Lucy Benson
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23 October 1995
24 January 2000
| Lucy Benson | |||||||||
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| Hollyoaks character | |||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Kerrie Taylor | ||||||||
| Duration | 1995–2000 | ||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 1 23 October 1995 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 405 24 January 2000 | ||||||||
| Created by | Phil Redmond | ||||||||
| Introduced by | Phil Redmond | ||||||||
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Lucy Benson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Kerrie Taylor. Taylor appeared from the first episode on 23 October 1995. Taylor later quit the role with the character leaving in January 2000[1] when she went travelling. The character's storylines included a heroin addiction. The character has been described as a "good daughter" type who changed becoming a "hopeless addict".
Taylor quit the role saying "I was scared to leave. I thought I might never work again, but the time was right".[2] Taylor described her time on the serial as "happy" which made her decision to leave "hard". Taylor added that the Hollyoaks cast felt "like family". Taylor filmed her final scenes around Christmas 1999.[3]
Development
Characterisation
Merle Brown of the Daily Record labelled Lucy "troubled".[2] Taylor felt the character had "gone through everything" saying she had taken the character from "a good daughter character on a journey to hopeless addict and then to strength again".[2] The character was also labelled "hopeless" and a "junkie" by the Daily Record.[4] The Daily Mirror labelled the character a "goody-two-shoes".[5]
Addiction
Taylor commented on Lucy's heroin addiction, saying "it wasn't pleasant. I had this foundation I had to wear called Death Grey. Most foundations have girlie names, like Autumn Dew or Sunrise, but not this".[2] Taylor commented on the storyline, saying "For 18 months, I'd go into work and play a heroin addict" which she found "challenging, but it did get to me after a while".[5]