Louise Summers is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by actress Roxanne McKee.

The character first appeared in February 2005 as the feisty, glamorous girlfriend of Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson).

She made her final appearance on 26 December 2008 when fiancé Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas) murdered her on their wedding day.

[1] After being chosen from over 35,000 applicants, McKee began portraying Louise, who was introduced by series producer David Hanson in 2005.

"[3] After her contract ended in October, McKee decided to leave the show in order to focus on other projects, mainly theatre.

[4] Several months after her final on-screen appearance, tabloid newspapers began to speculate that McKee would reprise the role to coincide with the exit of Jamie Lomas's character, Warren.

"[6] Hollyoaks series producer Bryan Kirkwood commented on her departure, stating: "As well as being the nation's sexiest soap star for two years running, Roxanne has worked incredibly hard to prove herself as a talented actress.

Louise goes behind Darren's back and sleeps with Ben Davies (Marcus Patric) and after being accused of stealing his wedding ring and money from Darren's father, Jack Osborne (Jimmy McKenna), Louise leaves, but reappears months later as an administrative assistant at Hollyoaks Community College.

She manages to rekindle her romance with Ben and builds a friendship with Becca Dean (Ali Bastian).

Louise gains the nickname "Ice Queen" by residents and an unwanted admirer in Joe Spencer (Matt Milburn).

During a party at the SU Bar, student Andy Holt (Warren Brown) notices Joe getting turned down by Louise and decides to help him out by spiking her drink with GHB.

Joe assumes she is drunk and does not want to take advantage of her so leaves her on his bed as he sleeps on the couch.

While on holiday with Mandy Hutchinson (Sarah Jayne Dunn) and Clare Cunningham (Gemma Bissix) in Hollyoaks: Back from the Dead, the three ladies eventually end up at a country house owned by Louise's estranged husband, Sean.

They had been involved in a time share scam in Ibiza, started by Sean, and Louise had left him when she caught him in bed with a barmaid.

As Sean leaves for good, Warren feels guilty and gives Louise half of Evissa and makes her the manager.

Louise becomes friends with Carmel McQueen (Gemma Merna) and Frankie Osborne (Helen Pearson), who she hires at Evissa to replace Sophie and Mel who died in a fire.

Aware the police are searching for him, Warren, with the help of Justin Burton (Chris Fountain), goes to the forest and digs Sean up.

Louise finds out that Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe) slept with Warren on the night of Clare's attack but is still refusing to give him an alibi because it will destroy her relationship with Russ Owen (Stuart Manning).

Mercedes decides to do the right thing and admits at Warren's court case that he was with her on the night of the attack, this ultimately ends her marriage to Russ.

(Darren Jeffries), Max Cunningham (Matt Littler) and Katy Fox (Hannah Tointon) show up at The Loft to make sure Clare leaves.

Warren tells Louise he knows she phones his old friend to offer him a job dealing with stolen goods and they end up having an argument.

Louise leaves and goes to Evissa, just as Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) arrives to get revenge on Warren by setting a fire.

Warren's old friends, Carl and Anthony, turn up and hold everyone, including Frankie, Jack, Barry "Newt" Newton (Nico Mirallegro) and Louise at gunpoint demanding money.

As armed police arrive on scene, Anthony and Carl use Louise and Jack as human shields to escape the pub without being arrested.

Darren realises it is partly his fault his dad's life is in danger and runs to help, however he is shot by Anthony, who then escapes as Carl is arrested.

Louise catches Katy and Zak Ramsey (Kent Riley) kissing in The Loft but after a talk, promises not to tell Justin.

Louise is shocked and is angry to discover that Katy knew about it, as revenge, she exposes her and Zak's affair to Warren.

After a fight with Louise, Warren goes to The Loft before running away with Mandy, there, he is beaten up by Mark Gascoyne (Craig Russell) and left for dead.

Louise decides to get revenge on Warren and comes up with a plan with Mandy to tell the police he killed Sean before leaving with his money after the wedding.

Warren is then seen sitting crying as Louise's motionless body lies on the bed beside a pillow, suggesting he used it to kill her.