Texas Longford
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| Hollyoaks character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Bianca Hendrickse-Spendlove | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2010–2013 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 17 May 2010 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 13 May 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Lucy Allan and Paul Marquess | ||||||||||||||
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Hollyoaks: Freshers (2010) | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Student (2010–13) | ||||||||||||||
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| Father | Teddy Longford |
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| Mother | Melody Longford |
| Sisters | India Longford |
| Husband | Will Savage (2013) |
| Grandfathers | Alistair Longford |
| Grandmothers | Pamela Longford |
| Other relatives | Blanche Longford |
Texas Longford (also Savage) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, played by Bianca Hendrickse-Spendlove. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 17 May 2010. Texas was introduced by producer Paul Marquess as the on-screen sister of established character India Longford (Beth Kingston) and step-granddaughter of Cindy Cunningham (Stephanie Waring). Texas was initially portrayed as a "quite light and quite daft" character. Her first main storyline began in the aftermath of her sister, India's murder and her subsequent grief storyline and later being targeted by her killer. The character has also featured in the online spin-off series, Hollyoaks: Freshers. In February 2013 it was announced that Texas would depart the serial as she was murdered in a "whodunit" storyline. She departed in a flashback on 13 May 2013 after it was revealed her new husband, Will Savage (James Atherton), had pushed her out of the window at the wedding venue.
The character's arrival was announced in early May 2010. Texas was introduced as the sister of established character India Longford (Beth Kingston), initially appearing from 17 May. It was later revealed that Hendrickse-Spendlove was a regular cast member. Texas was one of many new characters which were introduced during Paul Marquess' revamp of the series. Texas is Hendrickse-Spendlove's first ongoing television role. A spokesperson from Hollyoaks said: "Texas is always causing trouble. She's very beautiful and always gets her own way with men, which drives India insane."
Texas is described on the serial's official website as bursting into the series "much to her sister's horror". Texas was said to "wreak even more havoc" during her stay at university. Texas often wants what India has got and has good intentions but "just can't help getting herself into trouble". Texas does not care about the way she looks, but always manages to look "fantastic". As a "force of nature" she almost has a "super-natural ability to make other people feel good about themselves". Texas is slightly fragile and vulnerable. She has a backstory of relationships with mad men, faced drug problems and has been bankrupted. She’s had bad boyfriends, drug problems and been bankrupted. In 2012, series producer Emma Smithwick told Gareth McLean from Radio Times that there were not enough "strong, smart and intelligent women" in the series and the only female she would spend time with was Texas.
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