Peri Lomax | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hollyoaks character | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Ruby O'Donnell | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 2013– | ||||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | 4 October 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Bryan Kirkwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Profile | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other names | Peri Lomax | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Student | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Home | 2 Oakdale Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Father | Cameron Campbell |
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Mother | Leela Lomax |
Stepfather | Ziggy Roscoe |
Brothers | Daniel Lomax |
Daughters | Steph Cunningham-Lomax |
Grandfathers | Danny Lomax |
Grandmothers | Sam Lomax |
Uncles |
Lockie Campbell Ste Hay |
Aunts | Tegan Lomax |
First cousins |
Lucas Hay Dee Dee Hutchinson Hannah Hay-O'Connor Leah Barnes |
Other relatives |
Angela Brown Courtney Campbell |
Peri Lomax is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks. She is played by Ruby O'Donnell, who made her first screen appearance on 4 October 2013. The character and O'Donnell's casting was announced on 17 September 2013. O'Donnell auditioned for the role of Peri and was invited back twice, before she learned she had got the part. Her mother commented "When we got the call I started crying and then we started jumping up and down in the kitchen. The more I see the scripts the more I think Ruby is quite similar to her character Peri and I think she's fitted in well with the family." O'Donnell began filming during the summer months.
Peri's main storylines include discovering her sister, Leela (Kirsty-Leigh Porter), is actually her biological mother, being diagnosed with a brain tumour and falling down the stairs in the village because of the tumor and becoming pregnant at the age of 14. Another well-known storyline of Peri's is her relationship with Tom Cunningham (Ellis Hollins). In July 2016, Peri was involved in a bullying storyline where she and her friend Nico Blake (Persephone Swales-Dawson) taunted teenage cancer patient Jade Albright (Kassius Nelson). Later that month, Peri and Nico became trapped in an abandoned bunker, where the ceiling collapsed on Peri.
Peri arrives with her mother, Sam (Lizzie Roper) to surprise her father, Danny (Stephen Billington). Her sisters, Leela (Kirsty-Leigh Porter) and Tegan (Jessica Ellis), soon join them and Tegan gives birth to her daughter, Rose. Peri is shocked to learn she has a brother, Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson), but only begins to bond with him after he moves in with them. Peri also makes friends with Tom Cunningham (Ellis Hollins).