28-07-2025
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- Scottish Sun
Coronation Street star joins rival soap for huge new role – and she'll arrive sooner than you think
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A CORONATION Street star has landed a huge role on a rival soap seven years after quitting the cobbles.
Actress Tisha Merry - who played Steph Britton in the ITV soap for five years - is joining Hollyoaks as a new series regular.
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Tisha Merry is joining Hollyoaks as a new series regular
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Tisha played Steph Britton until 2018 in Coronation Street
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She will be playing a new character called Gemma who has an intriguing connection to a Hollyoaks legend.
She will first make her debut opposite former village bad boy Warren Fox but the details of their connection are yet to be confirmed.
Talking about her new Hollyoaks role, Tisha said: 'I'm absolutely over the moon to be joining the cast of Hollyoaks.
'It's a fabulous opportunity and an incredible time to join as they celebrate their 30th birthday week.
'Gemma is flirty, feisty, and the kind of woman you'd want as your best friend… but never your enemy.
'She's bold, unpredictable, and trust me when I say, she'll be entering with a bang. I can't wait for you all to meet her.'
Steph's first appearance will come in a late night episode as Hollyoaks Later makes its long-awaited comeback.
The series last aired in 2020 and is a post-watershed version of the Channel 4 soap.
It is set to be a darker, sexier, and more violent new episode that will air in the autumn as part of the month long celebrations
And The Sun can exclusively reveal there's going to be a host of familiar faces returning for the episode.
The episode will see the return of Warren Fox and Theresa McQueen to the show as actors Jamie Lomas and Jorgie Porter reprise their roles.
