Lauren Valentine Lauren Valentine Lauren Valentine is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, "Hollyoaks", played by Dominique Jackson. First appearing in 2007, Lauren was written out of the show in 2010 along with the rest of the Valentine family as part of series producer Paul Marquess' overhaul of the series. Jackson's casting was announced on 13 August 2007. She was created as an extension to the Valentine family and was created as part of a storyline which saw Leo Valentine reveal he had lived a double life. On 8 March 2010 Jackson's axing was announced. Although it was
Calvin Valentine were nominated for 'Best Couple'. In 2010, Calvin and Carmel's wedding was nominated for 'Best Wedding', losing to Syed Masood and Amira Shah of "EastEnders". The character was selected as one of the "top 100 British soap characters" by industry experts for a poll to be run by "What's on TV", with readers able to vote for their favourite character to discover "Who is Soap's greatest Legend?" Whittle was also popular within the show's cast. After the announcement of his departure, Whittle's co-star Bronagh Waugh (who plays Cheryl Brady) said: "His was one of the first characters I came into