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McQueen family
Hollyoaks family
The original McQueen family (L-R: Jacqui, Michaela, Myra, Tina, Carmel and Mercedes)
First appearance11 January 2006
Created byBryan Kirkwood
Introduced byBryan Kirkwood
Duration2006–

The McQueen family are a fictional family in the long-running Channel 4 soap-opera Hollyoaks. The family first appeared in 2006 and have been involved in a number of the shows main storylines since then, most notable John Paul's affair with Craig Dean, Niall's revenge on his family, Myra's fake death and Mercedes murders Dr Browning.

History

Queenie McQueen had at least two children, daughters Marlena and Marguerite. Marlena had seven children including son Louis and daughters Kathleen, Myra, Reenie. Marlena, or Nana as she is commonly referred as, gave birth to youngest daughter Myra in 1966. At age 14, Myra fell for the charms of Martin Brownlow. The pair slept together and Myra fell pregnant. Ashamed, Catholic Nana made Myra keep her pregnancy a secret. When the baby arrived, Myra and Nana left the baby, named Matthew, on the doorstep of a church with only a note as an explanation. The baby was subsequently put into care as Myra promised to return for her son one day. A year later, Myra gave birth to Jacqui, who had always assumed she was the eldest. Another year passed and Myra had Mercedes, Jacqui and Mercedes' father Billy ran out on them and their mother when they were infants. At aged 19, Myra gave birth to Tina following an affair with a married man. She named her daughter after Tina Turner. In 1987, aged 21, Myra met Ricky Bowen. Myra had Carmel, two years later, John Paul and finally Michaela in 1991. Kathleen was referenced several times after daughter Theresa arrived. It was explained she was serving time in prison for shoplifting, however did appear in late 2009. Kathleen gave birth to Theresa in 1993. It is later revealed she was fathered by Billy Alexander, Myra's ex fiancé, also Jacqui and Mercedes' father. Although this could be untrue as Kathleen was in a relationship with another man named Don at the time of her conception. Reenie gave birth to Porsche in 1987, three years later in 1990 she gave birth to Celine and then finally in 1997, she gave birth to a third daughter. Louis joined the army as soon as he left school, years later he was shot dead in action. He had at least one son also named Louis who took after him and also joined the army. Marlena has a granddaughter Jennifique, by another one of her children. Marguerite gave birth to Victor in 1964, his. Victor continually shamed and disappointed his family by getting involved in crime and drugs. Victor married a woman in the late 1980's they had one son Bart. Victor was an unfaithful husband which ruined his marriage. His wife left when Bart was five. Soon after the breakdown of his marriage, Victor remarried a woman named Joan. Joan immediately took on the responsibility of being Bart's mother and stayed loyal to Victor and his son even though Victor took advantage of her good nature and found it difficult to stay faithful. Joan died in 2010.

In Hollyoaks

In 2006 Michaela was the first McQueen to be seen on-screen in Hollyoaks. Michaela's first appearance was retconed as she had the last name of "Jones" and was stated as living in a rough part of the village with her grandmother. Michaela was later seen at her best friend Amy Barnes's house with her father Mike, who was embarrassing his daughter, but made Michaela happy. She pressured Amy into having sex with her short-term boyfriend, Ste Hay, so that her boyfriend, Wayne Tunnicliffe, would not dump her. Michaela claimed she had had sex with her previous boyfriend, Paul, and that a girl had to put out in order to attract boys. When Ste dumped Amy, Michaela's nasty streak became apparent as she abandoned her friend and teased her, before going off with Wayne and Ste, leaving Amy upset and alone. When Amy stood up to her, they had a fight in the playground. However, the next day Michaela got a taste of her own medicine when she was dumped by Wayne. He dumped her by text message, saying he only went out with her because she was easy. Amy and Michaela reconciled as friends, but Michaela then led her to shoplifting. Michaela's was then retconed into being a McQueen with a large family and a mother. The next McQueen to make an appearance was her sister, Mercedes. The pair pulled off a scam at Evissa, in which Mercedes claimed to have been injured during a massage. The only McQueen not to appear was Jacqui, the explanation being that she was in prison for shoplifting. When she finally arrived, she came in tow with an old friend named Davey, who wanted his money from her. Carmel had already found this money and had spent it on breast implants. Davey left after Jacqui agreed to do him any favour. When he returned, he made Jacqui marry illegal immigrant, Aleksander Malota. Carmel and Alek fell for one and other and began an affair, just as Jacqui fell for Tony Hutchinson. Being the only male, John Paul appeared to be pressured into "keeping the family name". His family had mixed opinions when he came out as gay. He began a relationship with his supposedly straight best friend, Craig Dean. Their affair began one of the shows' best ever storylines.

