Phoebe McQueen (also Jackson) is a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Mandip Gill.
Phoebe was involved in many of the shows main storyline, such as her friendship with fellow homeless teen George Smith (Steven Roberts), her relationship with gay refugee Vincent Elegba (John Omole), being involved in the 2014 train crash which killed Carmel McQueen (Gemma Merna) and being accused of murdering her aunt Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe).
Gill left the role in 2015 and Phoebe made her last appearance on 16 June 2015 when she was killed by the Gloved Hand Killer, Lindsey Roscoe (Sophie Austin).
It was on the streets of Chester that Phoebe came across a friendly young soul called George [...] She quickly realised that his cheery little face could be handy to have around when begging.
Henceforth, she organised a place for him in the squat.Roberts told Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy that George became dependent on Phoebe as his situation became more desperate.
Phoebe takes her dog Thunder to the local shopping center where she shoplifts items to sell on the streets.
When Callum spends the night at the squat to gain an idea of how George and Phoebe live, he leaves his watch behind.
She starts attending Sixth Form College in September and frequently stands up to Maddie Morrison (Scarlett Bowman) when she torments Esther Bloom (Jazmine Franks).
In April 2014, she is asked to attend a conference with the school, accompanied by Robbie Roscoe (Charlie Wernham) where Finn O'Connor (Keith Rice) spikes headmaster Patrick Blake's (Jeremy Sheffield) drink, causing him to start dancing and shouting during his speech and subsequently falling through a window.
A week later, Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe) was murdered by Freddie Roscoe (Charlie Clapham) and Phoebe attended her memorial.
It is later revealed that Mercedes is, in fact, still alive, and in an attempt to frame Porsche to get Freddie released, Lindsey Butterfield (Sophie Austin) accidentally planted some of Phoebe's hair on the murder weapon.
She is rushed to hospital the following day after being discovered by Mercedes, Darren and Patrick, and the McQueens are told that Phoebe may make a full recovery, or she may never wake up.
Robbie traps and attacks Grace in the garage ready to take revenge on her but Joe reveals that he shot Phoebe by accident.
Outside, Tegan Lomax (Jessica Ellis) wants to take a break and asks Kim to cover for her in performing vital checks on Phoebe.
Assuming it is time for her medicine, Phoebe allows the culprit to pour a large dose of potassium chloride in her medical drip.
The person leaves and Robbie finds Phoebe going into cardiac arrest and gets help, but the crash team fail to resuscitate her, and she is pronounced dead on the scene.
Anthony D. Langford of AfterElton.com bemoaned the dearth of realism when George assumed Phoebe was safe because he found her bracelet.
Langford also felt that Hollyoaks wanted the human trafficking storyline to end quickly and said that the plot was more about George and Callum moving in together.