HOLLYOAKS - Zoe Lucker cast as new McQueen

The McQueen family are the biggest clan of Hollyoaks village, and they're expanding all the more, as Zoe Lucker, who's also been part of EastEnders, has joined the soap as the newest McQueen member.

Reenie McQueen is Porsche, Celine and Cleo's mum, and daughter of Nana.

Having already filmed her first scenes, Zoe will make her Hollyoaks debut in April - and I love her new 'Reenie' look. It's a million miles away from the blonde bombshell look of Zoe's previous roles in 'Enders, Waterloo Road and Footballers Wives.

Zoe is also thrilled at being cast in Oaks, saying:

"I am really excited to be joining Hollyoaks - especially as a McQueen! Reenie is a very complex character and will, in time, have a very interesting story to tell."

Reenie is currently in prison, and we first see her when Porsche goes to pay her a visit, before eventually joining the rest of the family in the village. 

The newset McQueen's - Porsche, Celine - who's a possible suspect in the Gloved-Hand mystery - and Cleo have been a hit.

After the exits of Carmel and Mercedes, I wasn't sure how the new girls would go down, but they've proved that the McQueen's can regenerate and go on! 

Hollyoaks' executive producer Bryan Kirkwood previously cast Zoe in EastEnders and he's excited to be working with her again:

"I am delighted to be working again with Zöe. In my mind there was only one person to tell Reenie's important story and thankfully she was as intrigued by the character as we are. We are thrilled that Zöe will be becoming a McQueen and know that she will bring Reenie to life for our audience."

I wonder what other trouble Reenie could bring! 

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HOLLYOAKS - A McQueen mess!

The McQueen's will be finding themselves in the middle of a couple more messy situations in tonight's E4 first look episode, as Nana turns thief and Mercedes goes detective.

With Grace Black's trial for attempting to kill Joe Roscoe fast-looming, Mercedes finds herself stumbling across some evidence that could see her bring down nemesis Grace after all.

Mercy and Freddie Roscoe have joined forces to try and get rid of Grace and her nasty ways once and for all.

Mercedes catches Grace in the act

The feisty McQueen, who Grace has asked to be a witness at her trial, stumbles across Grace handing the judge a big wad of cash - bribery to get her off.

She really is her father, Fraser's, daughter, eh!

Left fuming by what she's witnessed - what will Mercedes do next?

Elsewhere, Nana McQueen breaks all the rules of 'faaaammmily' (oops, sorry, wrong soap!) when she steals from her granddaughter Carmel.

Carmel's fiance - dodgy cop (well dodgier than Sam Lomax!) - Sonny Valentine gives his bride-to-be £1000 to put down as a deposit on their wedding venue. Although, I'm still trying to work out how much younger Sonny is to Carmel, or whether it's one of those 'secret soap age-change' things. I'm sure that when Carmel was with Sonny's brother Calvin - Sonny was just a young teen?

Nana McQueen is in awe of the £1000!

Anyhow, Nana's eyes light up brightly when she spots the handful of cash, because she knows how much it would help her debt - so she sneaks the envelope out of Carmel's handbag and pays her bills.

Poor Nana McQueen has been worrying about the money troubles for some time - but how will Carmel react when she finds out what Nana's done?

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