Anita Roy (also Strong) is a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Saira Choudhry.
Choudhry was cast in 2008 as part of the new Roy family and arrived in November and stayed in the serial for 2 years before she left Hollyoaks on 20 January 2011.
[3] In an interview Choudry labelled the character "disturbing" and commented that "She's not so self-absorbed and she's turned into a young adult now."
[3] E4 also said the character was originally "a shy young teenager, who found it hard make friends because her Dad happened to be head of the school.
The storyline gave Choudry a chance to "do something new" as she had previously been filming "normal school scenes."
Speaking on the opportunity to portray the storyline, she added: "I just felt really glad to be given the chance to do something like this - it was a big challenge.
Soon after her arrival, Anita befriends Lauren Valentine (Dominique Jackson) and Barry Newton (Nico Mirallegro).
Anita feels she is different from her friends and begins to dress like them, however, is advised by sister Leila Roy (Lena Kaur) to be herself.
After helping Bel Roy (Nila Alia) in Evissa, Anita begins to dislike Theresa McQueen (Jorgie Porter).
Anita discovers a CCTV DVD containing Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas) having sex in The Loft with Mandy Richardson (Sarah Jayne Dunn), which Ravi Roy (Stephen Uppal) accidentally left out.
Gaz Bennett (Joel Goonan) begins to bully Anita, who makes racist comments towards her and he is later expelled from Hollyoaks High School.
With the video circulating around the village, Lauren sends it to various people, leading Anita slap her.
When Lauren discovers the truth, Newt and Theresa have an argument and Anita is angry that they made her believe Ricky had lied.
Whilst getting drunk in The Dog in the Pond with Dave Colburn (Elliott James Langridge), Anita is sick in the toilets and is caught by former anorexic Hannah Ashworth (Emma Rigby).
Leila, Anita's teacher Nancy Hayton (Jessica Fox) and Theresa believe she has an eating disorder.
Anita then lies to Leila that she has lost her virginity after she begins to treat her like an adult.
Anita ruins Ravi's date with a woman who she believes is called Kate, by accidentally spilling a drink on her.
Later Ravi finds Anita has been stealing money from the till when asked about her recent change in behaviour.
Anita starts to find her birth mother, with Jem Costello's (Helen Russell-Clark) help.
Anita is horrified and devastated to learn this and furthermore thinking that Eva doesn't want her for the second time, and walks away in tears.
Anita calls her mother a slapper and when Theresa comes for comfort after deciding not to have an abortion, Eva feels uncomfortable and leaves.
Anita then later finds a gun in Evissa after she is attacked by Gaz and came to Carmel Valentine (Gemma Merna) for help.
She tells Theresa, not knowing that she used the gun before to kill Carmel's husband Calvin Valentine (Ricky Whittle).
Anita walks off in a strop and insists that someone will believe her, but is wrong when the gun is replaced by Theresa's cousin Jacqui McQueen (Claire Cooper).
Anita is later held hostage by Gaz in the woods after he successfully lures her by texting through Theresa's mobile phone.
Anita becomes smitten by Jason until she realise he is in fact Jasmine Costello (Victoria Atkins).
Anita is then involved with Jasmine's ex-boyfriend Bart McQueen (Johnny Clarke) when they begin to proceed to have sex in a room at school, until they are interrupted by Eva who catches them in the act.
At first Anita believes it, but later feels sorry for Rob and decides to give him Amber's diary so he can dispose of it, unaware that her mother had taken out the important pages.
[6] Holy Soap described her most memorable moment as "When she tried to get paler skin by putting chemical bleach on her legs.