Anita Roy | |||||||||||||||
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Hollyoaks character | |||||||||||||||
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Portrayed by | Saira Choudhry | ||||||||||||||
Duration | 2008–2011 | ||||||||||||||
First appearance | 10 November 2008 | ||||||||||||||
Last appearance | 20 January 2011 | ||||||||||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
Created by | Bryan Kirkwood | ||||||||||||||
Spin-off appearances | Hollyoaks Later (2010) | ||||||||||||||
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Anita Roy (also Strong) is a fictional character from the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Saira Choudhry. Choudhry was cast in 2008 as part of the new Roy family and arrived in November and stayed in the serial for 2 years before she left Hollyoaks on 20 January 2011.[1] Her more notable storylines include being racially bullied, which was nominated for an award at the Inside Soap Awards and which led to her self-harming storyline. In her time on the show she also discovered that she is adopted and began an on-line relationship. Anita also suffered an identity crisis.