Mercedes had begun a relationship with Russ Owen and they became engaged. Tina also got engaged to Dom Reilly. The pairs eventually settled on a double-marriage, the marriage of Russ and Mercedes was short lived when he discovered she had slept with Warren Fox. Michaela began smoking marijuana, under the influence of Ste Hay and Nige Foster. After their affair was exposed, John Paul and Craig decided to leave for Dublin, however after realising Craig could not face his sexuality, John Paul left him at the airport. Jacqui and Tony had begun trying for a child. When she became pregnant, Jacqui lost the baby and was told she could not have children. Tony became agitated when everyone assumed Alek had been the father of the baby. Carmel decided to run away with Alek, however he could not take her away from her family so left her. Jacqui was shocked to discover Tony had a ten-year-old son named Harry Thomson. She became increasingly frustrated and jealous and told Tony to choose between her and his son. After he chose Harry, Jacqui left him. At this time, a drunken Mercedes comforted Tony and the pair slept together. Mercedes fell pregnant and decided to have an abortion. Jacqui pleaded with her to have the baby for her, not realising it was Tony's. Knowing this, Mercedes went ahead with the abortion leaving Jacqui devastated. Myra offered herself as a surrogate mother for Jacqui, however, realising Myra would have to go through yet another pregnancy, Jacqui refused. Tina then became the surrogate. After being neglected by Dom, Tina slept with Russ.

The McQueen sisters (L-R: Jacqui, Michaela, Tina, Carmel and Mercedes).

A stranger arrived in Hollyoaks as a new hairstylist at Evissa. Niall Rafferty was soon revealed as a secret child of Myra, who she had been forced to give up when she was 14. Niall befriended most of the McQueens but fell under suspicion of Jacqui. He soon began putting in a plan of revenge. Local priest, Kieron Hobbs arrived to stay with The McQueens. Soon after this, he and John Paul began a secret relationship Tina became impregnated, but soon discovered Russ was the biological father. Niall injected Michaela with heroin to make her family believe she was an addict. Niall began having feelings for Steph Dean, and was jealous when she engaged to Max Cunningham. Carmel began a relationship with Calvin Valentine, whom she got engaged to. Niall was distraught on the day of Steph and Max's wedding. He ended up accidentally running over and killing Max as a result of his anger. Tina decided to give her unborn child up for adoption, Niall, overhearing this, ended up pushing her down a flight of stairs. Tina gave birth to Max McQueen and as a cause and had to go under an emergency hysterectomy. Due to this, Tina decided to keep Max for herself as she could never have a child of her own. Niall and Steph soon began a relationship. The pair were caught out by John Paul and Kieron, who were also continuing their affair.

Myra decided to track down her first-born son with the help of Kieron. Kieron tracked down the foster mother of Matthew, who then showed him a photograph of Niall. Craig returned to Hollyoaks to win back John Paul, only to find him engaged to Kieron. Kieron approached Niall with the picture. Niall revealed the truth and agreed to confess to Myra. Panicking, Niall laced Kieron's beer with pills. Kieron collapsed and died in his arms. Niall covered up the death by making it look like suicide. Niall was infuriated when John Paul decided to leave for Dublin with Craig. Niall put pills in John Paul's beer and attempted to kill him, however John Paul swapped their drinks after spilling Niall's. Mercedes had begun a relationship with Malachy Fisher, however was shocked to discover he has HIV. Niall discovered Jack Osborne had been responsible for jailing his birth father Martin. Martin died in prison as a result of his conviction. Niall then attacked Jack and told him who he really was. Niall then took his final revenge on the McQueens by kidnapping them one by one and holding them hostage in the church he had been abandoned at birth. An injured Jack sought the help of Darren Osborne, Tony and Dom to save the McQueens. With the truth revealed, Niall asked Myra 6 questions. For each one she got right, she could choose one of her children to live and each she got wrong, she could choose one to die. Myra ended up getting two questions right. Mercedes told Myra to choose her to die as she may have HIV, she then admitted to Jacqui that she slept with Tony. John Paul also offered himself to die. Myra then made the tough decision and chose Jacqui and Carmel to die, therefore leaving Michaela and Tina alive. Jack, Darren, Tony and Dom made their way into the church just as Niall detonated explosives.

