List of Hollyoaks characters introduced in 2014
Hollyoaks is a British television soap opera that was first broadcast on 23 October 1995. The following is a list of characters that appeared or will appear in the serial in 2014, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Bryan Kirkwood. [|Hilton] Cunningham, the son of Cindy Cunningham and Doctor Browning, was born prematurely on 11 February. Doctor Browning's secret son [|Alex] and [|Blessing Chambers] both made their first appearances in February, while Robbie and Jason Roscoe's estranged father, [|Rick Spencer], arrived in May. June saw the arrivals of Sienna Blake's long lost daughter Nico Blake and Cameron Campbell, Peri Lomax's estranged father and a new love interest for Peri's mother, Leela Lomax. [|Big Bob] made his first appearance in August, while Dennis Savage's father, [|Charles S'avage], Lindsey Butterfield's sister, Kim, and Cameron's brother Lockie Campbell all arrived in October. Myra McQueen's nieces [|Celine] and Porsche McQueen arrived in November. Cameron's enemy, [|Shane], also made a number of appearances in November.
[|Alex Browning]
Alex Browning, played by Ojan Genc, made his first screen appearance on 13 February 2014. The character and Genc's casting were announced on 12 January 2014 via the Daily Star. Alex is the son of Dr. Paul Browning, a character who last appeared on Hollyoaks in 2013 after being murdered following an altercation with Mercedes McQueen. Alex will arrive in the village hoping to avenge his father's death and becomes suspicious of Mercedes. He has been billed as having "obvious similarities" to Doctor Browning which leaves Mercedes feeling "unsettled".When Mercedes arrives at Helen's house, after her friend Cindy Cunningham was impregnated by Doctor Browning and her son, Hilton, needs a bone marrow transplant, his son Alex opens the door. She asks if Helen is at the house, and Alex presumes that she is a cleaner. He reveals that he has a girlfriend, is studying Biology and Physics at university and becomes attracted to her. After they have sex, Mercedes decides to go and he soon uncovers that Mercedes is his stepmother. He confronts her about his father's disappearance, but she walks out of the house. Alex returns and starts to investigate his father's death and becomes suspicious of Mercedes. He torments her throughout his stay and finds out that Mercedes' friend Cindy's son, Hilton, is his half-brother. He becomes a godfather to Hilton and is found out to be a match. Alex agrees to do the transplant to save his brother and leaves later that day. Cindy is grateful and tells him that he can visit Hilton anytime, much to Mercedes' disappointment.
Hilton Cunningham
Hilton Cunningham is the son of Cindy Cunningham and Dr. Paul Browning. He is born three months prematurely and suffers from severe combined immunodeficiency, meaning he needs a bone marrow transplant. Doctor Browning is killed by his wife Mercedes McQueen. Cindy and Lindsey Butterfield helped to dispose of the corpse. Hilton is later christened in the hospital, with Mercedes, Lindsey and Cindy's daughter Holly Cunningham as his godmothers and Doctor Browning's son Alex Browning as his godfather. Hilton departed the Village with Cindy, Tom and Steph on 4th September 2024.Blessing Chambers
Blessing Chambers, played by Modupe Adeyeye, made her first screen appearance on 21 February 2014. The character and casting was announced on 5 February 2014. Blessing is a glass collector, working at a strip club which is visited by Dennis Savage. Dennis puts Blessing's job and flat in jeopardy when he gets her into trouble with her boss. The character was billed as being "strong and colourful" and not having had a lot of luck in the past. Her surname has been reported as both "Chamber" and "Chambers" on the official site. It is later revealed that Blessing is a transgender woman.Rick Spencer
