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tammyy2j
03-08-2012, 13:00
Hollyoaks bosses have announced that former Emmerdale and Bad Girls star Claire King has filmed a guest role on the soap.

The actress will feature on screen as a prison governor later this month, keeping a close eye on glamour girl Mitzeee Minniver (Rachel Shenton) as she remains behind bars for a crime she did not commit.

Mitzeee was recently framed for a shocking attack as scheming Mercedes McQueen stabbed herself to land her love rival in deep trouble.

King, who played Kim Tate in Emmerdale and Karen Betts in Bad Girls, will be appearing in episodes which see Mercedes's mother Myra (Nicole Barber Lane) transferred to the same prison as Mitzeee. A number of heated clashes then take place between the pair.
Speaking of the guest part, King commented: "It's great to go back to my soap roots and work with the talented team at Hollyoaks. Rachel and Nicole were fantastic to work with and I really enjoyed filming the dramatic prison scenes."

King's first scenes will air in the week commencing Monday, August 6.

tammyy2j
03-08-2012, 13:01
Claire King has spoken about her enjoyment of her upcoming guest role in Hollyoaks.

The actress will star as a prison governor later this month, as glamour girl Mitzeee Minniver (Rachel Shenton) remains in jail for a crime she did not commit.

"It's great and Nicole Barber-Lane (Myra McQueen) was lovely," she said of her time on the soap.

"Despite all the long days and working weekends, she still has a smile on her face - but that's probably down to reading the book Fifty Shades of Grey."

The former Bad Girls actress explained that she quickly found errors in the soap's on-screen prison.

"The noticeboards all had drawing pins. Certain things stick with you and you think, 'Wrong'," she told The Sun.

"You wouldn't have that in prison - it's all stuck up with toothpaste."

King also stated that she feels the television industry is tough for actresses over 35.

"All of us girls are fighting for the same parts as there aren't that many for those in their 40s and 50s," she explained.

"You are dead in this industry after 35, you start becoming a little bit more invisible. It just means you have to shout very loudly."