Holly Cunningham

Holly Cunningham
Hollyoaks character
Amanda Clapham as Holly Cunningham
Portrayed by	Karis Sharkey (1997–2004) Lydia Waters (2008–2010) Wallis Day (2012–2013) Amanda Clapham (2013–2019)
Duration	1997–2000, 2002, 2004, 2008–2010, 2012–2019
First appearance	22 December 1997
Last appearance	23 January 2019
Classification	Former; regular
Introduced by	Jo Hallows (1997, 2002, 2004) Bryan Kirkwood (2008, 2019) Emma Smithwick (2012)
Spin-off appearances	Hollyoaks Later (2013)
Wallis Day as Holly Cunningham
In-universe information Other names Holly Hutchinson Holly Roscoe Occupation Student Shop assistant Family Cunningham Father Lee Stanley Mother Cindy Cunningham Stepfather Tony Hutchinson Alistair Longford Mac Nightingale Dirk Savage Half-brothers Hilton Cunningham Alfie Nightingale Husband Jason Roscoe (2016) Grandfathers Gordon Cunningham Grandmothers Angela Cunningham Sheila Stanley Uncles Max Cunningham Tom Cunningham Aunts Dawn Cunningham Jude Cunningham First cousins Bethany Cunningham Steph Cunningham-Lomax

Holly Cunningham (also Hutchinson, Longford and Roscoe) is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, most recently portrayed by Amanda Clapham.

Holly's first on-screen appearance aired on 22 December 1997, which was her birth set on Christmas Day, before departing in 2000. Holly made further appearances in 2002 and later in 2004, played by Karis Sharkey. In 2008, Holly returned to the serial played by Lydia Waters. In 2009, Holly played a minor role in the second series of Hollyoaks Later, and featured in the storyline of her mother Cindy (Stephanie Waring) and Tony Hutchinson's (Nick Pickard) wedding, despite Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson) and Jacqui McQueen (Claire Cooper) teaming up to split the engaged couple up before the wedding. Waters then departed in 2010.

In November 2012, the character was reintroduced, now played by Wallis Day. Day as fifteen-year-old Holly appeared in the sixth series of Hollyoaks Later, in a dark storyline that featured Holly go on a trip to an isolated country mansion with Esther Bloom (Jazmine Franks) to celebrate Esther's eighteenth birthday, along with Holly's boyfriend Callum Kane (Laurie Duncan), Esther's girlfriend Tilly Evans (Lucy Dixon) and Tilly's strange and mysterious new housemate Jade Hedy (Lucy Gape). Shortly after, Day made her final appearance on 22 October 2013. The character was immediately recast, with actress Amanda Clapham taking over the role; she made her first appearance as Holly on 19 November 2013. Clapham departed on 13 September 2018 alongside Sophie Porley who portrays Ellie Nightingale.^[1] She made a brief return the following year on 23 January 2019, where she told Zack Loveday (Duayne Boachie) that she has feelings for him, leading to him leaving the village to reunite with her.

Some of Holly's well-known storylines including being in a relationship with Jason Roscoe (Alfie Browne-Sykes), taking legal highs and cannabis, being kidnapped by Trevor Royle (Greg Wood) and Ashley Davidson (Kierston Wareing), having an affair with Jason's twin brother Robbie Roscoe (Charlie Wernham), discovering Alfie Nightingale (Richard Linnell) was her half-brother, causing a car crash while intoxicated, which caused the death of Rachel Hardy (Jennifer Brooke), being raped by her boyfriend Nick Savage (Ben-Ryan Davies), and a relationship with Damon Kinsella (Jacob Roberts).