Helen Pearson, who plays Frankie Osborne, is bowing out of the show later this month
It's been reported that Helen Pearson who has played Frankie Osborne for 15 years on Hollyoaks is leaving the show.
According to The Sun, the 57-year-old actress will bow out of the Channel 4 soap shortly after her onscreen ex-husband Johnno Dean returns.
The last we saw of Johnno was 12 years ago when he left the Oaks after he cheated on his wife Frankie with his girlfriend who later went on fall pregnant.
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Johnno returning to the Oaks will be a major shakeup with the Osborne family when Frankie begins to wonder whether Jack's the love of her life. A TV source has told The Sun: "Helen is a soap legend.
"Her absence will really be felt as she is part of the furniture at Hollyoaks.
"But she’s off to pastures new and it has been a really hard decision."
The publication has revealed that Helen has already filmed her last scenes and her onscreen exit will play out later this month.
Eek!
Since 2002 Frankie has been through a lot of drama in the village; she struggled to deal with her son Craig's sexuality, she then had to grief her daughter Steph after she died in the fire at The Dog and of course, we'll never forget that time she had an affair with Ziggy Roscoe.
But how will the infamous Frankie leave Hollyoaks? Will she runaway with her ex-husband? Or do Hollyoaks bosses have a dramatic exit planned for her?
There's a lot more drama in store in Hollyoaks as viewers will finally discover who killed Amy Barnes this week. While Harry Thompson believes he's responsible for Amy's death, fans of the show are aware that she was still alive after he left her.
But who is the killer?
Hollyoaks continues at 6:30pm on Channel 4 and you can watch the First Look episode on E4 at 7pm.
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