[Billy]

Hollyoaks actress Loui Batley will quit the soap after nearly four years in the role of Sarah Barnes, Digital Spy can exclusively reveal.

The 22-year-old will bow out of the show towards the end of the year in an "explosive" storyline.

Last night, she attended an Avenue Q afterparty at the Haymarket Hotel in London and was overheard confirming her departure from the Channel 4 series.

She remained tight-lipped regarding the details of her exit plot but insisted that it would "shock" viewers.

Those attending the event included Kimberly Walsh, Eddie Izzard, Jodie Prenger and Virgin1's new continuity presenter Red.

Recent Hollyoaks departures have included Chris Fountain (Justin Burton), Jamie Lomas (Warren Fox) and Stuart Manning (Russ Owen).

Those due to leave also include Emma Rigby (Hannah Ashworth) and Zoë Lister (Zoe Carpenter).

[Princess]

OMFG Zoe and Sarah?? YAY! I can't stand them. Now they just need to get rid of Mike,Ash and Lauren.

[Billy]

BOO.
I'm actually so gutted

[Jayson]

Im hoping...

Zoe and Sarah have sex (YAY!) and Sarah breaks up with Lydia...
BUT!
Zoe dun want nothing serious and broked Sarah's heart and Sarah goes all drunk and gets into trouble with a dangerous guy and Zoe attemps to rescue her but get murdad with Sarah.

[Arneldo]

I'm not bothered. I never liked the character of Sarah and I don't think he character was really going anywhere. Her lesbian storyline seemed so unreal, pointless and forced.

[pinkmichk]

i'm not fussed all she does is strop and shout

[Fom]

She will deff move on to bigger and better things, pretty girls like her don't go to waste.

[Spike]

Hollyoaks is losing some of its best characters with Hannah, Zoe and Sarah going.
I still feel the show hasn't recovered after losing the big Characters of Craig, Claire, John Paul, Justin, Max and others. So with these 3 big characters leaving it looks like the show will get worse before it gets better
The latest characters which have been brought in just don't seem to have any depth to fill the gaps left

[Gemmer-x]

Originally posted by Princess
OMFG Zoe and Sarah?? YAY! I can't stand them. Now they just need to get rid of Mike,Ash and Lauren.

Agreed! i really hate Sarah lol

[Marsh.]

Gutted Zoe's leaving but glad that Sarah is. She will probably work as a model now or present a porn channel because she cannot act (even by HO standards) for her life. Her voice is so monotonous. And the lesbian storyline, how forced and contrived can it get?

[KillER]

gutted about hannah and zoe leaving, but ive never really liked sarah. im curious to how she got her lip scar too... just thought id throw that in there..in case anybody knows?? ^^

[Marsh.]

Originally posted by KillER
gutted about hannah and zoe leaving, but ive never really liked sarah. im curious to how she got her lip scar too... just thought id throw that in there..in case anybody knows?? ^^

lip scar?

[KillER]

Originally posted by 08marsh

lip scar?

not right on her lip but just above it theres a little scar you can make out. everytime i see her i cant stop looking and wondering :s

[arista]

Originally posted by pinkmichk
i'm not fussed all she does is strop and shout

She would be better off
in the Grim
Eastenders, then.

[merijaan]

Shes an ugly biatttttttttttttt anyways lol

[Zac]

Oh no! All of the good characters are leaving, really gutted about Hannah and Zoe.

[merijaan]

Hannahs leaving? oh I forgot she wana spend mo time in ma bed! lol

[Marsh.]

Originally posted by KillER

not right on her lip but just above it theres a little scar you can make out. everytime i see her i cant stop looking and wondering :s

That reminds me of Chesney on Corrie. I never noticed but someone pointed out to me that his nose bends to the left and now everytime he's on screen it bugs the hell out of me.

[KillER]

Originally posted by 08marsh

That reminds me of Chesney on Corrie. I never noticed but someone pointed out to me that his nose bends to the left and now everytime he's on screen it bugs the hell out of me.

im gonna be looking out for that now ^^

[Indierock&roll]

ar i ike zoe and hannah!
hmmm do you think maybe sarah gets back with craig?! goes to ireland ha imagine

[Tom4784]

I'm more bothered about Zoe and Hannah. I think the character of Sarah is largely unengaging.

[Tom4784]

Originally posted by Spike
Hollyoaks is losing some of its best characters with Hannah, Zoe and Sarah going.
I still feel the show hasn't recovered after losing the big Characters of Craig, Claire, John Paul, Justin, Max and others. So with these 3 big characters leaving it looks like the show will get worse before it gets better
The latest characters which have been brought in just don't seem to have any depth to fill the gaps left

It'll recover, the thing with Hollyoaks is that since it's youth orientated and almost all the actors are under 30, there's a lot of exits because HO is the first step of many careers for HO actors. It's good at covering for losses.

They'll be missed but we got a slew of new characters over the summer so hopefully we'll get a few great replacements.

[DrunkerThanMoses]

Im enjoying some new characetrs, Wade and Cheryl..... Sarah seem to not go any where, the whole lesbian thing was the match the popularity of John Paul and Craig (even know i hated John Paul, and thoght the story line was over rated).....

[Beastie]

lets get the violins out!! lol

[GhettoSuperstar]

Sarah is an awful Hollyoaks character. No-one likes her, probably why she is 'leaving'.