A HOLLYOAKS legend has revealed her huge new telly gig weeks after announcing she’s quit the soap.
In March, The Sun exclusively reported how after a whopping 16 years on-screen.
Hollyoaks actress Alex Fletcher has bagged a huge new telly role after quitting the soap, where she plays Diane Hutchinson Credit: Lime Pictures
She will soon star on Countdown as a guest host in Dictionary Corner Credit: Instagram/alexfletcher00
, who has played ‘ Diane Hutchinson since 2010, has been diagnosed with terminal in a heartbreaking final on-screen storyline.
The hard-hitting plot – which will see the actress wraps – is currently playing out on and has seen viewers devastated by scenes which saw Diane tell her husband Tony and their three children about her terminal diagnosis.
Yet while she remains on the soap for now, she has also revealed a huge new job on the station’s stalwart game show, .
She will be a guest host in the show’s dictionary corner alongside show veteran Susie Dent.
She has played her character since 2010 Credit: Lime Pictures
Alex shared a selection of snaps from her time on the game show Credit: Instagram/alexfletcher00
She even had her own dressing room Credit: Instagram/alexfletcher00
Alex, 49, recently spoke out on her soap exit – which is culminating in a tragic ovarian cancer storyline Credit: Getty
Alex revealed her surprising new job in a post shared to her social media, which saw her posing against the show’s iconic .
She excitedly told her followers: “Well who’d have thought I’d be doing a show that I grew up watching with my nan.
“Love a conundrum and actually got one today.
“Thanks to the whole team for making me welcome even though the nerves tried to get the better of me.
“Thanks @mrcolinmurray @rachelrileyrr & my partner in crime in the dictionary corner Susie Dent… what a lovely clever bunch who made me so welcome”.
She then alerted fans to her time on-screen and added: “Keep an eye out for me #COUNTDOWN Monday 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th July @channel4
“Thanks to the wonderful costume dept & @clarissamakeup_ for the makeover”.
Alex’s followers including her Hollyoaks castmates – who on her leaving do -were quick to congratulate her on her surprising new job.
Brook Debio, who plays Alex’s on screen son Ant, commented: “GOWARN AL.”
Fellow Hollyoaks stars Nadine Mulkerrin and Oscar Curtis also showed their support as they hit the heart-shaped like button on Alex’s announcement post.
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Earlier this year, the soap was forced to .
It came after The Sun was first to report bosses plan to
Now , who recently took time away from her role as Goldie McQueen to give birth to her second daughter, has now made a cryptic move on X.
The lass, 36, re-posted a picture of her character crying to her page.
It came after Stephanie Waring, famed for her 28-year-long role as Cindy Cunningham, confirmed that soap bosses had axed her as part of the 20-person strong cast cull.
Another is popstar turned soap star Jamelia.
The soap’s resident hunk and TV favourite has also with fans left devastated to say goodbye to his character Romeo Nightingale.
has also quit the show and will depart his Warren Fox role soon.
famed for her role as Yasmine Maalik has also left after seven years.
Hollyoaks has worked with Ovarian Cancer Action on the storyline.
Cary Wakefield, chief executive of Ovarian Cancer Action, said: “Our hope is that this powerful storyline prompts more women to recognise the symptoms and be empowered to seek help sooner.”
Meanwhile, Alex recently broke her silence on her show exit.
She told the BBC : “I’ve got real mixed emotions as you can imagine, but it was my choice – I just thought the character has done everything.
“I’ve had 16 amazing years. They’ve flown by. I’m 50, and this is not a rehearsal, as cliche as that sounds.
“Life is really not a rehearsal and I thought ‘if I don’t do it this year, when am I going to do it?’”
She also opened up about what she hoped would be next for her after decades in soap.
“My agent’s working really hard behind scenes,” she said.
“It’d be nice for me to do something completely different. I’d love to do a comedy or I’d like to be a scullery maid in the kitchens in a period drama.”
Liverpool-born Alex shot to fame as a teenager playing Jacqui Dixon in .
Her birthday back in October.
Yasmin, 20, played Jacqui’s daughter Esme, and filmed scenes with Brookside legends Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson.
Alex did not reprise her role as Jacqui in the special – and just appeared as Diane instead.
What are the signs of ovarian cancer?
Ovarian cancers affects the ovaries – the organs that store the eggs needed to make babies.
It mostly affects women over the age of 50 and can sometimes run in families, according to the .
Symptoms of the cancer can be vague, particularly in its early stages, SAYS.
The charity advises you speak to a GP if you have the following symptoms:
- Pain in your abdomen or lower part of your abdomen that doesn’t go away
- or an increase in the size of your abdomen
- more often
- Tiredness that is unexplained
- or symptoms of , especially if this starts after the age of 50
The NHS added that bleeding from the vagina after the menopause could be another possible symptom of ovarian cancer.
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