Hollyoaks legend Niamh Blackshaw joins major TV show as career continues to fly

After breaking hearts successful a tragic crab storyline, erstwhile Hollyoaks prima Niamh Blackshaw is bringing her acting talents to different fashionable show. 

It has been revealed the 26-year-old prima – who played Juliet Nightingale connected the Channel 4 soap – is joining the formed of Waterloo Road. 

While Niamh’s casting has not been officially announced, The Sun reports it was leaked by a manager connected Instagram, who tagged her successful pictures of clapperboards taken connected acceptable portion filming the caller series. 

Niamh near Hollyoaks successful 2023 aft 5 years successful the relation of Juliet, who died pursuing a terminal crab diagnosis. 

The histrion – who is successful a real-life narration with erstwhile Hollyoaks co-star Angus Castle-Doughty, aka Eric Foster – has since appeared successful deed BBC play The Jetty arsenic Rosie. 

Niamh antecedently spoke of however she had ‘complicated’ feelings astir her Hollyoaks exit. 

She told Metro.co.uk past year: ‘I was precise unfastened to options arsenic to however I would permission the show, and this exit felt similar a precise powerful, finite communicative that I was excited to do.

‘But evidently I emotion the quality profoundly and I’m upset for her – we person each erstwhile successful our lives grieved a fictional character!’

She continued: ‘I’m blessed to person seen her done to the end. I judge successful chapters, I deliberation they’re truthful important.

‘Of course, there’s a batch that I volition miss and I’m precise grateful for everything I person experienced.’

Niamh is 1 of a fig of caller faces appearing successful the caller bid of Waterloo Road alongside new headteacher Steve Savage (Jason Manford) and maths teacher Nisha Chandra (Saira Choudhry).

It was antecedently announced that Nathan Wood has joined arsenic loudmouth Boz Osbourne, Matthew Khan (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder) plays charming Jared Jones, portion Danny Murphy (The Parts You Lose) has taken connected the relation of Luca Smith, a agleam caller pupil who is deaf. 

Sonya Nisa (Damsel) and Miya Ocego (Wreck) person besides joined arsenic Aleena Quereshi and Lois Taylor-Brown, who are creation of Stace Neville’s crew. 

Waterloo Road airs connected Tuesdays astatine 9pm connected BBC One and iPlayer. 

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