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Lily Drinkwell
Lily Drinkwell (also McQueen) is a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Lauren McQueen. She made her first appearance on 6 January 2017. McQueen had previously appeared in the soap opera as an extra and was happy to be cast as Lily, who was characterised as being feisty, studious and close to her family. Lily was introduced as the niece of established character Diane Hutchinson (Alex Fletcher), and Lily's initial storyline saw her moving in with Diane and her family following the death of Lily's mother. Lily also becomes a love interest of established character Prince McQueen (Malique Thompson-Dwyer). Lily was then central to a dramatic stunt when she and other characters are involved in a car crash, which leaves Lily with scarring and deeply affects Lily's confidence. This and other factors cause Lily to begin self-harming, a storyline which was used to raise awareness and create conversation about the issue. Hollyoaks worked with four charities - The Mix, Mind, NSPCC and Samaritans - during the storyline. Lily continues hurting herself for months, and the character was central to a special episode focusing on several characters' attitudes towards self-harm. Following the episode, the storyline takes a darker turn when Lily begins self-harming with her friends Peri Lomax (Ruby O'Donnell) and Yasmine Maalik (Haiesha Mistry). Hollyoaks executive producer Bryan Kirkwood decided to explore the issue of group self-harm when he discovered that it was on the rise but not being talked about.
The girls' self-harm is found out and after briefly being hospitalised with sepsis, Lily receives help for her mental health. Lily and Prince's relationship is challenged when Prince has sex with Peri and is believed to have impregnated her, but it is later revealed that Peri is not pregnant and Lily forgives him. Lily and Prince end up getting married, but the marriage is almost sabotaged members of their families due to their opposition to the teenagers marrying. Shortly after their wedding, the couple face several issues, including a pregnancy scare and arguments over their future. Their relationship is further complicated by the arrival of Romeo Quinn (Owen Warner), who pursues Lily romantically. Lily initially is not interested but she gives into her feelings after almost dying in a storm and cheats on Prince with Romeo. McQueen explained that Lily has a connection with Romeo and keeps being attracted to him despite knowing that it is wrong to cheat on her husband. Romeo then hides Prince's testicular cancer diagnosis from Lily and she almost leaves with him; however, Prince ends up leaving the village instead, which was done due to Thompson-Dwyer's break from the soap to star in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. In his absence, Lily ends up relapsing in her self-harm and begins a relationship with Romeo. Upon Prince's return, she is stuck in a love triangle and decides to pick Romeo.
In March 2019, it was announced that McQueen would be departing the soap in order to pursue other acting opportunities and that Lily would be killed off. In the storyline, Lily's mental health worsens and she relapses in her self-harm, which leads to her dying from sepsis. Hollyoaks chose to have Lily die from self-harm as they had portrayed several other mental health storylines that had had happy endings on the soap and they felt that they needed to show that it was not always the case. McQueen's final episode as Lily aired on 11 April 2019, which featured flashbacks of Lily's childhood and her death. Just prior to her death, Lily had run away with Romeo but ultimately realised that she saw her future with Prince. McQueen was in tears when she read her final episodes but she hoped that the storyline would increase awareness of sepsis to viewers and encourage viewers to talk about their feelings. Lily was very well received by critics and viewers. Lily's mental health and self-harm storyline was praised by viewers, charities and critics, although some viewers criticised the group self-harm plot. Lily's relationship with Prince was also well received and the pair were referred to by the portmanteau "Prily". Lily's death was also praised by critics. McQueen won and been nominated for several awards for her portrayal of Lily, as has her pairing with Prince and the 2017 self-harm episode.
On 12 December 2016, it was announced that Diane Hutchinson (Alex Fletcher) would be returning to Hollyoaks in January 2017, after Fletcher had taken maternity leave earlier in 2016, and that Diane would be bringing her niece, Lily Drinkwell, with her. Ten days later, it was announced that Lauren McQueen had joined the soap as new regular character, Lily Drinkwell. Lily was described as a "schoolgirl who's dedicated to her studies but just as feisty as her family members". In a behind-the-scenes video released by Hollyoaks on the same day, McQueen said that "Lily might look like the typical kind-hearted, butter-wouldn't-melt young teen, but she's actually one serious tough cookie. She's fiercely independent and something of a mini-superhero to the less popular kids at school." McQueen added that Lily outsmarts the bullies at her school and that whilst she would not expect her character to do "anything outrageous" because of how she looks, McQueen was hoping for "some surprises".
