The one matter nearly Hollyoaks that has always fabricated it stand out from its lather rivals has been its immature bandage.

Dissimilar soaps such as Coronation Street and EastEnders, its storylines have been known to focus on the issues of a younger generation by and large.

And then after over 20 years of memories, have you ever wondered what happened to some of your favourite teen actors?

A few of them from the testify's early days may have lost a bit of hair, but more often than not you can still see that youthful glint in their eyes.

Hither's a look back at what those old residents of the fictional village of Hollyoaks are similar at present they've moved on from the programme.

Ben Hull - Lewis Richardson

Ben Hull was a Hollyoaks hunk (

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He may non look much like a hunk anymore, but dorsum in the day (1995) Lewis was the man.

Information technology wasn't just his rugged good looks, it was the fact that he wore a golden hoop earring too. Swoon!

Sadly, Lewis committed suicide in a very emotional scene that was dragged out for weeks by those he'd left behind.

These days yous can find him playing Mr T in BBC1's Holby Urban center, but he'south had stints on Doctors and Prey.

Emma Rigby - Hannah Ashworth

Emma Rigby played Hannah Ashworth (

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Nobody can forget the anorexia storyline that Emma was involved in during her stint in Hollyoaks.

Actress Emma is said to have worked hard to raise awareness well-nigh the mental disease, and she was rewarded past scooping several soap awards.

She joined the bandage when she was 14 and stayed for v years, earlier moving on to work on US based TV and film projects.

She even won a minor role in Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender's 2013 hit The Counsellor.

Emma is currently filming new TV show Hollywood Dirt.

Andy McNair - Dan Hunter

Andy has risen from Dan's flames (

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Unsafe Dan landed in the village in 2001, and quickly became a big hit with viewers.

His rocky relationship with Debbie Dean had the states on tenterhooks and kept fans on the border of their seats.

In true Hollywood mode, Dan was wrongly imprisoned, and lost the dear of his life to some other man.

However, they weren't over each other, and when he got out of the slammer they admitted their true feelings for each other moments before Dan died in his exploding rally car.

In real life Andy went from strength to forcefulness landing a role in the Golden Globe nominated menstruation drama The Tudors.

He has since appeared in Casualty and Doctors.

Clare Cooper - Jacqui McQueen

Clare Cooper is looking much improve than Jacqui McQueen (

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Fifty-fifty the way she spelt her name was a picayune bit chav-like, but we did like Jacqui on Hollyoaks.

A poor human'south version of Sporty Spice with a big heart and loyalty to her troublesome family.

Clare left Hollyoaks in 2013, and has since played Matilda in BBC drama From There To Here.

She is currently in Snatch aslope Rupert Grint and Luke Pasqualino.

Elize du Toit - Izzy Davies

Izzy Davies wasn't upward to much on screen (

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Played by the classy Elize du Toit, the part of Izzy was created for her as office of Hollyoaks' On The Pull campaign in 2000 (nosotros don't recall this campaign either).

She left later on 4 years having really washed nothing of note in the show, before heading back in 2007 to hook up with her ex Tony Hutchinson.

Elize is married to Brit star Rafe Spall and has landed some decent roles, including a part in Skyfall as M's Assistant.

Sarah Jayne Dunn - Mandy Richardson

Mandy Richardson was an original pin-upwards in the bear witness (

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There were few ameliorate soap pin-ups than original Hollyoaks daughter, Sarah Jayne Dunn.

She spent x years playing Mandy subsequently kicking off in 1996 and won a legion of immature male fans.

Simply, like an annoyingly efficient boomerang she kept returning to the show again and again and once again after leaving.

Sarah's done alright for herself and has bagged roles in theatre, as well as a function in the Batman flick The Dark Knight.

Victoria Atkin - Jasmine/Jason Costello

The graphic symbol was originally conflicted

Victoria Atkin played the kickoff character to experience gender dysphoria on the soap.

Initially introduced as a tom boy, Jasmine transitioned to Jason soon later joining the soap in 2010.

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Storylines saw Jason lose his mum Heidi to serial killer Silas Blissett and fall for bad boy Bart McQueen.

