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Nancy Anne Osborne (née Hayton, previously Dean) is the daughter of Margaret and Charles Hayton, and the sister of Becca Hayton, The wife of Darren Osborne, the ex-wife of Jake Dean, the mother of Oscar and Morgan Osborne and the foster mother of Phoenix Hathaway and the mother figure to her nephew Charlie Dean after an affair with Becca Dean and Justin Burton and her husband at the time Jake couldn't handle and has been in her and Darren's care ever since who sees him as her own son

Whilst growing up, Nancy was close to Becca and decided to live with her in 2005, growing tired of life at home. Despite quickly settling in and taking a liking to Becca's husband Jake Dean, Becca's affair with her student Justin Burton threatened to tear them apart. After Becca gave birth to Charlie in prison and was fatally stabbed by her cellmate Fran Hathaway, Nancy and Jake entered a relationship and eventually married. Jake ended up becoming abusive towards Nancy and ended up getting sectioned after a failed murder-suicide attempt. She decided to forgive Jake after his girlfriend Loretta became mentally abusive, and Jake rescued her when Loretta took her hostage.

After a string of failed relationships, Nancy met Darren Osborne through an online dating website. The pair married in February 2012 and Nancy discovered a few weeks later that she was pregnant, but the pair were devastated when she miscarried. Nancy discovered that she was pregnant again in May 2012, but Darren worried as Nancy obsessed over attempting to get her best friend Mitzeee Minniver released from prison. The stress caused her to give birth to Oscar Osborne three months premature and Darren blamed Nancy for their son's seriously ill condition, fracturing their marriage.

Oscar pulled through, but Darren and Nancy's marriage was torn apart by Sienna Blake after they hired her as a nanny. Sienna attempted - and succeeded - at stealing Nancy's life, resulting in her being sectioned in hospital. Nancy was discharged and exposed Sienna, later reconciling with Darren after exacting her revenge. The pair remarried in 2014, but the pair had several temporary separations. A disagreement over Nancy deciding to foster (now deceased) Fran's child Phoenix (formerly Brooke before transition) and Mandy Richardson telling Nancy about her affair with Darren, killed Nancy and Darren's marriage and the pair agreed to another divorce.

Nancy reconciled with old flame Kyle Kelly, having reunited at a multiple sclerosis support group after Nancy was diagnosed in January 2017. Nancy initially struggled to deal with Kyle's long list of ex-boyfriends, but the pair got engaged after Nancy discovered that she was pregnant. Nancy ended up suffering a second miscarriage which - combined with Nancy's disapproval of Kyle's drug use - contributed to a series of issues in their relationship. Nancy was left devastated when Kyle died by suicide in June 2020.

After Mandy forced her daughter Ella to let Charlie take the blame for the murder of Jordan Price, Darren split with Mandy and reconciled with Nancy. The pair remarried for a third time in June 2022, with Nancy giving birth to their first daughter - Morgan - two days later. After Morgan was diagnosed with a heart anomaly in March 2023, Nancy took her to America for treatment.

Biography[]

1989-2005: Early Life[]

Nancy was born to Margaret and Charles Hayton in June 1989. She was close to her sister Becca whilst growing up, even when Becca moved to Hollyoaks in 2001. At the age of 16, Nancy began a relationship with Kyle Kelly, which ended when he moved away with his parents.

2005-2006: Arrival[]

Tearaway teen Nancy arrived in Hollyoaks in July 2005 to stay with Becca and her fiancé Jake Dean over the summer holidays. Nancy befriended Nicole Owen and quickly got herself into trouble, but played innocent with Becca. Preferring life in Hollyoaks over life with Margaret and Charles, Nancy attempted to convince Becca to let her stay with her but Margaret and Charles initially refused to let her change schools. However, after Becca and Jake purchased 5 Oakdale Drive, Flat 1, they changed their minds and Nancy was enrolled at Hollyoaks Comprehensive College (where Becca worked as a teacher). Whilst there, Nancy made friends with Hannah Ashworth and Sarah Barnes.

