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Peri Lomax
Peri Lomax was a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks and is portrayed by Ruby O'Donnell. Peri made her first on-screen appearance in episode 3705, originally broadcast on 4 October 2013. After being introduced as the "sister" of pre-established longstanding character Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) alongside her believed to be two sisters Leela Lomax (Kirsty-Leigh Porter) and Tegan Lomax (Jessica Ellis), the character was devised in a plot-twist meaning she was revealed to be the biological daughter of Leela who had conceived Peri at fourteen with childhood lover and serial killer Cameron Campbell (Cameron Moore) who later murdered her grandparents. The character was placed at the forefront of an issue-led based storyline in 2015 when the character began portraying in a high-profile teenage pregnancy storyline alongside Tom Cunningham (Ellis Hollins). The storyline resulted in the birth of Steph Cunningham-Lomax (Katie/Isabella Hibbert) in episode 4202, originally broadcast on 1 September 2015. Since her teenage pregnancy storyline, Peri had recently been a suspect in the "Who Killed Rayne?" (Jemma Donovan) whodunit storyline, where it was later revealed to be her boyfriend Romeo Nightingale (Owen Warner) who departed the soap in February 2024. Peri was killed off on 21 October 2025, in an unannounced departure, after being crushed by the chimney from The Love Boat caused by a plane crash which was flown by Jeremy Blake. Peri made her final appearance as a corpse on 22 October 2025, and it was later revealed in an interview that O'Donnell made the decision to leave Hollyoaks after 12 years to pursue other acting projects. .
She made her first appearance on 4 October 2013. The character and O'Donnell's casting was announced on 17 September 2013. O'Donnell auditioned for the role of Peri and was invited back twice, before she learned she had got the part. Her mother commented "When we got the call I started crying and then we started jumping up and down in the kitchen. The more I see the scripts the more I think Ruby is quite similar to her character Peri and I think she's fitted in well with the family." O'Donnell began filming during the summer months.
Peri is the youngest member of the Lomax family, which consists of parents Danny (Stephen Billington) and Sam (Lizzie Roper) and siblings Tegan (Jessica Ellis) and Leela (Kirsty-Leigh Porter). Describing Peri, a writer for the show's official website commented "Don your shades, ladies and gents – 'cos this girl is sunshine all year round! As the youngest of the Lomaxes, Peri should be making mistakes left, right and centre, but – in actual fact – she's usually the only voice of reason in her family." They observed that she has "the wisdom of seven Yodas" and is happy to give out advice to her family and friends. In an article published by Metro, it was confirmed that Peri was named after Doctor Who character Peri Brown.
It is revealed in August 2014 that Peri's sister Leela is her biological mother. Peri finds out and initially does not forgive Leela, but later does. O'Donnell spoke to Digital Spy after the reveal that Leela was her mother, "For Peri's character, it's completely the wrong thing to do because it's just shocked her and made her hate [Leela] even more." O'Donnell also said, "Peri's going to obviously be really confused, because she doesn't understand how they've lied to her and why they've lied to her. Peri's meant to be very nice and sweet and her life's meant to be very simple, but obviously not!" Kirsty-Leigh Porter (Leela Lomax) said, "I think, if anything, Leela thinks she's done kind of a good thing by going, 'Right, there you go, I'm your mum and it's out there in the open'" Leela had first told Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) about Peri's true parentage. Porter had mentioned that she knew the truth when she got the role. In June 2014, Peri's biological father and Leela's childhood lover, Cameron Campbell (Cameron Moore), was introduced to the serial. In August 2014, after the deaths of Sam and Danny, Peri bought drugs on a night out with Nico. Cameron tried to stop her.
In November 2014, it was announced that Peri was to have a teen pregnancy storyline with Tom Cunningham. The storyline was devised as an effort to promote safe sex. This storyline along with Ste's HIV plot was a part of the safe sex for 2015 said Bryan Kirkwood. Hollyoaks are working with charity Brook during the storyline. O'Donnell has said, "Some of the scenes have been hard to tackle because I am still quite young and I've had to do a lot of research for them. I am younger than Peri, as she is just turning 15 and I'm only 14 myself. So I've done the research to help with my performances and to find out how teenagers actually do react in these situations." She also said, "When I was first told about the story, I was nervous and didn't know what to expect, but then I had a lot of meetings about it with the show's executive producer Bryan Kirkwood, the storyliners and the other producers. They explained it to me and made me feel a lot more comfortable about it. Now I've got into it, I'm very excited about the storyline and I'm really enjoying doing it."
