{"id":1134173,"date":"2026-08-06T16:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1134173\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:21:25","slug":"exclusive-hollyoaks-star-nicole-barber-lane-calls-for-iconic-cast-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1134173\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Hollyoaks star Nicole Barber-Lane calls for iconic cast return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hollyoaks<\/a> star Nicole Barber-Lane has revealed the cast members that she would bring back to the soap if she could, including her character Myra McQueen’s late son Niall Rafferty. <\/p>\n

Introduced in 2007 as Myra’s estranged son, Niall entered the Hollyoaks village as a serial killer whose victims included Max Cunningham, Kieron Hobbs and his own sister Tina McQueen. Torn apart by guilt after killing Tina, Niall took his own life in 2008.<\/p>\n

Last year, Tina and her sisters Michaela and Carmel McQueen made a one-off return to Hollyoaks in a special episode<\/a> that focused on John Paul McQueen’s imagining of what different versions of his life could’ve looked like.
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Chatting exclusively to us at a Hollyoaks press day<\/a>, Nicole revealed the line-up of McQueen icons that she hopes will make a permanent return to the show.<\/p>\n

“Hollie-Jaye Bowes as Michaela, Claire Cooper as Jacqui and James Sutton as John Paul,” she lists. “I\u2019d also bring back Barry Sloane, who played Myra\u2019s other son Niall. <\/p>\n

“I know Niall died on a rock, but did he? We just saw him go off in an ambulance \u2013 we didn\u2019t see his body getting buried! But they\u2019re all busy in real life, which could stand in the way!” <\/p>\n

Nicole is part-time at Hollyoaks, but says that she enjoys “flitting in and out” of the village’s storylines centred around the rest of the McQueen family.<\/p>\n

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“Don\u2019t make me work too much, guys!” jokes Nicole. “Myra is still trying to be there for the family. Mercy took that mantle of being in control of everyone, but after her illness, I think she\u2019s really glad to have Myra to lean on.<\/p>\n

“I think Myra must be babysitting for all the children in the family, so it does mean that she misses out on a lot of things that are going on around her \u2013 it\u2019s so funny!”
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Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming<\/a> premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read more Hollyoaks spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a>
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