Dilly Harcourt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hollyoaks character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Emma Johnsey-Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 2023–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | 14 July 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Lucy Allan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cordelia "Dilly" Harcourt is a fictional character is a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Emma Johnsey-Smith. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 14 July 2023. Her casting was announced on 30 June 2023. Executive producer, Lucy Allan revealed that Dilly's introduction would explore her plans to "destroy" Sienna Blake (Anna Passey). Dilly is initially introduced as the sister of Rafe Harcourt (Chris Gordon) who would grow suspicious of Sienna's intentions with her "brother", believing her to be a gold-digger after the family fortune. She was later to be revealed as Rafe's wife, and the pair were set to ruin Sienna's life, but a reasoning behind as to why was left unrevealed. The character was then devised in a plot-twist as the estranged daughter of the deceased Patrick Blake (Jeremy Sheffield) who he abandoned during her early childhood in favour of Sienna – the reasoning behind her life-long vendetta.
Since Dilly's debut in the serial, her storylines have included and focused on pretending her husband Rafe Harcourt (Chris Gordon) was her brother to incite her wicked revenge on her later revealed half-sister Sienna Blake (Anna Passey), her relationships with Rafe, Ethan Williams (Matthew James Bailey) and Prince McQueen (Malique Thompson-Dwyer), being accused of killing Rafe, her rampage after being revealed as the late daughter of Patrick Blake (Jeremy Sheffield); even envisioning him whilst breaking into the school, inciting a bond with Sienna and Liberty Savage (Jessamy Stoddart) after accidentally attacking Liberty and attempting to destroy Sienna, being caught up in a shooting that Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas) arranged; going wrong with Maxine Minniver (Nikki Sanderson) shooting Murphy (Rick S. Carr) attending along with Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) and her connection to the deaths of Lizzie Chen-Williams (Lily Best) and Hunter McQueen (Theo Graham).