Casualty actress Cathy Shipton has joined the cast of Channel 4's Hollyoaks and will play Luke Morgan’s grieving aunt Lydia.The star who is best known to soap fans for playing Lisa "Duffy" Duffin in BBC's long running medical drama, is set to make an explosive entrance as Luke and Zara's aunt.Cathy played the role of Duffy in Casualty for over 30 years but her character was sadly killed off under tragic circumstances when her dementia finally took hold of her last year.Now that the actress has decided to switch soaps, she will be arriving in the village of Chester to provide her nephew and niece with some devastating news.Cathy's character Lydia will inform Luke and Zara that her husband has passed away with FTD.But avid Hollyoaks' viewers.
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