The church lay in ruins after the explosion. A trapped Myra had a heart to heart with Niall and forgave him. A statue then fell, supposedly killing Niall. The McQueens all escaped, until they discovered Tina had tragically been killed after being crushed by rubble. Jacqui decided to raise Max as her own, but refused to forgive Tony, Mercedes or Myra. The McQueens were informed that Niall was still alive and had escaped the church. Jacqui told Russ that he could see his son whenever he wanted, however her promise was quickly broken. Mercedes and Malachy ended getting married in Belfast. Niall returned and followed Steph to Scotland. After a failed attempt at trying to win her back, Niall killed himself by dropping over a cliff. The McQueens were informed and agreed not to grieve. Theresa, the niece of Myra, arrived in Hollyoaks to stay with her family, who were still picking up the shattered pieces of their lives. On her arrival, under-aged Theresa slept with Tony, who did not know her real age. Jacqui got him arrested for it as revenge for sleeping with Mercedes, however dropped the charges. Mercedes was nervous as her HIV test results returned, however they were negative. Russ became increasingly needy for Max, and contemplated kidnapping him. Finally, Russ did so leaving Jacqui devastated and furious at Carmel for letting him take him. Theresa began a secret fling with Barry Newton, this then developed into a full relationship. Jacqui left for France after a possible sighting of Russ in order to retrieve Max. Weeks later, she returned without Max. She was horrified to find out Tony had begun a relationship with Cindy Cunningham. In late 2009, Theresa's mother Kathleen McQueen was introduced. In 2010 and 2011, cousins Bart McQueen and Jennifique McQueen were introduced.

In late 2012, John Paul returns home from Dublin for Christmas and on the same day a baby is found outside the house. Myra names the baby Jesus, despite knowing that she he will have to go to social services. John Paul later reveals that the baby is his and he and Craig have broken up. He decides to keep the baby and names him Matthew Jesus McQueen. Jacqui gets into trouble with gangster Trevor Royale when she and business partner Trudy Ryan attempt to con him for extra money. She and Phoebe then find out that Trevor is smuggling illegal immigrants which Jacqui sets free. Jacqui, realizing that Trevor will hunt her down for what she has done, is forced to flee the country in order to protect her family from Trevor`s revenge and leaves, saying a tearjerking goodbye to Tony. Mercy later finds Jacqui in Allecante and says a farewell to her sister. The McQueens work with Jim McGinn and Dr Browning to convince Trevor that Jacqui is dead and manage to pull it off, using a fake casket and a jane doe dead body from the hospital. Myra interferes in Mercedes and Browning`s relationship when she finds out that he murdered Lynsey Nolan and Browning discreetly tries to get Trevor to kill her, even attempting to do it himself. Browning finally convinces Trevor when he tells him that Jacqui is still alive. On 3 September 2013, Mercedes goes under cover, pretending to love her ex-husband Doctor Browning after she, Myra and Jim McGinn find out that he had paid Trevor to murder Myra. She discovers that the murder is happening sooner than planned but Myra manages to escape to a Church where she summons her family: Carmel, John Paul, Theresa, Phoebe, Matthew, Kathleen Angel and Nana McQueen, and says a tearful goodbye, remarking that she has already said goodbye to Mercedes and called Michaela. Doctor Browning finds out that Mercy was lying and races to the docks to stop Myra from fleeing on a boat organized by Jim. He makes it in time and Myra begs him to think of Mercedes and her children but Browning pulls the trigger and Myra plummets into the sea, although she was later shown alive, having worn a bullet proof vest during her stand off with Browning. Myra later flees the country after a tearful goodbye with John Paul. Doctor Browning is later arrested when the police arrive after he shots Myra. A few weeks later, Doctor Browning attempts suicide to get out of prison. When he escapes the ambulance taking him to the hospital, he arrives in Hollyoaks, where he runs over Clare Devine, killing her. He later captures Mercedes and takes her back to the McQueen family house. Unknown to Doctor Browning and Mercedes, Cindy and Lindsey followed them and the trio end up killing Doctor Browning. They later hide the body in the attic of Mercedes' house but everyone else in the house begins to notice a horrible smell, they move the body into the Price Slice freezer. Later, with the help of Freddie Roscoe, they push Doctor Browning's car, with the body inside, off a cliff and then setting it on fire to make it look like a suicide and also setting him up for D.I. Trent's murder. Also, that week, Theresa goes on a road trip with her first cousin, Louis McQueen.

