Lisa Hunter

Infobox soap character
series =Hollyoaks
name = Lisa Hunter


first = 2001
last = 2006
parents = Les Hunter (father)
Sally Hunter (mother)
siblings = Dan Hunter (brother)
Lee Hunter (brother)
Ellie Mills (sister)
portrayer = Gemma Atkinson

Lisa Hunter was a fictional character on the long-running British television soap opera "Hollyoaks" and later its spin-offs ' and '.

She was played by actress Gemma Atkinson.

Character history

Lisa was the youngest of four children and used to be very shy and sensitive. Lisa often bored the brunt of her family's troubles. Shy and intelligent, Lisa was under constant supervision by her overprotective dad Les and older brothers Dan and Lee. She had a troubled life and was bullied at school by nasty Steph Dean who was jealous of how popular someone so nice could be.

After some family problems, she reverted to self-harm to make herself feel better. Lisa kept a secret from everyone, until Brian Drake saw cuts on her arms and legs and assumed she was being abused and called a social worker. She admitted to self harming. She saw a counselor for a while and became Brian's girlfriend but became a little too reliant on his help when her troubles at home became too much. They split up just before their exams started. When Cameron Clark arrived he took an instant shine to Lisa and the two started dating. Around this time she started receiving threatening text messages from a mysterious stalker. Her friends assumed it was Steph as she had always made her life hell and also wanted Cameron for herself. Lisa's stalker was revealed to be her jealous ex-boyfriend, Brian, who had been terrorizing her as he had failed all his exams and blamed her rather than himself. Cameron and Lisa lost their virginity to each other, but broke up and Lisa briefly dated an older man Kristian Hargreaves.

When her beloved big brother Dan died, Lisa became more confident and was determined to enjoy life to the fullest. Her reckless behavior included having an affair with one of Dan's friends, Jake Dean, and passing on an STD. The affair did not last. As Jake was totally in love with his girlfriend Becca Hayton, he ended the affair before confessing to his girlfriend. Lisa was gutted when Becca ended their friendship and Jake admitted that Becca was the only woman he loved and he had used Lisa. Lisa turned to Dan's best friend, Ben Davies, for comfort, riling his casual girlfriend, Louise Summers, who schemed to get her out of his life. She failed as Ben had fallen for Lisa and dumped Louise. Ben declared his love as Lisa was planning to go and stay with Ben's younger sister Abby in Brighton. The two decided to leave the village together to find a place of their own and get away from all their troubles.

The two left Hollyoaks behind to appear in their own spin off show '. They currently reside in Liverpool where Lisa is working as a receptionist and a model. Fans were shocked when Lisa accidentally killed Ben in the series finale of '.

ee also

List of past characters from Hollyoaks