Both McQueen and Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy joked that McQueen's surname may make things "confusing" due it also being the surname of one of Hollyoaks' families. The actress' favourite character was Mercedes McQueen, and she commented that the character's portrayer, Jennifer Metcalfe, was "really nice". McQueen also revealed that Lily "adores" Diane and "admires" her for raising two children by herself, and commented that Lily has "definitely inherited Diane's sense of fun and mischievousness". McQueen also revealed that Lily is particularly close to her cousin, Scott Drinkwell (Ross Adams), and that Lily finds Scott "absolutely hilarious". Speaking of the character's backstory, McQueen revealed that Lily's terminally mother, Babs Drinkwell, has recently died, and that Lily had to "grow up before her time" due to being Bab's carer. McQueen used to come to Hollyoaks as an extra, which was the start of her acting career, and she was happy to return to the soap as a regular actor and have a new experience. McQueen was a big fan of the soap and had watched it since she was 12-years-old. The actress also said, "I was over the moon when I found out I was joining the cast of Hollyoaks. Being from Liverpool I feel so lucky to be working in my home town and being part of such a successful show with cast I've looked up to since I was 12. I couldn't have been cast in a better family!" McQueen added that she hoped that Lily would do something "gritty" that "you wouldn't expect Lily to do".
McQueen made her first appearance as Lily in the episode airing on 6 January 2017, when Diane returns to the village and brings Lily to stay with her family. McQueen said that she was "thrown in the deep end" in her first scenes and she had to make herself cry due to it being after the funeral of Lily's mother. Upon Lily's arrival, Diane's husband, Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard), is unsure about Lily staying with them, and is forced to apologise to her when she overhears him telling Diane that and he tries to convince her to stay. McQueen has said that Lily gets on well with Tony, and teased that due to Tony and Diane taking her in, Lily is able to start a "brand new life in Hollyoaks". McQueen said that she was glad to be part of Tony and Diane's family, and revealed that Tony is initially worried about how they will look after a teenage girl. The actress said that getting to work with Pickard and Fletcher was her favourite thing about being in the soap, and she credited the pair for being so welcoming, calling them "absolutely amazing".
Upon Lily's first day at her new school, she catches the eye of Prince McQueen (Malique Thompson-Dwyer) and he rushes to her aid when she has some small issues settling in at the school, but she does not appear to be "too enamoured" with him. However, Prince later wins Lily over and they kiss. Lily and Prince's kiss had been shown in the Hollyoaks 2017 New Year trailer. McQueen had previously teased a romance between Lily and Prince; she said in her introduction video that whilst Lily may not be too interested in getting a boyfriend due to her focus on her studies, McQueen suggested that "maybe a move to Hollyoaks might bring out a different side to [Lily]. And instead of dissecting frogs, maybe she might end up kissing one to find her prince", shortly before Thompson-Dwyer appeared in the video. Thompson-Dwyer was the first colleague that McQueen met and the pair got on well; they did several workshops and a screentest before they began filming, which helped build a connection between the two actors. She commented that Thompson-Dwyer is as cheeky as the character he is portraying. McQueen added that the pair have fun together and that she does not take romantic scenes too seriously. Thompson-Dwyer has said that McQueen inspires her and that she always knows her lines; he joked that he felt awkward when he met McQueen's real boyfriend.
Lily and Prince's relationship develops but briefly faces issues when jealous Yasmine Maalik (Haiesha Mistry) lies about having had sex with Prince, which devastates Lily. In May 2017, Lily and Prince were two of several characters involved in a "horror" car crash. Hollyoaks had been teasing the stunt for months prior and they had first revealed it in their 2017 Spring Trailer, with Lily being revealed as one of the characters involved in early May. Nadine Mulkerrin, who portrays Cleo McQueen, another character involved in the stunt, said that the crash's "repercussions will continue for quite some time", saying that was "one of those brilliant Hollyoaks storylines where they do a stunt and all these connecting stories come together." In the storyline, Prince decides to take over the driving from a nervous Tom Cunningham (Ellis Hollins), despite not having a license, when Yasmine falls ill and needs to go to hospital. Prince then swerves the car to avoid hitting Cleo and Joel Dexter (Rory Douglas-Speed) on their motorcycle, which leads to the teenagers crashing into a pile of logs and though a gate. Lily was considered to be in particular danger as she was hit by one of the logs, which crashed through the car window. The stunt originally aired on a Friday, leaving viewers waiting over the weekend to find out if Lily and the other characters had survived.