Continuously pestered by Hannah's younger brother Josh and cousin Fletch, Nancy helped Hannah exact her revenge. The pair took advantage of Josh and Fletch's interest in "The Beast of Hollyoaks" and lead them to the woods so Nancy could capture them embarrassing themselves. She also began dating classmate Justin Burton - unaware of his affair with Becca - until Justin broke up with her. Nancy was left devastated after Charles died of a heart attack, especially as Becca had prevented her from coming with her to see him so she could continue her affair with Justin. In May 2006, Nancy was dealt another lifechanging blow as Mandy and Tony Hutchinson's daughter Grace died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome whilst Nancy and Hannah were babysitting her.

On Nancy's 17th birthday, Nicole revealed to Nancy that she had caught Becca and Justin kissing. Becca ended up confessing to Jake before Nancy could tell him and the pair both turned on Becca, with Nancy deciding to stay with her parents for a few days. Returning home, Nancy mostly gave Becca the cold shoulder after discovering that she had chosen Justin over Jake and her tearaway behaviour resumed. After getting a tattoo from tattoo artist Foz, Nancy began a relationship with him and Nancy spent most of her free time with him.

2006-2008: Becca's Death and Abuse By Jake[]

Nancy changed her tune in October 2006 after Becca accepted Justin's proposal: enlisting Margaret's help to make Becca see that she had made a mistake. After Becca broke up with Justin, Justin lied to the police that he was underage when their relationship began, and Nancy tasked herself with clearing Becca's name. After Becca gave birth to a son named Charlie (not knowing who his father was) behind bars, Nancy helped Jake care for him. Justin eventually told the truth but on the day Becca was set to be released, she was stabbed by her cellmate Fran Hathaway and died with Nancy and Jake at her bedside in hospital.

Through caring for Charlie, Nancy and Jake ended up growing closer. On her 18th birthday, Jake and Nancy slept together. The pair decided to begin a relationship, initially keeping it secret at first. However, Jake grew controlling over Nancy and began slowly isolating her from her friends. Nancy began tutoring the Osborne family's foster son Newt, but Jake was left paranoid as he was reminded of Justin and Becca. Despite Nancy accepting his marriage proposal, Jake worried that the pair would have an affair and made a falsely reported Nancy to the police for sexual assault. Nancy was fired, but later cleared of any charges.

Hannah and Sarah aired their concerns to Nancy that Jake was controlling her, but Nancy defended Jake and eventually ended her friendship with Sarah. After Charlie fell ill with leukemia, Jake discovered that he was not a match for bone marrow and that he was not Charlie's biological father. Jake ended up rushing Nancy into marrying him in the hospital chapel, but refused to let her handle any of the arrangements. After the ceremony, Nancy refused to sleep with Jake so he tried to force himself on her, only being stopped by the sudden arrival of Jake's sister Steph.

Nancy discovered the truth about the false allegation of sexual assault on Newt and decided to leave Jake, exposing him to his family and initiating a custody battle over Charlie. Jake attempted to kill himself and Charlie by gassing his car, but Nancy managed to rescue Charlie and left Jake for dead. Jake escaped from the car and broke into Nancy's flat, with Nancy knocking him unconscious with a frying pan. Jake was then arrested and sectioned, but custody of Charlie went to Jake's mother Frankie Osborne.

2008-2010: "Throuple" and Re-Encountering Jake[]

In June 2008, Nancy developed a friendship with The Loft employee Ravi Roy which quickly turned romantic. However, Nancy began an affair with Kris Fisher in January 2009. After ending the affair with March, Nancy and Ravi learned that they had both been cheating on each other - but Nancy walked in on Ravi kissing Kris and realised that they had both been having an affair with the same man! Nancy suggested that the trio formed a "throuple", which Ravi and Kris agreed to. Nancy decided to break up with Kris and Ravi a few days later. After Russ Owen saved her from being attacked by local thug Gaz Bennett, Nancy began dating Russ. As Jacqui McQueen prepared to file for custody of Max Owen, Russ asked Nancy to run away with him. Nancy refused so Russ decided to stay, but Russ caught her in bed with Kris after The Loft was set alight. He then decided to take Max and flee the village without her.

