Grace Black
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| Hollyoaks character | |||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Tamara Wall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2013– | ||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 8 November 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Bryan Kirkwood | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Club manager (2013–2014) Club owner (2014–) |
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| Home | 3 Oakdale Drive | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Fraser Black |
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| Mother | Tracey Donovan |
| Stepmother | Sandy Roscoe (2013–2014) |
| Sisters | Clare Devine |
| Half-brothers |
Adam Donovan Liam Donovan Jesse Donovan |
| Half-sisters | Dee Dee Hutchinson |
| Husband | Trevor Royle (2016) |
| Sons | Curtis Royle |
| Nephews | Toby Wilde |
Grace Black is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, played by Tamara Wall. The character made her first on-screen appearance on 8 November 2013. Wall had three auditions for the role on the show's set in Liverpool. The character is introduced as the sister of Clare Devine (Gemma Bissix), who had been killed-off in earlier episodes. Grace arrives to investigate her death and get reacquainted with her estranged father Fraser Black (Jesse Birdsall).
Grace's characterisation initially played her as a ruthless gangster. The character received an extensive character development from Hollyoaks' executive producer Bryan Kirkwood and his team. He believed he had let Wall down with Grace's original characterisation. Focusing on the character's personality and style, he and Wall transformed her from a gangster who fought for "bags of money" to a more family oriented woman fighting for "love and loyalty". Production also created a unique style for the character with long acrylic nails and black suits. They later gave Grace a big bouffant hair style, that became a trademark of the character and gave her a bigger personality. Her introductory storyline focused on her damaged relationship with Fraser. He was soon killed-off in a "whodunit" storyline, which placed Grace as a main suspect. Writers also created a long-term relationship for Grace alongside Trevor Royle (Greg Wood) and their relationship was centric to the character's storyline for three years. Grace gained a best friend in Esther Bloom (Jazmine Franks) and writers used the friendship to transform Grace into a more likeable character with viewers.
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