Angela Lonsdale joins Hollyoaks

Angela Lonsdale has joined the 'Hollyoaks' cast.

The former 'Coronation Street' actress will play Gill, the mother of killer Joseph Holmes (Olly Rhodes), who recently stabbed PC Saul Reeves (Chris Charles) to death as part of the soap's ongoing knife crime plot.

Ex-'Our Girl' star Angela said: "I can’t wait for the viewers to see this important storyline unfold over the next few months."

Gill will first appear on screen on Tuesday (30.08.22) on E4 - and again on Channel 4 on Wednesday (31.08.22) - when Felix Westwood (Richard Blackwood) and Scott Drinkwell (Ross Adams) arrive at her family home to try to find evidence that proves Joseph was involved in Saul's murder, after he framed Felix's son DeMarcus Westwood (Tomi Ade) for the crime.

In the coming weeks, viewers will see Gill go to great lengths to defend her son.

Angela is no stranger to appearing in a soap, having portrayed police officer Emma Taylor in 'Coronation Street' from 2000 to 2003.

Emma went on to marry Curly Watts (Kevin Kennedy) and the pair fled Weatherfield to start a new life in Newcastle in 2003 after she was promoted to an inspector.

But the pair later went their separate ways off screen, as in the soap's 2010 DVD spin-off 'Coronation Street - A Knight's Tale', Curly confessed he and Emma were no longer still together.

Angela went on to star as another police officer, DI Eva Moore, in 'Doctors' from 2006 to 2008 and again in 2011.

Beforehand, she appeared in now-defunct serial dramas 'Holby City' and 'The Bill' in 2005 and 2006 respectively, and she returned to 'Holby' again in 2018.

Angela's most notable TV role of late has seen her play Grace Lane - the mother of ex-'Corrie' star Michelle Keegan's character Georgie Lane - in BBC drama 'Our Girl' from 2016 to 2020.