After being informed that Jake was set to be released from the psychiatric hospital, Nancy visited him and demanded that he stayed away from her. However, as he had nowhere else he could go, he returned to the village. After chance lead to him encountering Charlie, Nancy reported him for breaking his bail conditions, but Jake was released without charge. When Jake moved in with his family at 1 Stockton Lane, Frankie decided to give Nancy custody of Charlie. After discovering that Jake's girlfriend Loretta Jones had been stalking and controlling Jake, Nancy began to soften towards him and attempted to help him. Loretta ended up taking Nancy hostage but Jake rescued her. Jake decided to move to London afterwards, and Nancy forgave him for the past before he left.

2010-2012: Career Change and Relationship with Darren[]

Nancy opted for a career change and began working in journalism. After meeting supermodel Mitzeee Minniver, Nancy decided to write a report on her. Nancy's piece started cynical, until Mitzeee saved her from being gang-raped by Dean Stanley and his friends. Mitzeee was left flattered by Nancy's final draft of the report and the pair ended up becoming close friends. After joining an online dating website, Nancy matched with Frankie's step-son Darren Osborne, with whom she got along well with. Taking an interest in the murder of India Longford, Nancy was targeted by India's killer Silas Blissett, but an oblivious Darren ended up interrupting his murder attempt.

Darren decided to propose to Nancy in January 2011, but they were interrupted by the return of Suzanne Ashworth, who Darren had been having an affair with. Nancy was unimpressed to learn that Suzanne had fallen pregnant with twins, and that Darren was the father. However, she quickly came to terms with the revelation and accepted Darren's second marriage proposal. Suzanne ended up giving birth to twins, Francine and Jack Osborne II, but took them back to Spain with her.

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Nancy is unaware that Darren is planning a surprised wedding for her for Valentine's Day but Nancy begins to think Darren so having an affair with his ex-girlfriend in Cindy Cunningham and the suspicions are added by Nancy's mother, Margaret whom comes to visit and this leads her to want to move to Canada with her mother but Darren is able to stop and tell Nancy what he was planning and this leads them to get back together and marry one another.

Soon after the wedding Nancy begins to feel she may be pregnant and she approaches Darren over this and she later takes a pregnancy test and it is revealed she is pregnant but tragically after a few weeks Nancy would have a miscarriage which devastates both her and Darren but Nancy agrees with Darren to try for another baby and they are successful and months later Nancy gives birth to a baby boy whom she names Oscar Osborne and whom she gives birth to while trying to help Mitzeee whom has escaped prison after falsely being accused of stabbing Mercedes McQueen but the real problem for Nancy is having to give birth to Oscar three months prematurely. When Oscar is diagnosed with being deaf, Nancy is told by Darren he wants a divorce but when Nancy collapses of blood loss, Darren opts to stay with her and vows to be a better husband to her.

2013-2015: Pill Addiction, Feud with Sienna Blake & Finn's Attack[]

By 2013, Nancy develops a pill addiction due to taking to much medication due to the blood loss she had months prior, Darren discovers this and he and his father Jack Osborne as well as Jack's wife, Frankie do they're best to support Nancy but when Nancy returns after a few months away she ends up clashing with Sienna Blake whom had developed an obsession for Darren and begins to scheme against Nancy such as making it look like she's back on pills and that Nancy's children ain't safe around her, Nancy eventually wises up to Sienna and attacks her however Darren sides with Sienna over Nancy and Sienna would later go as far as to stage a kidnapping but this does not stop Nancy trying to out Sienna for her lies.

