| Phoenix Hathaway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hollyoaks character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Tylan Grant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2018–2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 4947 10 July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 6300 31 January 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Bryan Kirkwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Phoenix Hathaway (also Brooke Hathaway) is a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Tylan Grant. Grant made his first appearance as the character in episode 4947, originally broadcast on 10 July 2018. Phoenix is initially introduced as Brooke, an autistic teenage girl who is fostered by the Osborne family. He was the first autistic regular character in a soap opera and Grant marked the first BAME actor to portray an autistic character in a television series. Phoenix's storylines in the soap have included being adopted by the Osbornes following the death of his mother, his relationships with Imran Maalik (Ijaz Rana) and Oliver Morgan (Aedan Duckworth/Gabriel Clark), being bullied by Juliet Nightingale (Niamh Blackshaw), becoming pregnant and putting his son up for adoption and coming to the realisation that he is non-binary, but later transitioning to a trans man and changing his name to Phoenix. Grant quit his role as Phoenix and made his final appearance on 31 January 2024, when Phoenix and Shing Lin Leong (Izzie Yip) move to London.
Grant has expressed gratitude for being able to portray the character due to the explorations of Brooke's autism, non-binary identity and later transition to a man. As Grant is autistic and trans, he was glad to convey these qualities through the character, hoping he could act as representation for those respective groups of people. For his portrayal of the character, Grant has been nominated for Best Soap Newcomer at the 2018 Digital Spy Reader Awards, the 2019 British Soap Award for Best Newcomer and Celebrity of the Year at the 2019 National Diversity Awards. Phoenix's coming out scene was also nominated for Feel-Good Moment at the Inside Soap Awards.