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Michaela Claudette Mariangela Louise McQueen is the daughter of Myra McQueen and Ricky Boland, the sister of Carmel Valentine, the half-sister of Niall Rafferty, Jacqui, Mercedes, Tina, John Paul, Carmina and Richard Boland.
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2006-2008: Arrival, Friendship with Amy and Niall's Revenge[]
Michaela is first seen in February 2006 as a friend of Amy Barnes and the two girls would meet both Ste Hay and Wayne Tunnicliffe and Michaela begins to date Wayne as well as beginning to pressure Amy into sleeping with Ste as Michaela is told by Wayne he would finish their relationship if Amy does not do so and when Amy refuses, Michaela begins to start being nasty towards Amy such as teasing her and eventually the two girls fought it out but made up after Michaela is dumped by Wayne.
Michaela is soon joined by her older sister Mercedes McQueen then with the rest of her McQueen family. Her mother, Myra, sisters Jacqui, Carmel and Tina McQueen as well as brother, John Paul McQueen and by late October 2006, Michaela would discover Amy is pregnant and the two would be involved in a car crash along with Ste, Josh Ashworth and Fletch. They all survive the crash but Michaela is worried when a pregnant Amy is comatose forcing her to tell Amy's family that Amy is pregnant.. Michaela later decides to track her father, Ricky Boland and she does so by December 2006, however after weeks of getting to know her father she discovers what his really like when he steals from her family and does a runner.
By the start of 2007, Michaela begins to briefly date, Sonny Valentine whom is the brother of her friend Sasha Valentine. Michaela plans to sleep with Sonny but the two are stopped by Sonny's older brother, Calvin Valentine and soon after Michaela dumps Sonny after he goes round telling people he has slept with Michaela's sister, Mercedes but the two would reconcile and later get arrested for shop lifting and eventually, Michaela sleeps with Sonny but she isn't best pleased when Sonny leaves Hollyoaks By September 2007, Michaela is shocked to discover John Paul is gay and is in a relationship with Craig Dean and although Michaela is not pleased about her brother being gay at first but she soon comes to accept him for who he is.
By the end of 2007, Michaela's friendship with Amy seems to come to an end after Michaela writes an article about Amy's pregnancy to her daughter, Leah but would eventually make up. Michaela would start to also hang around with drug dealer, Nige Foster and begins to smoke cannabis with him as well as cause some mischief and after a fight with Myra, Michaela would briefly move in with Amy and Ste but after a fight with Ste she would head back home. For the majority of 2008, Michaela is targeted by her estranged and deranged older brother, Niall Rafferty with the rest of her family as well as developing a crush on Amy's father, Mike Barnes. Michaela would eventually find out who Niall really is by October 2008 when she along with her family are kidnapped by Niall and held hostage in a church where Niall has planted a bomb and detonates which lead to the death of Tina which devastates the whole McQueen family including Michaela. Michaela ends the year by sleeping with Zak Ramsey.
2009-2010: Relationship with Zak Ramsey[]
After Michaela sleeps with Zak the two begin to grow closer into 2009 and eventually they would enter into a relationship with one another and all goes well until Zak's sister Hayley Ramsey turns up and Michaela would begin to clash with her however the two would put aside their petty feud for Zak and by mid June 2010, Michaela has to support Zak after the death of his brother, Caleb Ramsey but when Michaela is asked by Zak to marry him she tells him no which leads to Zak becoming heavily drunk and sleep with a random woman. This would then lead Michaela to end their relationship.
Michaela would however take back Zak and would eventually decide to get engaged with Zak but after a few months, Michaela finds out that Zak has been racist along with his new friend, Des Townsend. This led to Michaela ending her engagement to Zak due to her disgust and is devastated when Zak departs by August 2010. However, Michaela would later lose her job as the local journalist and this would later lead her to depart Hollyoaks and is said to going to be with Zak in London, she then departs by November 2010 with the hint she will be rekindling her relationship with Zak.
2011-2012: Return and Departure[]
Michaela makes a return just under a year after her original exit by September 2011 when she appears in the fourth season of Hollyoaks Later. Her family meet her in Ibiza for Mercedes' hen do as she's due to marry footballer, Riley Costello. Michaela tells her family that she has split up yet again from Zak and is now dating a man going by the name of Michael Jackson, although Michaela would eventually tell her mother, Myra the truth after being stranded in a desert that she has no new boyfriend. Michaela would then move back to Hollyoaks the following month in October 2011.
Michaela straight away goes to catch up with her friends, Amy but would not take a liking towards Amy's fiancée, Lee Hunter and Michaela would find herself supporting Amy after Lee departs for New York. Michaela would depart once more after just under a year after returning by August 2012 after she goes on tour with Josh Ashworth with their band, Michaela is mentioned in November 2014 after the death of Carmel and again in December 2014 for John Paul and Ste's weddings by her mother, Myra on both occasions by saying Michaela was unable to make both events such as the funeral and wedding.
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Background Information[]
- Actress Hollie-Jay Bowes was asked to audition for Hollyoaks by casting director Dorothy Andrews after Andrews encountered her in the corridor at Campus Manor filming for Grange Hill.
- Michaela was originally intended to be a recurring character under producer David Hanson, named "Michaela Jones". However, his successor Bryan Kirkwood decided to utilise her by promoting her to regular and introducing the McQueen family around her.
- On 8th June 2010, Bowes announced that she had quit the show and would leave in six months. However, it was announced on 24th June 2010 that show bosses had axed Bowes and speedily wrote Michaela out after she spoke about upcoming storylines and her exit on social networking website Twitter. Bowes reprised her role as Michaela in 2011, initially appearing in the fourth series of Hollyoaks Later, before reappearing in the main series. In July 2012, Bowes confirmed she would be leaving Hollyoaks and departed the following month.
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