Rick Spencer, played by Victor Gardener, made his first screen appearance on 13 May 2014. The character and casting was announced on 17 April 2014. Rick is a bar owner, who employs Holly Cunningham, before later moving to the village where several characters will be shocked to see him. Jason Roscoe sees him in the bar and collapses. When in hospital, he reveals to girlfriend Holly that Rick is his father. Rick is also the father of Robbie Roscoe. On New Year's Eve 2015, Nancy Osborne lies to Robbie and tells him that Rick has been supplying her pain killers, feeding her addiction to them. At the same time at the Roscoe household Rick is forcing Jason to eat food. When Holly arrives she throws Rick out. Outside the house Robbie confronts Rick and they fight but Joe Roscoe comes out and punches Rick. Rick hits his head on the ground and is knocked out. At the hospital Rick is in a critical but stable condition. When he is alone an unknown person enters the room and injects him with potassium chloride. When Jason arrives to visit him his heart stops and despite attempts to revive him he dies. Joe is later arrested for his murder. He reappeared in a flashback episode on 23 October 2015 when the real serial killer is revealed to be Lindsey Roscoe.Nico Blake
Nico Blake, played by Persephone Swales-Dawson, made her first appearance on 6 June 2014. The character and casting was announced on 20 May 2014. Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy reported that Nico arrives in Hollyoaks and meets Dodger Savage. He takes pity on her and gives her food. A show spokesperson added "Is this girl just a passing tearaway teenager? Or could there perhaps be something more?" It was soon announced that Nico is the long-lost daughter of Sienna Blake. But Patrick Blake intervenes to ruin Nico and Sienna's chances of becoming acquainted. His scams include paying Nico's adoptive mother Denise to trick Sienna into believing someone else is her daughter. When Nico tells Sienna that she is her daughter she is dismissed as a liar. This prompts Nico to begin a revenge campaign. Nico was killed off on 1 November 2016 after a burning maze collapsed with her in it. However, in a twist airing on 15 May 2018, Nico was revealed to have survived the fire.Cameron Campbell
Cameron Campbell, played by Cameron Moore, made his first appearance on 20 June 2014. The character and casting was announced on 23 April 2014. Cameron arrived in the village having recently been released from prison, and he has a dangerous past that has had implications for many characters. He was also introduced as a love interest for Leela Lomax and the father of Peri Lomax. In January 2017, it was revealed that Cameron would be leaving the show, with Moore's final scenes airing on 26 January 2017.Cameron is first mentioned by Leela saying she had found his prison and that she was going to talk to him. It is then revealed that he was serving time for a crime he did not commit because Leela's mother Sam Lomax set him up. Sam then visited him in prison before Leela ordering him not to see her otherwise she'll make sure that he will do more time. Cameron reluctantly agrees but then gets his parole moved up. Later when Sam is getting off work Cameron is seen in the back of her car and forces her to drive away from the village and scares her as revenge for what she did to him. He then reveals that he's sticking around in the village.
He gets a job as co-chef in The Hutch and befriends Leela's half-brother, Ste Hay, much to the horror of Sam and Danny. Cameron later confronts Leela about Peri asking if she's his daughter. Leela denies it at first but later tells him the truth. Terrified of Peri finding out the truth, Sam and Danny arrange to take her and their other daughter Tegan Lomax to New Zealand. Peri becomes depressed at this and drinks a whole bottle of wine, and she is found by Cameron, who she moans to about not wanting to leave. Later angry that Cameron's the reason they're leaving, Ste confronts him, but accidentally tells Cameron they're leaving. Cameron then tells Leela what Peri told him about not wanting to leave, and they confront Sam and Danny, revealing to Peri that they are her parents, much to the shock of Tegan, Ste and Peri. When Peri later goes missing Cameron goes out in the van looking for her, and accidentally smashes into Sam and Danny's car, killing them. He then flees the scene. He is present at the Lomax house the next day when Leela, Tegan, Ste and Ziggy Roscoe learn of their deaths and goes with Leela to identify their bodies. Later he supports Peri when she believes her brain tumor has returned; but it's just a false alarm. He then smashes Sam's wreath just before the funeral, and strikes a deal with Freddie Roscoe to plant evidence in Sam's things; including a false confession saying she killed Fraser Black. When Peri is furious that Leela and Tegan believe the note, she moves in with Cameron. Cameron and Ziggy later fall out over Leela, Cameron sets him up by having him drive out to the van that killed Sam and Danny, realizing what it is Ziggy tries to burn it but is arrested by police.