In August 2013, Nancy is approached and told by Sienna that she is now pregnant with Darren's child and this upsets Nancy but later Nancy again tricked by Sienna who tells her she's allowed Charlie and Oscar for the day but again makes it look as though Nancy had taken them by force this leads Nancy to be chased by the Police and end up crashing her car with the kids inside but instead of being sent to prison, Nancy is taking to a psychiatric hospital for mental health and while inside she's visit by Tom Cunningham whom tells Nancy that he believes that Sienna is up to no good and later on Nancy outs Sienna for her lies and Ton is later found safe after being kidnapped by Sienna and like Nancy, Sienna is taking to a psychiatric hospital for help. Before all this in November 2013, Nancy slept with Darren's half brother Joe Roscoe.

In 2014, Nancy is given Darren the cold shoulder as she is hurt for him bot believing him but eventually comes round to forgiven Darren and takes him back but Nancy again would sleep with Rick Spencer and later in the year Nancy is attacked and attempted to be raped by Finn O'Connor which forces her to tell Darren that she had slept with Rick before the attacked had happened after the attack Nancy kisses Robbie Roscoe who offers her support but this is the final straw for Darren whom packs up and leaves. Nancy is pleased for her friend, John Paul McQueen when Finn is sentenced to five years inside for raping him. Nancy begins to fall back on her pain killer addiction and ends up buying a few supplies from Trevor Royle but stops when Nancy's pills go round the school making the students ill this leads Jack to take to fall for Nancy so she don't lose custody of Charlie and Oscar and this angers Frankie but Jack is only given community service.

2015: Roscoe Love Triangle and Accusations[]

In 2015, Nancy would start to sleep with a couple of the Roscoe men between both Joe and Robbie and would later begin a brief relationship with Joe during so but Nancy would later break up with Joe when she finds out by Kim Butterfield that Joe used her this leads Nancy to sleep with Robbie on the very same night but the two agree it cannot go any further and by August 2015, Nancy is later on confronted by Sienna whom accuses Nancy of sleeping with her boyfriend Ben Bradley this leads the two too insult each other and end up fighting and Sienna would later spike Nancy's drink in The Dog. Later on Nancy approaches Ben to tell her that she knows that Trevor Royle killed his daughter, Carly Bradley which leads to a feud between the two men.

2015-2016: Rekindled Relationship to Darren, Patrick's Death & Eva's Revenge[]

By the end of 2015, Nancy would tell her friend, Esther Bloom that she is very much still in love with Darren despite everything that's gone on between them in the last few years and by December 2015, Nancy would finally tell Darren how she feels but he rejects her leaving Nancy upset however just weeks later by New Year's Eve, Nancy and Darren would get back together as well as becoming engaged again. Nancy and Darren's relationship takes a very strange return in January 2016 when they help Nancy's friend Maxine Minniver help move her abusive ex-husband's body in Patrick Blake to the village wall.

Nancy along with Darren and Maxine have a few scares along the way one time the three are overheard talking about where they moved the body Nancy and Darren start to suspect Neeta Kaur whom has taken what seems a random disliking towards Darren however both Nancy and Darren discover this is because Neeta had witnessed Darren grab Maxine it's the revealed the person who heard them was Patrick's true killer, Nico Blake. In July 2016, Nancy is happy when Maxine returns from a holiday engaged to a man named "Mike Jones" and Nancy begins to worry that Maxine might tell Mike too much and even further more worries when both Nancy and Darren discover that Mike is in fact Warren Fox whom is back for revenge for Mitzeee help putting him behind bars this would later lead Nancy and Darren to relocate Patrick's body to the woods just as Warren finally finds out the truth from Maxine having made a truce with Sienna.

While arguing in her car with Darren over their plan to help run Warren out of town, Nancy would accidentally run over her friend in John Paul whom is left temporarily blind and Nancy later tells Darren that it was because her leg randomly froze while she was driving and by September 2016, Nancy is interviewed by the Police over the murder of Patrick after his body is later found by Nico and Peri Lomax however nothing further happens toward Nancy and Darren and in December 2016, Nancy and Darren along with the rest of the Osborne family stage going missing in order to flee from Jack's estranged niece Eva Falco however they would return by the end of the month and Nancy worries over Esther after she's accidentally shot by Eva however Esther survives and Eva is murdered by Grace Black making it safe for the Osborne's to come home.

