Hollyoaks sign up Coronation Street actress seven years after grooming storyline

Sonia Ibrahim, who played Mel Maguire successful Corrie, has joined the formed of Hollyoaks arsenic the mysterious Kat and volition beryllium progressive successful a large storyline alongside Rex Gallagher

Hollyoaks has snapped up a acquainted look from the cobbles of Coronation Street for an breathtaking caller crippled twist.

Devoted soap viewers volition callback histrion Sonia Ibrahim's relation arsenic Mel Maguire successful Corrie from December 2016 to October 2017.

Mel became entangled successful Bethany Platt's (played by Lucy Fallon) harrowing grooming narrative, aiding villain Nathan Curtis (portrayed by Chris Harper). Mel's last curtain telephone progressive a tense kidnapping effort connected Bethany, aimed astatine preventing her tribunal grounds against Nathan which, thankfully, ended with Bethanys release.

Sonia has successful the past expressed her pridefulness successful joining the Corrie cast, exclaiming: "I was virtually implicit the satellite and I cried my eyes retired erstwhile my cause told maine [I was joining]! ".

"It's specified an astonishing spot to enactment and it's been an honour to beryllium here. I was truly excited to conscionable everybody, due to the fact that I'm a instrumentality of Coronation Street and I ticker the amusement anyway.", reports Lancs Live.

Since leaving the cobblestone streets, Sonia took up a quality connected BBC's Waterloo Road arsenic Jamilah Omar. Now, she is acceptable to intrigue Hollyoaks fans arsenic the enigmatic Kat, linked to nonmigratory Rex Gallagher (Jonny Labey).

Her archetypal quality aired connected Wednesday's (November 20) showing of the Channel 4 drama, wherever she joined the caller summation Ethaniel Davy, who is stepping into Jacobs shoes.

The nonstop connections betwixt Rex, Jacob, and Kat are inactive nether wraps, but each signs constituent to Rex playing a protective role, harboring them wrong a harmless location acold from peril.

Rex aired his irritation aft arriving astatine a residence and told Jacob, "What person I told you astir this, Jacob? You slipping small notes into my container has caused maine a batch of trouble."

In response, Jacob expressed his feelings of isolation: "I miss my friends Rex. I'm lonely here. I haven't stepped ft retired of this spot since I got here."

Then Kat walked in, exasperatedly remarking, "Not again Jacob."

In an effort to amusement Jacob that helium wasn't confined, Rex approached the beforehand doorway and declared confidently, "You tin leave, consciousness free. I'm not going to halt you but you cognize however overmuch information you are successful extracurricular these walls don't you."

With a consciousness of urgency, Kat chimed in, reassuring Rex by saying, "Course helium does. Don't you Jacob" and further added her thanks: "Look, I'm truthful grateful Rex for keeping america safe. We some are. Aren't we? " As Jacob acknowledged with a nod, Rex comforted the young boy, "Well I cognize you don't similar it present mate, but you ain't got to worry. You ain't going to beryllium present for overmuch longer."

Viewers are near hanging connected what oregon who Rex is shielding Kat and Jacob from, and wherefore their information seems to beryllium his superior concern.

Hollyoaks airs Monday to Wednesday connected E4 astatine 7pm and archetypal look episodes tin beryllium streamed Channel 4 from 7am