Holly Cunningham (also Hutchinson, Longford and Roscoe) is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, most recently portrayed by Amanda Clapham.

In 2009, Holly played a minor role in the second series of Hollyoaks Later, and featured in the storyline of her mother Cindy (Stephanie Waring) and Tony Hutchinson's (Nick Pickard) wedding, despite Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson) and Jacqui McQueen (Claire Cooper) teaming up to split the engaged couple up before the wedding.

The character was immediately recast, with actress Amanda Clapham taking over the role; she made her first appearance as Holly on 19 November 2013.

[1] She made a brief return the following year on 23 January 2019, where she told Zack Loveday (Duayne Boachie) that she has feelings for him, leading to him leaving the village to reunite with her.

Some of Holly's well-known storylines including being in a relationship with Jason Roscoe (Alfie Browne-Sykes), taking legal highs and cannabis, being kidnapped by Trevor Royle (Greg Wood) and Ashley Davidson (Kierston Wareing), having an affair with Jason's twin brother Robbie Roscoe (Charlie Wernham), discovering Alfie Nightingale (Richard Linnell) was her half-brother, causing a car crash while intoxicated, which caused the death of Rachel Hardy (Jennifer Brooke), being raped by her boyfriend Nick Savage (Ben-Ryan Davies), and a relationship with Damon Kinsella (Jacob Roberts).

After several audition stages at the shows studios in Liverpool, Waters was given the role of Holly and began filming in April 2008.

[4] Stephanie Waring who plays Holly's mother Cindy praised Day saying she is "excited to work with her" and thinks she is going to "be a little bit of a mini-Cindy, but maybe even worse!"

"[5] When Day's portrayal of Holly first began appearing on screen, she was at first generally quite unpopular, and many viewers complained about the realism of an adult-looking 18-year-old playing a 14-year-old.

A show spokesperson added: "A decision was made to recast the role ahead of some major storylines for the character which will take Holly in a different direction.

After Holly is born on Christmas Day, a terrified Cindy abandons her inside a hospital canteen and desperately tries to carry on as normal.

Cindy's parents, Gordon (Bernard Latham) and Angela Cunningham (Liz Stooke), find out about her secret pregnancy and force her into motherhood.

Cindy struggles to adapt to life as a single mum and on one occasion, attempts to suffocate Holly, but her older sister, Jude (Davinia Taylor) stops her before any damage is done.

In June 2008, Cindy and a ten-year-old Holly return from Spain for Max's wedding to Steph Dean (Carley Stenson).

Cindy sends Holly to spy on Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas) after Louise Summers (Roxanne McKee) accuses her of having an affair with him.

Holly is accidentally electrocuted at The Dog in the Pond by Darren Osborne's (Ashley Taylor Dawson) Christmas lights.

When Holly hears Cindy wants her to start at boarding school, she blames Tony for trying to get rid of her and is so upset and she runs away.

After Cindy splits from Tony, she quickly becomes engaged to rich but elderly pensioner Alistair Longford (Terence Harvey).

When Cindy returns in 2011 as a widowed millionaire she tells Darren that Alistair is dead and that she left Holly in a boarding finishing school in Switzerland.

In November 2012, a fourteen-year-old Holly returns during Cindy and Tony's, Doug Carter (PJ Brennan) and Ste Hay's (Kieron Richardson) double wedding.

Furthermore, when Nancy Osborne (Jessica Fox) discovers two and a half thousand pounds cash in an envelope, she becomes suspicious that her husband Darren is gambling.

During a house party on the trip, Wes joins Holly alone in the bedroom and forces her to let him take topless pictures of her or he will report her to the police for nearly shooting him.

Patrick's fiancé Maxine suddenly enters the flat and Jason, panicked, runs straight past her out the open door.

Holly is blamed by Cindy for leaving the Price Slice freezer door open and letting the stock defrost.

It is later revealed that unbeknownst to anyone, Cindy has started sleepwalking and opening the freezer as she does, as she is having trouble coping since she and her friends Mercedes and Lindsey Butterfield (Sophie Austin) murdered Mercedes husband, Lindsey's colleague and the father of Cindy's unborn child, Dr. Paul Browning (Joseph Thompson) - the freezer was where the trio originally stored his body before they disposed of it.

Holly lies about the incident when Cindy questions her saying Dodger raped her but she later comes clean causing Jason to break up with her.

Holly also struggles to deal with Cindy's bipolar as she starts to think that dead boyfriend Rhys is still alive and wants them to run away together.

In 2015, Holly is delighted to find that her former stepbrother Harry Thompson (Parry Glasspool) is in Hollyoaks High and befriends him and newcomers Cleo McQueen (Nadine Rose Mulkerrin) and Zack Loveday (Duayne Boachie).

Upon their return home, newcomer Damon Kinsella (Jacob Roberts) offers to teach Holly and Ellie self-defense.

In November 2017, Holly is horrified when she finds her sex tape on Dirk's laptop but unknownst to her, the Cunningham's lodger Milo Entwistle (Nathan Morris) planted it there.

A few weeks later, Holly discover that Alife has a mental illness and supports him, although she decides to leave Hollyoaks to go traveling around the world with Ellie.