Eddi McKee is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, played by actress Sarah-Jane Potts.

She was introduced along with fellow nurse Chantelle Lane (Lauren Drummond) by the show's then executive producer, Johnathan Young.

Exploration of the character's backstory began when her younger brother, Liam (Luke Tittensor), was introduced and it was revealed that Eddi had run away from home to escape their alcoholic mother.

On 14 May 2011, Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy announced that actresses Sarah-Jane Potts and Lauren Drummond had joined the cast of Holby City as new regular nurses Eddi McKee and Chantelle Lane respectively.

[1] Of the new characters, the show's then executive producer, Johnathan Young, commented "We're delighted to welcome Sarah Jane and Lauren to Holby City.

After reading the character breakdown, Potts loved the idea of Eddi so much that she filmed her own audition and sent the tape over to the casting director.

[2] She added that her first week on set was a shock due to the number of scenes they film in a day, but she thought it was good training.

[2] This sassy, no-nonsense tomboy rarely wears make-up and claims not to care what other people think about her – but might Eddi be hiding a vulnerable, compassionate side behind her cynical, ironic sense of humour?

Eddi believes in rigidly maintaining professional and personal boundaries; at work, she's a strict but fair boss who never gets too attached to her patients, but when Eddi takes off her uniform and lets her hair down, she really lets her hair down.Eddi arrived at Holby with Ian Ross (Danny Nutt), who had been in an accident.

"[2] Potts said Eddi did not take any nonsense from people and her philosophy was that the nurses did the most important job in the hospital, so if they were happy, then the place would run like clockwork.

[3] Series producer Myar Craig-Brown called Eddi "very sarcastic, ironic and witty", but thought that she also exuded warmth.

[5] Luc Hemingway (Joseph Millson) reckoned that Liam needed a helping hand, but Eddi could not see it because she is his sister and had been "emotionally polluted" by their upbringing.

[5] When Liam began to neglect his duties on AAU to watch Luc in surgery, Eddi became frustrated with him and at one point she pulled him out of theatre and asked him to leave the hospital.

[8] Millson explained that Eddi usually had the upper hand with everyone, but she initially could not work Luc out and thought he was making fun of her.

[9] Speaking to Laura Pledger from the Radio Times, Millson later said the writers were focussed on developing the relationship between Luc and Eddi.

She revealed that she got fan-mail from people who wanted Eddi and Luc to get together, but Potts thought if they became a couple, it would be "the most dysfunctional relationship on the planet!

[13] When Eddi found Max high on drugs, he managed to dupe her and then get her into trouble with Henrik Hanssen (Guy Henry).

"[15] Consultant series producer Justin Young said he was sad to see Potts leave, but knew that her character would only be part of the show for a short time.

[16] A critic for the Daily Mirror disliked Eddi, saying "she's totally full of herself, and kind of annoying, but still preferable to nurse Tait".

"[18] Of Eddi's and Luc's first meeting, a Daily Mirror reporter commented that she made "the classic mistake this week of assuming a strange bloke she bumps into on the hospital roof is a patient.

[20] The Daily Mirror's Jane Simon hoped Eddi was "secretly in love with Luc" when she asked for a ward transfer to get away from him.