List of Hollyoaks characters introduced in 2016

Marnie's mother Tabitha Maxwell-Brown (Linda Gray) was introduced in November, while Dr. Barton (Amanda Muggleton), a doctor treating Nancy Osborne (Jessica Fox), appeared in December.

Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) and Harry Thompson (Parry Glasspool) will be confused as to why he spends time with Cindy as they believe that James is gay, which was later confirmed to be true.

Marnie arrives in Hollyoaks revealing that she has been working with her son, James, with the inadvertent help of Cindy Savage (Stephanie Waring), to drain her ex-husband, Mac, of his finances as he was awarded everything by the courts when they divorced.

Marnie and James are successful in buying The Hutch and rename it to "Nightingales"; at its opening, Ellie is furious since her mother told her that she would turn the restaurant into a cosmetics shop to fulfill her daughter's dream.

It has been said that Marnie will waste no time in causing "chaos for Mac" and has been billed as "a complex, intriguing and hilarious matriarch with a big broken heart" and that she can start a fight in an empty room.

[7] In 2018, Anthony was longlisted for Funniest Female at Inside Soap Awards, and a year later received a nomination for Best Partnership with Niamh Blackshaw, who portrays the role of Juliet Nightingale.

[11] Baldry explained that Liam would attract the attention of multiple female village residents, including Tegan Lomax (Jessica Ellis) and Celine McQueen (Sarah George).

Grace arrives at Harry's wake at The Dog in the Pond public house and plays the recording for all to hear causing everyone to know Mercedes' actions.

Liam's life is turned upside down when his younger brother Jesse dies from alcohol poisoning and he discovers that it was Maxine Minniver (Nikki Sanderson) who gave him too much, even though she attempted to stop him.

Although he wanted to target her, Graces tell him not to and mentions how she suffered abuse from her late husband Patrick Blake (Jeremy Sheffield) despite they still blacklash at her for what she did to Damon.

[11] Jesse, alongside his brothers Adam (Jimmy Essex) and Liam (Maxim Baldry), were introduced as the half-brothers of Grace Black (Tamara Wall).

Devastated and believing his family would only ever create misery, Jesse got extremely drunk at his wedding reception until he later collapsed alone in the street and died of alcohol poisoning.

After Freddie assaults Ellie's rapist Nick Savage (Ben-Ryan Davies), leaving him badly injured, he is charged with GBH, and is forced to go on the run.

He takes Lexi with him when he flees to South Africa to join his mother and surviving brothers, Jason (Alfie Browne-Sykes) and Robbie (Charlie Wernham).

A Hollyoaks spokesperson has billed him as "young, driven, and ambitious",[16] with Hayden-Smith stating that his character is "very authoritative so anyone hiding secrets is anxious when they are in his presence, and rightly so.

Maria was introduced as the "sister" of established character Diego Salvador Martinez Hernandez De La Cruz (Juan Pablo Yepez).

[23] The storyline would begin when Ste discovers a bruise on his and Amy's daughter, Leah Barnes' (Ela-May Demircan) arm, and suspect Ryan to be responsible.

[29] The character is billed as a "train wreck" who has had a "tough life", which Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy described as not being "a huge shock" considering she was married to Fraser, a "dangerous gangster".

[29] Tracey's backstory states that she left Grace and her sister Clare Devine (Gemma Bissix) when they were "very young" in an attempt to "escape the dark clutches" of "evil" Fraser.

However, upon her arrival, Juanita sees Myra's face on front-page news after conning the newspaper company into believing that Jesse Donovan (Luke Jerdy) is her unborn child's father.

Nick is Dirk's fun-loving nephew who's able to make "a dodgy deal like any true Savage and he's also a typical ladies' man" who will catch the eyes of several female residents of the village.

Nick has been billed as "fun-loving", "the popular boy who all the lads wanted to be friends with and all the girls fancied" and someone able to make "a dodgy deal like any true Savage and he's also a typical ladies' man".

Liam later finds a message from Tom Cunningham (Ellis Hollins) to his girlfriend Peri Lomax (Ruby O'Donnell), asking to meet her in the folley, however he keeps this from Eva.

She is called to one hospital where Jack's son, Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson), has brought his wife Nancy (Jessica Fox), but is frustrated to find that they have vanished.

She takes him back to the Osborne household armed with a gun, where Darren, Nancy and Jack's wife Frankie (Helen Pearson) arrive and she holds them all hostage.

[42] Goldie was billed as a "tough, gobby and absolutely shameless [...] good old-fashioned McQueen" that would "never back down in a fight" and always get involved in a scam to earn quick money.

Tabitha "whips up a storm just like Sue Ellen did" when she arrives, following the death of her husband, and is said to have "fierce and affectionate bond" with Marnie, although she will not be a fan of her ex-husband, Mac Nightingale (David Easter).

Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy described the character as having many stories of her "fabulous lifestyle" but is actually "lonely and harbours hurt feelings" because she is now so distant from the rest of her family.

[42] He was billed as having "a rebellious and adventurous spirit" causing him to "live in the moment", but also has trouble "listening to authority", something that Sophie Dainty of Digital Spy described as "a trait that seems to run in the McQueen family.

The following year, Hunter suffers from anxiety because of Neeta's death and goes to visit Mac as Goldie's brother, Sylver McQueen (David Tag) tells him to.