him.
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Sarah Barnes is later disgusted to learn that John Paul has changed his mind about being with Craig and tears into him for stealing her fiance for nothing.
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Sarah Barnes discovers the truth and moves in with friend, Nancy Hayton.
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Sarah Barnes finds an odd friend in Elliot Bevan, who develops feelings for her.
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Sarah Barnes starts to fall in love with Elliot and confesses to him.
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Sarah Barnes even encourages Craig to get back together with John Paul.
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Sarah Barnes is then shocked when it turns out Archie is rating her against other girls.
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Sarah Barnes eventually admits to having feelings for Lydia, and the pair begin a relationship.
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Sarah Barnes discovers she was nearly given up for adoption by Mike and Kathy as a baby, after Zoe steals a script from Mike and uses it in her film for college.
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Sarah Barnes is angry at Zoe for using her but they later make up.
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Kris Green of Digital Spy described the skydive as one of the best stunts he had seen in a long time, adding that the reaction to Sarah Barnes's death made him shed a tear and that the episode on a whole was "amazing".
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