After leaving the show in 2011, extra Victoria has continued to act and recently voiced the grapheme of Evie Frye in Assassin'due south Creed Syndicate.

She too released a novel - titled London Love - in 2015.

Hollie-Jay Bowes - Michaela McQueen

Michaela knew how to stir the pot

Hollie-Jay Bowes played Michaela, the youngest member of the McQueen clan.

The mischievous teen was usually up to no good and ofttimes brought trouble to her family'due south door after she commencement appeared in 2006.

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Hollie-Jay was axed from the soap in 2010 before making a brief return in 2011.

Since leaving once more in 2012, Holly has continued to work in the entertainment industry and narrates the documentary series Supersize Me.

In 2015 she as well appeared in Sky 1'southward After Hours.

Sonny Flood - Josh Ashworth

The actor is at present a paralegal

Sonny Flood played wannabe rocker Josh when he joined the bandage in 2005.

The picayune brother of Rhys and Hannah Ashworth, storylines saw him date teen mum Amy Barnes while trying to become a musician.

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Josh left the soap subsequently he was spiked and crashed a auto full of his friends in 2010.

Subsequently leaving the show Sonny focused all his efforts on his education.

The actor earned a law caste from the Academy of Manchester and now works equally a paralegal.

Carley Stenson - Steph Dean

Producer Bryan Kirkwood still sings her praises

Carley Stenson played one of the evidence's original teens when she joined the bandage in 2000.

Thanks to her bubbly attitude, she quickly won over the hearts of viewers.

Storylines saw her aspire to become an actress and ally Max Cunningham just hours before he died in a automobile accident.

Read more:Rachel Adedeji praised for Hollyoaks debut as the real Lisa Loveday

In 2010, the grapheme of Steph was written out after battling cervical cancer.

Since leaving the bear witness Carley has featured in a number of musicals, including Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

Executive producer Bryan Kirkwood has praised Carley and said that if he could resurrect any Hollyoaks graphic symbol it would be Steph.

Nathalie Emmanuel - Sasha Valentine

The actress now stars on Game of Thrones

Nathalie Emmanuel began playing school girl Sasha in 2006.

Originally portrayed as sweetness and wholesome, her graphic symbol took a drastic turn equally the bear witness went on.

Sasha's biggest storylines saw her become addicted to heroin and start dating drug dealer Warren Fox.

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Eventually the character left the soap afterwards discovering brother Calvin had left Warren to die in 2011.

Nathalie'southward star has been shining brighter than ever since leaving Hollyoaks.

Non but does she play Missandei in Game of Thrones, but she besides featured in Furious 7 in 2015.

Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries - Max and O.B.

Who could forget these two?

They don't make double acts like Max and O.B. anymore.

The BFFs - played by Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries - became staples of the show when they joined equally teens in 1996 and 1997 respectively.

While Max met a grisly end on his wedding day in 2008, O.B. had a much nicer exit just months afterward when he left the village to live in London.

Actors Matt and Darren are still thick as thieves and run their own media production house called Petty Jeff Productions.

Ashley Slanina-Davies - Amy Barnes

She oft makes a improvement

Ashley Slanina-Davies tackled some of the soap'due south biggest storylines when she was cast as Amy in 2005.

In just a few short years she'd become a teen mum, vicious for young offender Ste Hay, and tried to fleece people for money later claiming her daughter had leukemia.

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The character'south most memorable storyline saw her get a victim of domestic corruption - at one point having her long blonde hair unwillingly cut off.

Actress Ashley first left the testify in 2012.

She and so reappeared for a select few episodes in 2013, 2014 and 2016.

Only her character was killed off for good by a mystery assailant in March 2017.

Chris Fountain - Justin Burton

The player went on to join Corrie

Chris Fountain became an overnight heartthrob when he was bandage as Justin in 2003.

Like many in his age bracket, his original storylines focused on him settling into Hollyoaks Loftier.

Yet the character took on a more adult-oriented role when he began sleeping with instructor Becca Hayton.

Justin left the soap after a rocky relationship with Hannah Ashworth - played past Emma Rigby - in 2009.

Chris would later play Tommy Duckworth in Coronation Street before a controversial rap got him the sack in 2013.

Before this twelvemonth it was announced he'd be joining The Full Monty tour .

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