Hollyoaks star Isabelle Smith is set to appear in her third soap after securing a role in BBC’s Doctors.
The young actress, who currently plays Frankie Osborne in the Channel 4 show, also featured in ITV’s Coronation Street back in 2022, portraying the role of Sonya – a friend of Max Turner’s (Paddy Bever).
Isabelle has been at the centre of a heartbreaking and powerful storyline in Hollyoaks, as character Frankie has tried to move forward after being sexually abused by her brother JJ (Ryan Mulvey).
After being manipulated by her sibling into keeping quiet, Frankie bravely confided in dad Darren (Ashley Taylor Dawson), who never doubted her for a second, disowning JJ for what he did and vowing to help his daughter get justice.
Hollyoaks subsequently took a time jump one year into the future and, just as justice was potentially on the cards for Frankie, JJ fell ill and was rushed to hospital, where he was diagnosed with leukaemia.
Darren has struggled to come to terms with such a thing, finding himself torn between being by Frankie’s side while also trying to be there for JJ following his diagnosis.
Next week, Isabelle will swap Channel 4 for the BBC to feature in Doctors. She will play a character called Bea Reynolds.
Judging by pictures from the episodes, Isabelle will act alongside Doctors legend Chris Walker, who plays police officer Rob Hollins, as well as Joanna Bending – who has starred in EastEnders this week.
Last year, the BBC confirmed Doctors had been axed. In just a few weeks time, the final ever episode of the show will air.
Final episodes, which were originally due to air in December, were filmed in March. At the time, director Niall Fraser asked fans not to gather outside of their production base in Selly Oak, Birmingham, as the show wrapped.
Niall provided a further update on X recently, this time confirming that the last episode has been brought forward – to next month.
‘Update for doctors fans. The final episode will now transmit on November 14th‘ he wrote.
‘There had been a scheduled break with final ep then being Dec 5th. The break was cancelled and it is now NOVEMBER 14th Apologies for the confusion.’