During the hospital siege, Cameron sticks with Leela and tries to get into the lift to rescue Tegan and Ziggy but the lift shaft falls, much to their horror. He then protects Leela from Big Bob deflecting the bullet he shot at her back at him, killing him. When his brother Lockie Campbell arrives in the village, he reveals to Cameron that he's engaged, and asks him to be his best man. After the wedding train crashes, Cameron helps rescue Phoebe McQueen from the wreckage and gets the doors open allowing the passengers to escape. Cameron then finds out from Ziggy that Tegan has cancer, so he supports her, encouraging her to tell Leela the truth. Leela then admits she has feelings for him and they begin a relationship much to Peri's delight. When the Lomaxes fall behind with their bills, Cameron breaks into The Dog to get money for them and he narrowly avoids being caught. In January 2015, he reads a text from Peri's mobile phone from her boyfriend Tom Cunningham and correctly assumes that they had sex. When he confronts them about it at school, they lie but a humiliated Peri stows away with Tegan and Ziggy as they prepare to go on holiday. Ziggy then phones Cameron and Leela and they go to collect her. While there Cameron eats soup laced with magic mushrooms and accidentally reveals to Leela that he killed Sam and Danny. Leela tries to call the police but she changes her mind and forces him to leave the village instead.
Cameron then returns weeks later when Lockie needs to raise money. He then reveals to Lockie that he killed Sam and Danny, and helps him raise the money by robbing their mother's old boyfriend. Upon his return he learns about Peri's pregnancy and Leela lets him stay for her sake. On Leela and Ziggy's wedding day he kidnaps Leela and she reveals she can never love him for what he's done – unaware that the wedding camera has recorded the whole thing. Cameron eventually lets Leela go, but is blackmailed by Tom who has seen the footage. Cameron convinces Tom to keep quiet as it would destroy Peri if she found out. Cameron starts a relationship with Celine McQueen after he helps her rob a house to raise money. He then supports her when her boss Dr. Charles S'avage finds out the truth, but uncovers the truth about him being a fraud and strikes a deal with him: forget what Celine did and he will not tell anybody about his secret. Dr. S'avage agrees and Cameron uses the money he raised from the house to finance a new restaurant after Lockie caused him to lose his job. Tom later blackmails Cameron to stop Peri having their child be adopted, but Cameron refuses to do so. Tom then uploads the video of what Cameron did to the student-teacher messaging board, but changes his mind at the last minute. He forgets to however delete the video and it is accidentally sent by Ste and Harry Thompson. Peri goes into labour after hearing the confession and Cameron, Leela and Tom help her deliver her daughter, Steph. Peri then calls the police on Cameron. Leela says she can help him run but Cameron refuses, and apologises to Peri and Celine and tells them he loves them, and asks Tom to look after Peri and Steph before handing himself into the police.
Cameron is found not guilty after Leela gives a positive character portrayal to the jury. Tegan, Peri, Ziggy and Ste are furious and disown Leela as they believe she still has feelings for Cameron after everything he has done. In December 2015, Leela and Peri decide to leave the village after Leela discovers that Ziggy and Tegan have feelings for one another. Cameron is furious as he does not know where they have gone and ends his relationship with Celine when she lies that Peri has contacted her. After Leela collects Peri from the village a few weeks later, she tells Cameron that he will never see his daughter again. This results in Cameron confessing to Lockie that he killed Sam and Danny on purpose and will kill Leela for keeping him away from Peri. After following Ziggy to Peri and Leela's new flat, he breaks in, turns all the gas on and locks all the doors while Leela is asleep and Peri is out. When Ziggy drops a present off for Peri later, he wakes Leela and she realises that there is a gas leak, so Ziggy breaks the door down and the pair escape as the building explodes; however, Ziggy hits his head as he and Leela are blown away by the explosion. He later dies from his injuries, leaving Tegan heartbroken.
