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Gemma Jones

Waterloo Road cast now: Loose Women, Netflix hits and huge soap storylines

The BBC has recently announced that school-based drama Waterloo Road will soon be returning to our screens.

It has been six years since the programme last aired and it was home to some much loved characters.

Fans were overjoyed to discover that three favourites will be returning to the show as it relaunches.

READ MORE: BBC Waterloo Road cast unrecognisable ahead of show's return six years on

Adam Thomas, who plays Donte Charles, will be returning as well as Katie Griffiths who is returning as Chlo Charles and Angela Griffin, who will reprise her role of Kim Campbell, will now be headteacher of the school.

But what happened to the rest of the cast? We take a look below.

Katie McGlynn (Scout Allen)

Katie McGlynn on Lorraine (ITV)

Waterloo Road's tearaway pupil Jodie 'Scout' Allen lived with her mother and three-year-old brother Liam in a squalid flat.

She starred in the BBC1 show from 2011 to 2013 and her character was forced to provide for her family by stealing and dealing drugs.

Katie McGlynn is now best known for playing one of Coronation Street's most-loved characters.

When she left Waterloo Road, Katie soon picked up the role of Underworld worker Sinead Tinker in Corrie.

The 28-year-old received high praise for her portrayal of pregnant Sinead, who found out she had cervical cancer while expecting a baby with new husband Daniel Osbourne in 2018.

In heartbreaking scenes 2020, Sinead died, leaving her husband and baby son Bertie behind.

Corrie character Sinead first found love with Chesney Brown. She cheated on Ches with Daniel before reuniting with the kebab shop worker.

But she fell back into Daniel's arms when blundering Chesney jilted her at the altar.

After leaving the ITV soap in 2020, Katie bagged a role in Hollyoaks where she played Becky.

Chelsee Healey (Janeece Bryant)

Chelsee Healey showcasing her baby bump (Chelsee Healey Instagram)

Mouthy but kind-hearted pupil Janeece Bryant later returned to the school, after finishing her education, as a secretary after falling pregnant with daughter Cheryl.

Chelsee, from Eccles, competed in Strictly Come Dancing in 2011 and was a finalist on the BBC dance show.

She joined the cast of Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks as feisty mum Goldie McQueen, a member of the fearsome McQueen clan, in 2016.

A few months later, she took a break from the show after announcing her pregnancy, welcoming daughter Coco in July 2017.

Chelsee has also had roles in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Doctors and Casualty.

Adam Thomas (Donte Charles)

Adam Thomas on Emmerdale (ITV)

Donte Charles was the school's heartthrob and love interest of fellow pupil Chlo.

Adam Thomas who played the character went on to play Adam Barton in Emmerdale from 2009 to 2018 and also came third on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! in 2016.

Adam has since branched out into property and also opened his own restaurant, The Spinn, in Gatley, Stockport, with school friend Scott Graham.

He also has two very famous brothers - His twin brother Scott was a finalist on the ITV2 dating show Love Island in 2016 and older brother Ryan played Jason Grimshaw in Coronation Street.

Adam and brothers Scott and Ryan went on an adventure to Mumbai which was filmed for ITV alongside their dad, Dougie.

Lucien Laviscount (Jonah Kirby)

Lucien has since appeared in a Netflix hit, Emily in Paris (Getty Images)

Lucien found fame before Waterloo Road as he appeared in Coronation Street in 2019 as Ben, a friend of Sophie Webster, before playing pupil Jonah in the BBC One series.

Jonah caused controversy by falling for and marrying his Spanish teacher Miss Montoya, played by Karen David.

Lucien went on to appear on Celebrity Big Brother in 2011 and got involved in a love triangle with TOWIE star Amy Childs and Kerry Katona.

Then in 2015 he made it to the States as he starred in Scream Queens and later went on to star alongside Rupert Grint in the American TV series Snatch.

Most recently he has appeared in the second season of Netflix hit Emily in Paris as a British love interest for the main character.

Jenna-Louise Coleman ( Lindsay Hu ghes )

Jenna-Louise Coleman also made her TV debut in a soap before Waterloo Road.

She appeared in Emmerdale playing Jasmine Thomas - the daughter of vicar Ashley - for four years before heading on to play the BBC drama's Lindsay Hughes in 2009.

She later went on to appear in Doctor Who as well as countless dramas including Titanic, The Cry and Inside No.9.

Two of Jenna's biggest roles were as Queen Victoria in ITV drama series, Victoria, and earlier this year in BBC's gripping real-life story, The Serpent, where she played Marie-Andrée Leclerc.

Tina O'Brien (Bex Fisher)

Tina O'Brien from Coronation Street (ITV)

The character of Bex Fisher was played by Tina O'Brien who at that point was already famed for playing Sarah Platt in Coronation Street.

The Rusholme actress also appeared in Children's Ward in 1997, The Cops in 1998 and Clocking Off before joining the ITV soap in 1999.

Tina left Corrie in 2007, appearing in Waterloo Road from 2010 to 2011.

She later returned to Weatherfield in 2015 and has been there ever since, but not before starring in the 2010 series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Her character in the school was somewhat of a silent character as she was missing when her family joined Waterloo Road.

The hardened school girl returned in series six and it was revealed she was abused in the porn industry.

Denise Welch (Steph Haydock)

Denise Welch on This Morning (ITV)

Denise Welch has had a successful acting career both before and after her time on Waterloo Road.

She is well known for making regular appearances as a panellist on ITV chat show Loose Women and for playing Trish Minniver in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks.

In the past, she has also acted on Coronation Street.

Denise played motherly French teacher Steph Haydock in Waterloo Road from the first series up until 2010.

George Sampson (Kyle Stack)

George, from Warrington, shot to fame when he won Britain's Got Talent with his Singin’ in the Rain dance routine.

In 2011 he played troubled pupil Kyle Stack and he returned in 2013 for dramatic scenes which saw his character threaten to jump from a roof.

In 2012 George joined the cast of Sky One comedy drama Mount Pleasant in its second series and he starred in the feature film StreetDance 2 as Eddie.

He played Ryan Harred in Emmerdale in 2016 and the following year George revealed he was preparing to go under the knife for a hair transplant surgery at the age of just 23, putting his hair loss down to a mixture of genetics, alopecia and spinning on his head.

Jason Done (Tom Clarkson)

Actor Jason Done who plays Gary in Innocent (ITV)

Tom Clarkson was the most popular teacher in the school.

Starting out as an English teacher, Tom went on to become head of English and then deputy head.

He was also the stepdad to pupils Chlo and Mika Grainger, and his son Josh joined the school in 2009.

His death in the show was a tragic shock to all who watched it.

He fell from the roof of the school trying to stop troubled student Kyle Stack, who was played by George Sampson, from committing suicide.

Manchester actor Jason has since starred in Casualty, the ITV drama Lewis, Vera and the Netflix crime series Paranoid.

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