2017-2018: MS, Brooke's Arrival/Fostering & Breaking up with Darren[]

After months of random spasms and collapsing Nancy finally gets to the bottom of her health problems in January 2017 as she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) this leaves both Nancy and Darren devastated but Nancy is supported by her family and friends alike. In April 2017, Nancy bumps into an old boyfriend in Kyle Kelly whom she's pleased to see and its revealed that Kyle also has MS so he and Nancy catch up and support one another and later in Nancy is approached by Kyle who asks Nancy to hide drugs for him that help ease with the pain of MS and Nancy agrees to Kyle's request but struggles to hide them from her family and prove even further difficult when Oscar nearly finds them so Nancy would tell Darren to dispose of the drugs in which he agree to do so and after Nancy starts to have tremors during their conversation she tells Darren she wants to commit suicide when the MS gets over barring. Nancy is upset when Darren is sent to prison for drug dealing later in the year and when Frankie dies during the high school explosion in November 2017.

Nancy's relationship with Darren begins to become somewhat distant by 2018 and after Nancy discovers that Darren has lied to her and has stolen from The Loft she takes her time to suggest to Darren that they should start a couple therapy and later on Nancy finds out that Darren knew that Luke was still married to Scarlett Morgan which led Luke unable to marry Mandy Richardson however what Nancy is unaware of is that Darren and Mandy begin an affair with one another however in July 2018, Nancy is shocked when a letter is sent from Fran Hathaway the women whom stabbed Becca back in February 2007. Later Nancy is seen being watched by a young then girl however she is later revealed to be Fran's only daughter in Brooke Hathaway and Fran asks Nancy for forgiveness and to foster Brooke and after some thought Nancy agrees and forgives Fran whom dies not long afterwards and in the coming months, Nancy does her best to make sure Brooke is settled and feels welcome due to her Autism.

Later in the year during a heated row with Mandy, Nancy is told by Mandy that she has been sleeping with Darren for months Nancy is surprised and ends up slapping Mandy over the reveal and soon after marches home to confront Darren in which she does so and the truth is finally revealed and Nancy orders Darren to leave despite his pleas for her to forgive him. Nancy considers forgiven Darren but after he pleas with her Nancy would walk in on the two of them kissing and this would lead Nancy to do the unthinkable and enlist old nemesis in Sienna to help ruin Darren's life bit Sienna opts out knowing Nancy is only talking out of anger. Nancy would later stop Darren from seeing his children after a row which led him to accidentally shove Nancy to the floor and she enlists James Nightingale to help with her chances and Kyle takes a photo of Darren Gambling which would go against him however after Mandy miscarries, Nancy would support her and take her to the hospital which the women would have an heart to heart and lead Nancy to vow to stop her obsession of what Darren did overtake her.

2019: Helping Sienna, Finn's Release & Rekindling with Kyle Kelly[]

In 2019, Nancy would learn that her male colleague, Laurie Shelby is a sexual predator who has been praying on women such as raping his own wife Sinead Shelby and inappropriately touching Sienna a number of times when Nancy discovers this she is devastated for both Sinead and Sienna this leads Nancy to open up about her experiences with both Jake and Finn to Sienna and the two would have an heart to heart and Nancy ends up forgiven Sienna for everything that she did back in 2013. During all this Nancy would begin a relationship with her ex childhood boyfriend in Kyle after growing closer with him again and by December 2019, Nancy is horrified when she finds out that Finn is being released however after the help of Edward Hutchinson and John Paul, Nancy would all ask Finn to leave in which he does so.

2020: Stabbing and Kyle's death[]

On New Year's Eve, Nancy proposes to her boyfriend, Kyle Kelly. He is reluctant at first, but then, she explains that she is pregnant with their child. Kyle accepts the proposal and the couple enjoy their life together. However, in 2020, it is revealed that Kyle used to be, and still was, depressed, and took drugs (supplied by Jordan Price) to aid with his sadness. Following an altercation with a drug dealer, and Imran Maalik, the drug dealer stabs Nancy, and later loses the baby. In the aftermath of the miscarriage, Nancy fails to see how the drugs help Kyle, and she kicks him out. Shortly after, the pair rekindle their relationship when Kyle promises to try and get clean, despite the fact that he and her son, Oscar, were involved in a car crash with Jordan.