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Lily Drinkwell
Lily Drinkwell (also McQueen) is a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Lauren McQueen. She made her first appearance on 6 January 2017. McQueen had previously appeared in the soap opera as an extra and was happy to be cast as Lily, who was characterised as being feisty, studious and close to her family. Lily was introduced as the niece of established character Diane Hutchinson (Alex Fletcher), and Lily's initial storyline saw her moving in with Diane and her family following the death of Lily's mother. Lily also becomes a love interest of established character Prince McQueen (Malique Thompson-Dwyer). Lily was then central to a dramatic stunt when she and other characters are involved in a car crash, which leaves Lily with scarring and deeply affects Lily's confidence. This and other factors cause Lily to begin self-harming, a storyline which was used to raise awareness and create conversation about the issue. Hollyoaks worked with four charities - The Mix, Mind, NSPCC and Samaritans - during the storyline. Lily continues hurting herself for months, and the character was central to a special episode focusing on several characters' attitudes towards self-harm. Following the episode, the storyline takes a darker turn when Lily begins self-harming with her friends Peri Lomax (Ruby O'Donnell) and Yasmine Maalik (Haiesha Mistry). Hollyoaks executive producer Bryan Kirkwood decided to explore the issue of group self-harm when he discovered that it was on the rise but not being talked about.
The girls' self-harm is found out and after briefly being hospitalised with sepsis, Lily receives help for her mental health. Lily and Prince's relationship is challenged when Prince has sex with Peri and is believed to have impregnated her, but it is later revealed that Peri is not pregnant and Lily forgives him. Lily and Prince end up getting married, but the marriage is almost sabotaged members of their families due to their opposition to the teenagers marrying. Shortly after their wedding, the couple face several issues, including a pregnancy scare and arguments over their future. Their relationship is further complicated by the arrival of Romeo Quinn (Owen Warner), who pursues Lily romantically. Lily initially is not interested but she gives into her feelings after almost dying in a storm and cheats on Prince with Romeo. McQueen explained that Lily has a connection with Romeo and keeps being attracted to him despite knowing that it is wrong to cheat on her husband. Romeo then hides Prince's testicular cancer diagnosis from Lily and she almost leaves with him; however, Prince ends up leaving the village instead, which was done due to Thompson-Dwyer's break from the soap to star in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. In his absence, Lily ends up relapsing in her self-harm and begins a relationship with Romeo. Upon Prince's return, she is stuck in a love triangle and decides to pick Romeo.
In March 2019, it was announced that McQueen would be departing the soap in order to pursue other acting opportunities and that Lily would be killed off. In the storyline, Lily's mental health worsens and she relapses in her self-harm, which leads to her dying from sepsis. Hollyoaks chose to have Lily die from self-harm as they had portrayed several other mental health storylines that had had happy endings on the soap and they felt that they needed to show that it was not always the case. McQueen's final episode as Lily aired on 11 April 2019, which featured flashbacks of Lily's childhood and her death. Just prior to her death, Lily had run away with Romeo but ultimately realised that she saw her future with Prince. McQueen was in tears when she read her final episodes but she hoped that the storyline would increase awareness of sepsis to viewers and encourage viewers to talk about their feelings. Lily was very well received by critics and viewers. Lily's mental health and self-harm storyline was praised by viewers, charities and critics, although some viewers criticised the group self-harm plot. Lily's relationship with Prince was also well received and the pair were referred to by the portmanteau "Prily". Lily's death was also praised by critics. McQueen won and been nominated for several awards for her portrayal of Lily, as has her pairing with Prince and the 2017 self-harm episode.
On 12 December 2016, it was announced that Diane Hutchinson (Alex Fletcher) would be returning to Hollyoaks in January 2017, after Fletcher had taken maternity leave earlier in 2016, and that Diane would be bringing her niece, Lily Drinkwell, with her. Ten days later, it was announced that Lauren McQueen had joined the soap as new regular character, Lily Drinkwell. Lily was described as a "schoolgirl who's dedicated to her studies but just as feisty as her family members". In a behind-the-scenes video released by Hollyoaks on the same day, McQueen said that "Lily might look like the typical kind-hearted, butter-wouldn't-melt young teen, but she's actually one serious tough cookie. She's fiercely independent and something of a mini-superhero to the less popular kids at school." McQueen added that Lily outsmarts the bullies at her school and that whilst she would not expect her character to do "anything outrageous" because of how she looks, McQueen was hoping for "some surprises".