In 2016, after Ste moves back in with his family, Cameron resents his presence and gets him addicted to crystal meth, which he finds very difficult to overcome. Disgusted by Ste, Leela and Tegan ask him to leave, so he moves in with Harry and his father Tony Hutchinson, much to Cameron's delight. It later transpires that Cameron murdered Lockie after he discovered that Cameron caused the explosion that killed Ziggy, and this secret comes under threat by the arrival of his cousin, Courtney Campbell, who is desperate to find out where Lockie is. Cameron continues to lie to those he loves, including telling Courtney that he has already had Lockie cremated. Cameron is furious when he discovers that Peri's best friend, Nico Blake has become obsessed with her and held her hostage, and so at the "Halloween Spooktacular" festival, Cameron sets fire to the wooden maze where Nico and her mother, Sienna Blake are. The building is engulfed by flames, and Sienna is rescued, despite her pleas for Nico to be saved. Nico is then killed when the entire structure collapses on her, leaving Sienna distraught. Elsewhere, Joe Roscoe and Mercedes McQueen are trapped on a ferris wheel, and after Mercedes is saved, an explosion caused by the fire started by Cameron sees Joe fall from the ferris wheel, and later dying in hospital. Cameron later discovers that Celine has footage of him setting the maze on fire, but after overhearing Celine confessing to Tegan that she attempted to murder her stepfather Pete Buchanan, Cameron blackmails Celine into keeping quiet.
Cameron begins to panic when Celine threatens to confess to the police the truth about the fire. He confronts Celine before luring her into an abandoned shed where he holds Celine hostage. Later, Cameron visits Celine where she begs him to release her, promising that she will keep quiet about the fire and that she can live with the guilt. Cameron visits Celine's boyfriend, Jesse Donovan, and, believing Jesse to be totally oblivious to the person responsible for causing the fire, returns to Celine with the possible intention of releasing her. However, on the way to the shack, Cameron intercepts a voice message from Jesse to Celine making him realise that Jesse knows more than he was letting on. Cameron confronts Celine and tearfully tells her that he has no other way to keep her silence but to kill her, promising to make it as quick as possible before strangling her to death, and dumping her corpse in the lake. On Cameron's wedding day to Leela, she gives birth prematurely and the baby is placed in an incubator to help him breathe. Leela names the baby Daniel, after her father Danny. Cameron notices a bruise on the baby and verbally attacks the staff, believing them to be abusing Daniel but it transpires to be a Mongolian blue spot, which is common in mixed race babies. Leela then reveals to Cameron that Daniel is not his son. Cameron then gives Leela an ultimatum: him or Daniel. Leela subsequently chooses Daniel, so Cameron leaves.
Weeks later, Cameron returns to the village and convinces Peri to lure Leela to the cabin, so that they can "reunite". He also kidnaps Zack Loveday, believing him to be Daniel's father, unaware that Daniel's biological father is actually Louis Loveday, Zack's father. Cameron meets Leela at the cabin, and plots to murder her for cheating on him. Meanwhile, Courtney, Tegan and Peri go to the river, where Tegan and Courtney find a dead body, which transpires to be Celine's. Cameron hears them screaming, so he locks them in a nearby shack, while hinting to Leela and Peri that he has murdered them. Cameron then holds Leela and Peri hostage and confesses to his murder. He starts setting fire to the cabin so that the three of them can die together, but they are saved by Ste and Ryan Knight. After overpowering Ste, Cameron chases after Leela and Peri in the woods, where he is hit by a campervan driven by Mac Nightingale and Lisa Loveday. Lisa attempts to help Cameron, but Mac convinces her to leave him. Cameron is then arrested for committing seven murders, however is rushed to hospital for his injuries sustained by the hit-and-run. Courtney visits Cameron in hospital and allows him to see Peri, but only if he gives Zack's location. After Courtney refuses to let him see Peri, Cameron blackmails Lisa, forcing her convince Peri to visit in him prison. Meanwhile, Mac disposes of the campervan. Peri visits him and he begs her to stay in touch, but she refuses and cuts all ties with Cameron before leaving. In February 2017, Leela, Tegan, Courtney and Zack are informed that Cameron has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his crimes.