Chloe (Hollyoaks)
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| Chloe | |||||
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| Hollyoaks character | |||||
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| Portrayed by | Susan Loughnane | ||||
| Duration | 2013–2014 | ||||
| First appearance | 12 August 2013 | ||||
| Last appearance | 3 January 2014 | ||||
| Introduced by | Bryan Kirkwood | ||||
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Chloe is a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Susan Loughnane. The character made her first on-screen appearance on 12 August 2013. Loughnane had to audition for the role. Initially appearing in a small number of episodes, Loughnane returned to film new storylines. Chloe is introduced into the show as the mother of Matthew McQueen. The character has earned a reputation as a "serial surrogate mother" from selling her babies. Chloe sold Matthew to John Paul McQueen (James Sutton) and Craig Dean (Guy Burnet). While on-screen she agrees to sell another baby to Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) and later Carmel McQueen (Gemma Merna). Chloe has featured in a same sex kiss with Tilly Evans (Lucy Dixon). Loughnane made her final appearance as Chloe during the episode broadcast on 3 January 2014.
Chloe's behaviour has been the focus of critics. The Evening Herald's Eimear Rabbitte viewed Chloe as a troublemaker. Laura Morgan from Inside Soap said that she was a "crafty" female. Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy believed she has "history of erratic behaviour".
Irish actress Loughnane had to audition for part of Chloe. Later she had a chance meeting with fellow Irish and Hollyoaks actor Emmett J. Scanlan. Upon being chosen to play the role Loughnane remembered that she forgot to mention the Hollyoaks audition to Scanlan.[1]
Development
Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy announced details of the character on 6 August 2013. He revealed that Chloe arrives in Hollyoaks to visit her son Matthew McQueen.[2] She acted as a surrogate mother so John Paul McQueen (James Sutton) and Craig Dean (Guy Burnet) could begin a family. She pretends to want to visit Matthew, then reveals that she needs £5000. When John Paul refuses she threatens to take Matthew away claiming that Craig is the father.[2] Sutton told Kilkelly that he enjoyed filming with Loughnane and they had fun working on the storyline. He detailed how Chloe and John Paul had become best friends while living in Ireland. They share a lot of history and he has previously been there to bail her out of money troubles.[3] Chloe's first scenes were broadcast on 12 August 2013.[4]
On 10 August 2013, Loughnane announced that she had returned to filming at Hollyoaks until November 2013. She explained to Eimear Rabbitte from the Evening Herald that "I filmed for the month of June and then I had a break and now I'm back for the next few months." Loughnane described Chloe as a fun character and challenging to play.[5] Kilkelly reported that Chloe would return pregnant and planning to sell her baby. When Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) learns of her intentions she offers Chloe double the price for her unborn baby. Chloe realises that Sienna is covering up a fake pregnancy to deceive Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson) and blackmails her as a means to solve her financial problems.[6]
Loughnane David Hennessy from the Irish World that Chloe's treatment of Sienna would make viewers like her.[1] She added that "Chloe discovers that Sienna’s not really pregnant. She just starts to manipulate her and blackmail her and while that would be a horrible thing to do if it was to a nice character, because it’s Sienna, it’s great. It’s like evil meets evil and I think that’s kind of nice, Sienna’s met her match a little bit."[1] Chloe reconsiders and offers to sell her baby to Sienna. But Chloe changes her mind for selfish reasons. Passey told Sarah Ellis from Inside Soap that "something went wrong with the family who were going to have Chloe's baby, so she offers it to Sienna instead." The actress added that Chloe's offer is a "godsend" and makes Sienna believe her deceitful plans are justified because she and Darren will now have a child.[7]
In November 2013, Loughnane announced that she would continue to appear onscreen into January 2014.[8] On 3 December 2013, Kilkelly reported that Chloe would become part of a new storyline causing trouble for Tilly Evans (Lucy Dixon) and Esther Bloom's (Jazmine Franks) relationship. Tilly believes that Chloe is trying to steal Esther from her. Chloe begins a protest to free illegal immigrant Vincent Elegba (John Omole) and subsequently be arrested. The stunt leaves Tilly unimpressed and sparks an argument resulting in Chloe kissing Tilly.[9] Dixon has stated that Chloe is a "crazy girl who came out of nowhere". Tilly views her outlook on life as being different and reminds herself of how she used to be. Dixon concluded that Tilly views "Chloe as a way of getting back to the old Tilly."[10]
December saw the culmination of the Chloe's involvement in Sienna's storyline. When Chloe is rushed into hospital after losing consciousness, Sienna begins to panic. Passey told Carena Crawford from All About Soap that Chloe's hospitalisation is "life and death" for Sienna - "she's decided now: this baby is hers, and nothing can go wrong."[11] Passey also admitted that Sienna does not believe Chloe's plan will work. She just deludes herself because she wants Chloe's baby to solve her problems.[11] But Sienna's lies are exposed leaving Chloe without a recipient.[7] Kilkelly later reported that Carmel Valentine (Gemma Merna) would be the next character to offering to adopt the baby. Carmel discovers that she may not be able to have children and sees Chloe's predicament as the solution to her problem. However, her boyfriend Jim McGinn (Dan Tetsell) is unhappy.[12] Despite his disapproval Carmel plans to purchase Chloe's unborn baby. But she soon tires of Carmel and opts to spend time with Tilly instead. Carmel is also arrested in her attempts to raise the money to pay Chloe. Laura Morgan from All About Soap reported that Chloe will plan to steal Carmel's money and leave Hollyoaks.[13] Her final scenes occurred during the episode broadcast on 3 January 2014.[14]