Sally St Claire looks sad in Hollyoaks, wearing a blue and orange scarf
Annie left the soap in September (Picture: Lime Pictures)

Former Hollyoaks star Annie Wallace has unveiled a new look after leaving the Channel 4 soap.

The Sally St. Claire actress, 59, left the show in September as a result of cost-cutting measures imposed on production company Lime Pictures.

A number of characters were let-go – before and after a UK-soap first time jump – that saw the action permanently sky rocket one year into the future.

Sadly, Sally did not have an on-screen exit storyline and it was later explained that she’d moved to Spain to live with the wider McQueen family.

‘The last filming days were really quite intense’ she told Metro at the time.

‘My last day was July 31, so I’ve had a month to decompress – and I have decompressed. I was very upset.’

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Sally St Claire in Hollyoaks looking serious, wearing an orange coat, red top and floral scarf
The star said she was ‘very upset’ to leave the show (Picture: Lime Pictures)

‘There is no lying about it. It’s my career and I love the show.’

She continued: ‘There’s certain people on forums that think Sally has outlived her usefulness but I disagree. The one thing I would’ve loved is for her to find love.’

‘I think it’s the one thing I regret that, in nine years, it didn’t happen.

‘The fling with Myra was just them harking back to a romance they had when they were 20. They rode the wave of nostalgia until it came crashing down. I think it would’ve been lovely to see Sally actually meet someone and forge a relationship.’

Now the star has revealed a change in appearance on Instagram.

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Alongside a snap of her in a striking red blouse, she wrote: ‘A day in the life of a “resting” actress… new glasses and growing my hair long.’

‘Looking lovely. I miss you in @hollyoaksofficial’ wrote one fan.

Another added: ‘Lovely. I’m growing my hair too as I always had a bob in my adult years make you feel good have a lovely weekend Annie.’

Recently she revealed that she would soon be leaving social media platform X (formerly Twitter) when they change the block function.

‘This will be the day I leave Twitter’ she wrote.

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‘I have 16,000 blocked accounts, most of them for extremist transphobia; sometimes directed me, sometimes blocked proactively to prevent any kind of interaction. Any change which allows them to see my content is one I will not permit.

‘When I block someone, I want no further interaction with them in either direction, for my own safety.’

She continued: ‘I suspect this will be the final nail in the platforms coffin.’

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