In 2014, Carmel discovers that she has chlamydia. She initially believes that Jim has cheated on her and has given her the disease but later finds out that she has had chlamydia for the past four years after Theresa reveals that she gave chlamydia to Calvin, who in turn gave it to Carmel, also revealing that Cramel is now infertile. Carmel later starts a feud with Theresa and also reunites with Jim, who proposes to her. Later Carmel exposes Theresa's emails that prove Theresa is pretending to be Texas, ultimately breaking up Dodger and Theresa. This infuriates Theresa, who then gets a drunken Jim to sleep in her bed and makes it look like the pair slept together but Nana soon uncovers the truth. Carmel then gets in contact with Calvin's brother Sonny Valentine, who is now a policeman. The pair later hatch a plan to get Kathleen-Angel away from Theresa. Theresa is later arrested by Sonny for Calvin's murder to which she confesses to. Later, that month John Paul is raped by Finn O'Connor. Later, the next month, Jim is stabbed to his death by Fraser Black, who makes it look like Jim is responsible for all of his crimes. This devastates Carmel, who later begins a relationship with Sonny, whom she later gets engaged to. After Jim death, Myra returns to visit for family, revealing that she is living with Jacqui in Spain Myra later leaves that same night. John Paul is later arrested for attacking Robbie Roscoe. When he gets out a few months later, he begins a relationship with Ste Hay. Nana later gets the family into finical difficulty and they later get evicted. Their house is soon bought by Grace Black, who agrees to let them rent it. Later, Mercedes buys a third of The Loft as part of a scheme with Freddie Roscoe, which angers Grace. Mercedes later begins a relationship with Freddie but it soon ends after Mercedes discovers Freddie and Lindsey in bed together. In August, John Paul finally confides in his family about his rape ordeal and Finn is arrested by the police, also Theresa gets in contact with her mum, Kathleen, in order to help Theresa get rid of Sonny. Kathleen later discovers that Sonny is an alcoholic, and she later goes into partnership with Phoebe and Mercedes to get rid of him. Sonny later brutally attacked Kathleen and told her family she had stolen Carmel's money. Later Mercedes and Phoebe visit Theresa in jail, where Theresa reveals that she is pregnant.

Generations

Reception

Introduced by Bryan Kirkwood, the McQueen family has proved popular with fans, being nominated individually for various awards. At The British Soap Awards, Gemma Merna (Carmel) was nominated for 'Sexiest Female' in 2007. Jennifer Metcalfe (Mercedes) was nominated for the same award in 2007, 2008 and 2009. In 2009, Metcalfe was nominated for 'Best Actress'. Merna also won the award for 'Best Comedy Performance' and was nominated for 'Best Actress' in 2008. James Sutton (John Paul) was nominated for 'Best Actor' and 'Best Dramatic Performance in 2007.[1] In 2008, Sutton was nominated for 'Sexiest Male' and 'Best Actor'.[2] In 2009, Barry Sloane (Niall) was nominated for 'Sexiest Male' and 'Villain of the Year'. The church explosion, caused by Niall, was nominated for 'Spectacular Scene'.[3] In the 2009 Inside Soap Awards, the McQueens won the award for 'Best Family'.[4]

In late 2008, Kirkwood introduced the cousin of the McQueen sisters, Theresa. It was announced she was to "shake up Hollyoaks". Actress Jorgie Porter stated "I absolutely love the McQueens, I'm so glad I'm in that family! They're dead inviting, and they look after you. They took me under their wing, and they've taught me loads as well."[5] Jorgie Porter was nominated for 'Best Newcomer' in the 2009 British Soap Awards. Hollyoaks producer, Lucy Allan stated that the McQueens are "our favourite family of fun."[6] As part of a Christmas special in 2008, the McQueens appeared together on All Star Family Fortunes, where Nicole Barber-Lane (Myra), Nick Pickard (Tony), Jennifer Metcalfe (Mercedes), Gemma Merna (Carmel) and Claire Cooper (Jacqui) played against the Dingle family from Emmerdale.[7]

References

  1. ^ "The British Soap Awards 2007: The Winners". Digital Spy. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. ^ "The British Soap Awards 2008: The Winners". Digital Spy. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  3. ^ "The British Soap Awards 2009: The Winners". Digital Spy. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  4. ^ "EastEnders tops Inside Soap Awards". Digital Spy. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  5. ^ "Jorgie Porter Interview". Channel 4. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Plot teasers from Lucy Allan". Digital Spy. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  7. ^ "All Star Family Fortunes Christmas Special". Tiscali. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

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