In June 2020, the couple spend the perfect day together; his way of saying goodbye. After a romantic dinner at The Hutch, Kyle kills himself, and is discovered by Darren. He tells Nancy that he is dead, leaving her devastated.

2020-2021: Drugs and Charlie's imprisonment[]

Following the miscarriage and the stabbing, Nancy advocates for the county lines drug gang to be pushed out of Hollyoaks for good. However, on New Year's Eve 2020, Charlie Dean is trapped in The Hutch with Ella Richardson and Jordan, who promised not to kill Sid Sumner and Juliet Nightingale. Jordan realises that the teens had listened to the event and berates them. Jordan tries to talk to them but the teens mistakenly think Jordan is trying to attack them. Ella then stabs him from behind, saving Charlie, thinking Jordan was going to hurt them. Charlie later takes the fall for Jordan's murder, and is arrested by George Kiss, who is reprimanded by Nancy for “not doing his job“. Charlie has been charged with the murder of Jordan Price, though Nancy refuses to believe her child to be capable of killing. She accosts Ella, leaving her mother Mandy furious. Charlie has been attacked in prison by another juvenile inmate, furthering Nancy's ambition to get the charges on her child dropped.

2021-2022: Rekindled Relationship to Darren, Darren's kidnapping, Ella & Charlie & Feud with Olivia Bradshaw[]

In 2021, Nancy would get back with Darren again after growing close over Charlie's imprisonment and after Darren is nearly killed after The Loft sign sabotaged by dangerous gangster Fergus Collins, Nancy is pleased when Darren opts to be with her over Mandy but Nancy later thinks that Darren has left her for another woman after just a few merely months of getting back together with him by November 2021 as well as falling pregnant with Darren's child however Nancy is unaware that Darren has been kidnapped by gangsters Ethan Williams under the orders of his girlfriend Maya Harkwell but Darren manages to escape and Nancy does not believe him until January 2022 when Maya attempts to kill Nancy for Darren's betrayal and soon after Darren and Nancy plan to flee the village however Maya is later accidentally killed during a confrontation with Ethan therefore Nancy and Darren are safe to come back home. Nancy then wrongly thinks that Maya was the one whom caused Salon de Thé de Marnie Explosion which killed Celeste Faroe, Sylver McQueen and Marnie Nightingale.

Nancy along with Darren start to put up with Charlie and Ella as a couple and are shocked when the two approach them over safe sex however Nancy is against this but eventually feels it's there choice and later leaves them too it but later discovers that Ella is pregnant but would later tragically lose the baby. Nancy starts to have clashes with colleague in Olivia Bradshaw when is often seen plotting to overtake Nancy's role as head of year and sometimes succeeding. Nancy is also annoyed when Olivia often questions her over certain incidents.

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Appendices[]

Residences[]

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Address Duration
5 Oakdale Drive, Flat 1 6th July 2005 to 2011
65 Christleton Terrace 2011; 2013
1 Stockton Lane 2011 to 2015
17 Basswood Road Since 2015

Employment History[]

Job Duration
Student 2005-2007
Journalist 2010-2013
Teacher 2015-2021
Acting Headteacher 2021-2022
Headteacher 2023
Deputy Headteacher 2024 - present

Other Information[]

Background Information[]

  • Prior to her debut, Nancy's name was initially mentioned as "Zoe Hayton".
  • Actress Jessica Fox learned that she had won the role of Nancy on the day of her audition, and began filming the very next day.
  • Nancy's birthday was first established as 25th May as she celebrated her birthday in episode 1784. This was then changed to 30th May (Episode 2048)an later celebrated on 4th June .
  • Nancy's relationship with Darren Osborne was initially intended to be a short-term storyline. However, their pairing proved successful with storyliners, scriptwriters and viewers

Introduction Sequence[]

Quotes[]

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