Both McQueen and Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy joked that McQueen's surname may make things "confusing" due it also being the surname of one of Hollyoaks' families. The actress' favourite character was Mercedes McQueen, and she commented that the character's portrayer, Jennifer Metcalfe, was "really nice". McQueen also revealed that Lily "adores" Diane and "admires" her for raising two children by herself, and commented that Lily has "definitely inherited Diane's sense of fun and mischievousness". McQueen also revealed that Lily is particularly close to her cousin, Scott Drinkwell (Ross Adams), and that Lily finds Scott "absolutely hilarious". Speaking of the character's backstory, McQueen revealed that Lily's terminally mother, Babs Drinkwell, has recently died, and that Lily had to "grow up before her time" due to being Bab's carer. McQueen used to come to Hollyoaks as an extra, which was the start of her acting career, and she was happy to return to the soap as a regular actor and have a new experience. McQueen was a big fan of the soap and had watched it since she was 12-years-old. The actress also said, "I was over the moon when I found out I was joining the cast of Hollyoaks. Being from Liverpool I feel so lucky to be working in my home town and being part of such a successful show with cast I've looked up to since I was 12. I couldn't have been cast in a better family!" McQueen added that she hoped that Lily would do something "gritty" that "you wouldn't expect Lily to do".
McQueen made her first appearance as Lily in the episode airing on 6 January 2017, when Diane returns to the village and brings Lily to stay with her family. McQueen said that she was "thrown in the deep end" in her first scenes and she had to make herself cry due to it being after the funeral of Lily's mother. Upon Lily's arrival, Diane's husband, Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard), is unsure about Lily staying with them, and is forced to apologise to her when she overhears him telling Diane that and he tries to convince her to stay. McQueen has said that Lily gets on well with Tony, and teased that due to Tony and Diane taking her in, Lily is able to start a "brand new life in Hollyoaks". McQueen said that she was glad to be part of Tony and Diane's family, and revealed that Tony is initially worried about how they will look after a teenage girl. The actress said that getting to work with Pickard and Fletcher was her favourite thing about being in the soap, and she credited the pair for being so welcoming, calling them "absolutely amazing".
Upon Lily's first day at her new school, she catches the eye of Prince McQueen (Malique Thompson-Dwyer) and he rushes to her aid when she has some small issues settling in at the school, but she does not appear to be "too enamoured" with him. However, Prince later wins Lily over and they kiss. Lily and Prince's kiss had been shown in the Hollyoaks 2017 New Year trailer. McQueen had previously teased a romance between Lily and Prince; she said in her introduction video that whilst Lily may not be too interested in getting a boyfriend due to her focus on her studies, McQueen suggested that "maybe a move to Hollyoaks might bring out a different side to [Lily]. And instead of dissecting frogs, maybe she might end up kissing one to find her prince", shortly before Thompson-Dwyer appeared in the video. Thompson-Dwyer was the first colleague that McQueen met and the pair got on well; they did several workshops and a screentest before they began filming, which helped build a connection between the two actors. She commented that Thompson-Dwyer is as cheeky as the character he is portraying. McQueen added that the pair have fun together and that she does not take romantic scenes too seriously. Thompson-Dwyer has said that McQueen inspires her and that she always knows her lines; he joked that he felt awkward when he met McQueen's real boyfriend.
Lily and Prince's relationship develops but briefly faces issues when jealous Yasmine Maalik (Haiesha Mistry) lies about having had sex with Prince, which devastates Lily. In May 2017, Lily and Prince were two of several characters involved in a "horror" car crash. Hollyoaks had been teasing the stunt for months prior and they had first revealed it in their 2017 Spring Trailer, with Lily being revealed as one of the characters involved in early May. Nadine Mulkerrin, who portrays Cleo McQueen, another character involved in the stunt, said that the crash's "repercussions will continue for quite some time", saying that was "one of those brilliant Hollyoaks storylines where they do a stunt and all these connecting stories come together." In the storyline, Prince decides to take over the driving from a nervous Tom Cunningham (Ellis Hollins), despite not having a license, when Yasmine falls ill and needs to go to hospital. Prince then swerves the car to avoid hitting Cleo and Joel Dexter (Rory Douglas-Speed) on their motorcycle, which leads to the teenagers crashing into a pile of logs and though a gate. Lily was considered to be in particular danger as she was hit by one of the logs, which crashed through the car window. The stunt originally aired on a Friday, leaving viewers waiting over the weekend to find out if Lily and the other characters had survived.