During the storyline, Tom proposed to Peri and revealed to the whole school and town that she was pregnant to Leela, Ziggy and Tegan's surprise. Also during the storyline, Leela called cousin Angela (Adele Silva) as a candidate to adopt the baby.
Peri gave birth to her daughter on 1 September 2015.
In December 2019, it was confirmed that a relationship would develop between Juliet and Peri. Blackshaw, who portrays Juliet, stated that at the point of filming their first kissing scene together, she did not know the exact details of how the pair got together, but she knew that a relationship between them would eventually develop. She added that she loves working with O'Donnell and that the pair enjoy filming together. O'Donnell echoed Blackshaw's comments, stating that she loves their storyline and that the pair had both seen fan accounts for Peri and Juliet. After the pair were involved in a second kissing scene, Digital Spy confirmed that their relationship will continue to develop. The couple have since been referred to by the portmanteau 'Jeri'.
Following Juliet being imprisoned for her involvement in a county lines drug trafficking ring, Blackshaw stated that "it's the biggest relief in the world" for her character to be reunited with Peri after her release. She joked that the pair "can't even walk casually" when they see each other and run to one another. She added: "it's been a long, long wait, and when it happens, it was just a million times better than what she imagined it would be". Blackshaw explained that having Peri waiting for her helped to "motivate her and push her through" was a beneficial aspect for her character. She also hoped that their relationship would be long-term. Months afterwards, Peri becomes suspicious of Juliet receiving texts from an unknown number. O'Donnell said that this is due to their relationship still being new and their trust being slowly built. She revealed that both herself and Blackshaw were "cheering for their characters' romance to live on" since they are best friends in real life. O'Donnell also said that while she does not know what future storylines could possibly involve, she could see Juliet and Peri being a long-term couple.
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Peri Lomax was a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks and is portrayed by Ruby O'Donnell. Peri made her first on-screen appearance in episode 3705, originally broadcast on 4 October 2013. After being introduced as the "sister" of pre-established longstanding character Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) alongside her believed to be two sisters Leela Lomax (Kirsty-Leigh Porter) and Tegan Lomax (Jessica Ellis), the character was devised in a plot-twist meaning she was revealed to be the biological daughter of Leela who had conceived Peri at fourteen with childhood lover and serial killer Cameron Campbell (Cameron Moore) who later murdered her grandparents. The character was placed at the forefront of an issue-led based storyline in 2015 when the character began portraying in a high-profile teenage pregnancy storyline alongside Tom Cunningham (Ellis Hollins). The storyline resulted in the birth of Steph Cunningham-Lomax (Katie/Isabella Hibbert) in episode 4202, originally broadcast on 1 September 2015. Since her teenage pregnancy storyline, Peri had recently been a suspect in the "Who Killed Rayne?" (Jemma Donovan) whodunit storyline, where it was later revealed to be her boyfriend Romeo Nightingale (Owen Warner) who departed the soap in February 2024. Peri was killed off on 21 October 2025, in an unannounced departure, after being crushed by the chimney from The Love Boat caused by a plane crash which was flown by Jeremy Blake. Peri made her final appearance as a corpse on 22 October 2025, and it was later revealed in an interview that O'Donnell made the decision to leave Hollyoaks after 12 years to pursue other acting projects. .
She made her first appearance on 4 October 2013. The character and O'Donnell's casting was announced on 17 September 2013. O'Donnell auditioned for the role of Peri and was invited back twice, before she learned she had got the part. Her mother commented "When we got the call I started crying and then we started jumping up and down in the kitchen. The more I see the scripts the more I think Ruby is quite similar to her character Peri and I think she's fitted in well with the family." O'Donnell began filming during the summer months.
