Dawn Cunningham
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| Dawn Cunningham | |||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Lisa Williamson | ||||||||
| First appearance | 23 October 1995 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | 25 December 1997 | ||||||||
| Created by | Phil Redmond | ||||||||
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| Date of death | 25 December 1997 | ||||||||
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Dawn Cunningham was a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera Hollyoaks.
She was played by actress Lisa Williamson between 1995-1997.
[edit] Character History
Spirited, independent and friendly to everyone, Dawn was Natasha Anderson’s best friend. She worked at Maddie Parker’s mother’s interior design shop and had continual problems with her mother’s boyfriend, Terry, but refused to let anything get her down. However, Natasha died after Rob Hawthorne spiked her drink with drugs at Lucy Benson’s 18th birthday party. Dawn was so distressed that she confessed to her friend, Jambo Bolton, that at sixteen she had a daughter whom she gave up for adoption. Jambo then got in contact with Dawn’s daughter and Dawn plucked up the courage to go and see her. Dawn watched her from a distance whilst Jambo stood close by to provide her with a shoulder to cry on.
Dawn then discovered that her mother, Angela, had breast cancer; upset by the news of her mother’s condition, Dawn then turned to Jambo. The pair ended up kissing, but Dawn insisted that they should remain friends. Dawn then found out that Terry had done a runner, leaving her mother in debts of over £55,000. Dawn's bad luck continued when she was shocked to learn that her daughter Bethany had kidney failure and she was her last hope. However, Dawn found out she wasn't compatible, so her father Gordon offered his kidney instead. Yet, Gordon also failed as a match for Dawn’s daughter, so she had to contact the child’s father, Jack Osborne. Jack was shocked as he had not known about the pregnancy but was a match, and had the operation. As Jambo and Dawn realised they loved each other, their happiness was short-lived. Dawn soon felt unwell and visited her doctor, only to discover that she had leukaemia. On Christmas day, Jambo and Dawn hired a rowing boat and Jambo asked Dawn to marry him. Dawn, however, lost her battle with leukaemia and died in his arms.
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