Ellie Mills

Infobox soap character
series =Hollyoaks



name=Ellie Mills
portrayer=Sarah Baxendale
first=2002
last=2005
parents=Les,
Sally,
siblings=Dan,
Lee,
Lisa
spouse=Toby Mills

Ellie Mills (née Hunter) was a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera "Hollyoaks".

She was played by actress Sarah Baxendale between 2002-2005. Her last airdate was March 25, 2005.

Character History

The eldest Hunter child was a runaway living in Ibiza for two years without contacting her family before returning, not out of love, but rather because she had run out of money. She was a man-eater and was responsible for the spread of an STD that Jamie Nash got the blame for. Her brother Dan and mother Sally resented her immensely, while her father Les treated her like a princess, which she often lived up to.

Her evil streak came when she married serial killer Toby Mills. When her brother Dan saved her from being his next victim, she pretended not to remember what had happened (she had fallen from a roof) before letting her brother take the blame for not only Toby's murder but the murder of all Toby's victims.

Her family turned against her, including her father. The atmosphere in the Hunter household was too much and Sally disowned her daughter before ordering her to leave. Ellie refused and when Dan was finally released after another of Toby's victims was discovered and her lies were exposed, she was more hated than ever.

Dan refused to forgive her, and after he died, Sally made it clear that she was no longer a part of the family and told her she wished she had died instead of Dan. Ellie continued to live with the family, but tensions flared up yet again when she needed tuition money and asked Sally if she could get back some of the money she'd given to help Dan start the Pit Stop. An angry Sally gave her a cheque for all the money, further alienating Ellie from her mother and siblings. Les had moved away due to Dan's death and the family strife and Sally decided to go look for him. When Lee and Lisa decided to go find their parents, Ellie wanted to go along, but they refused, telling her once and for all that she didn't fit in. While they were all gone, Ellie had a drink with Russ Owen and Dannii Carbone and realised she had nothing left in Chester. She packed her bags and watched a few old family videos from when she and Dan were kids. Full of remorse, she left a goodbye letter and the ripped-up cheque from Sally. After taking one last look around the family home, she left.

When the Hunters returned to find her missing, they initially rowed over who was responsible for her leaving and whether she just wanted to hurt them yet again. Bombhead convinced them she was just trying to do what she thought they wanted and that they should be happy. They sent Ellie an e-mail, telling her they loved her and to contact them any time she wanted.

ee also

*List of past characters from Hollyoaks