Peri is the youngest member of the Lomax family, which consists of parents Danny (Stephen Billington) and Sam (Lizzie Roper) and siblings Tegan (Jessica Ellis) and Leela (Kirsty-Leigh Porter). Describing Peri, a writer for the show's official website commented "Don your shades, ladies and gents – 'cos this girl is sunshine all year round! As the youngest of the Lomaxes, Peri should be making mistakes left, right and centre, but – in actual fact – she's usually the only voice of reason in her family." They observed that she has "the wisdom of seven Yodas" and is happy to give out advice to her family and friends. In an article published by Metro, it was confirmed that Peri was named after Doctor Who character Peri Brown.
It is revealed in August 2014 that Peri's sister Leela is her biological mother. Peri finds out and initially does not forgive Leela, but later does. O'Donnell spoke to Digital Spy after the reveal that Leela was her mother, "For Peri's character, it's completely the wrong thing to do because it's just shocked her and made her hate [Leela] even more." O'Donnell also said, "Peri's going to obviously be really confused, because she doesn't understand how they've lied to her and why they've lied to her. Peri's meant to be very nice and sweet and her life's meant to be very simple, but obviously not!" Kirsty-Leigh Porter (Leela Lomax) said, "I think, if anything, Leela thinks she's done kind of a good thing by going, 'Right, there you go, I'm your mum and it's out there in the open'" Leela had first told Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) about Peri's true parentage. Porter had mentioned that she knew the truth when she got the role. In June 2014, Peri's biological father and Leela's childhood lover, Cameron Campbell (Cameron Moore), was introduced to the serial. In August 2014, after the deaths of Sam and Danny, Peri bought drugs on a night out with Nico. Cameron tried to stop her.
In November 2014, it was announced that Peri was to have a teen pregnancy storyline with Tom Cunningham. The storyline was devised as an effort to promote safe sex. This storyline along with Ste's HIV plot was a part of the safe sex for 2015 said Bryan Kirkwood. Hollyoaks are working with charity Brook during the storyline. O'Donnell has said, "Some of the scenes have been hard to tackle because I am still quite young and I've had to do a lot of research for them. I am younger than Peri, as she is just turning 15 and I'm only 14 myself. So I've done the research to help with my performances and to find out how teenagers actually do react in these situations." She also said, "When I was first told about the story, I was nervous and didn't know what to expect, but then I had a lot of meetings about it with the show's executive producer Bryan Kirkwood, the storyliners and the other producers. They explained it to me and made me feel a lot more comfortable about it. Now I've got into it, I'm very excited about the storyline and I'm really enjoying doing it."
During the storyline, Tom proposed to Peri and revealed to the whole school and town that she was pregnant to Leela, Ziggy and Tegan's surprise. Also during the storyline, Leela called cousin Angela (Adele Silva) as a candidate to adopt the baby.
Peri gave birth to her daughter on 1 September 2015.
In December 2019, it was confirmed that a relationship would develop between Juliet and Peri. Blackshaw, who portrays Juliet, stated that at the point of filming their first kissing scene together, she did not know the exact details of how the pair got together, but she knew that a relationship between them would eventually develop. She added that she loves working with O'Donnell and that the pair enjoy filming together. O'Donnell echoed Blackshaw's comments, stating that she loves their storyline and that the pair had both seen fan accounts for Peri and Juliet. After the pair were involved in a second kissing scene, Digital Spy confirmed that their relationship will continue to develop. The couple have since been referred to by the portmanteau 'Jeri'.
Following Juliet being imprisoned for her involvement in a county lines drug trafficking ring, Blackshaw stated that "it's the biggest relief in the world" for her character to be reunited with Peri after her release. She joked that the pair "can't even walk casually" when they see each other and run to one another. She added: "it's been a long, long wait, and when it happens, it was just a million times better than what she imagined it would be". Blackshaw explained that having Peri waiting for her helped to "motivate her and push her through" was a beneficial aspect for her character. She also hoped that their relationship would be long-term. Months afterwards, Peri becomes suspicious of Juliet receiving texts from an unknown number. O'Donnell said that this is due to their relationship still being new and their trust being slowly built. She revealed that both herself and Blackshaw were "cheering for their characters' romance to live on" since they are best friends in real life. O'Donnell also said that while she does not know what future storylines could possibly involve, she could see Juliet and Peri being a long-term couple.