Coronation Street star making shock comeback to BBC show after groundbreaking episode
A FORMER Coronation Street star is set to make a shock comeback to a BBC show after a groundbreaking episode.
Lucy-Jo Hudson
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Lucy-Jo Hudson is making a return to Casualty
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She had a guest appearance in the BBC show's Christmas special last December
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The actress had a three year stint on Coronation Street
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Her character was at the centre of one of Corrie's
The actress is now set for a return to BBC medical drama Casualty.
Lucy-Jo
Adele
Thompson in last December's
Christmas
special.
It's currently unclear as to how the character will return but will reportedly be seen on screen again later this month.
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It comes just months after she teased a new acting job following months of struggling to find work.
The soap star revealed how she was working as a travel agent in a
side hustle
to keep
money
coming in while she auditioned for new acting roles.
In 2023, Lucy-Jo was
Meanwhile, her original Casualty episode depicted the hospital's blood shortage amid a donor emergency.
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Six-year-old Leah - the daughter of Lucy-Jo's character - was discovered to be severely anaemic and needed a blood transfusion.
Stevie Nash (Elinor Lawless) later confessed to Dylan Keogh (William Beck) that she thought Leah had leukaemia but she hadn't told her mum yet.
Hollyoaks star Lucy-Jo Hudson stunned as she lands new acting job
She explained how maybe she can let them have Christmas together and wait until Boxing Day to give them the news.
But in a heart breaking scene, Stevie informed a sobbing
Adele
of the truth.
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The screen then switched to James, a real life father whose daughter Rachel had a similar illness, and it was like a punch to the stomach for viewers.
In a highly emotional scene, he explained how blood donations literally kept his daughter alive and gave her extra time to be with him.
Back in the ED, the emotional journey continued when Stevie told Iain that Leah shouldn't be in hospital but should be opening
Christmas
presents back at home.
A viewer wrote at the time: "Blimey this is harrowing. Thank you to anybody who gives blood and all the wonderful people who try to keep us alive."
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Another added: "I'm am an emotional wreck Xx."
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Her original Casualty episode highlighted the miracle of blood
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