Peri Lomax

Peri Lomax was a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks and is portrayed by Ruby O'Donnell. Peri made her first on-screen appearance in episode 3705, originally broadcast on 4 October 2013. After being introduced as the "sister" of pre-established longstanding character Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) alongside her believed to be two sisters Leela Lomax (Kirsty-Leigh Porter) and Tegan Lomax (Jessica Ellis), the character was devised in a plot-twist meaning she was revealed to be the biological daughter of Leela who had conceived Peri at fourteen with childhood lover and serial killer Cameron Campbell (Cameron Moore) who later murdered her grandparents. The character was placed at the forefront of an issue-led based storyline in 2015 when the character began a high-profile teenage pregnancy storyline alongside Tom Cunningham (Ellis Hollins). The storyline resulted in the birth of Steph Cunningham-Lomax (Katie/Isabella Hibbert) in episode 4202, originally broadcast on 1 September 2015. Since her teenage pregnancy storyline, Peri had recently been a suspect in the "Who Killed Rayne?" (Jemma Donovan) whodunit storyline, where it was later revealed to be her boyfriend Romeo Nightingale (Owen Warner) who departed the soap in February 2024. Peri was killed off on 21 October 2025, in an unannounced departure, after being crushed by the chimney from The Love Boat caused by a plane crash which was flown by Jeremy Blake. Peri made her final appearance as a corpse on 22 October 2025, and it was later revealed in an interview that O'Donnell made the decision to leave Hollyoaks after 12 years to pursue other acting projects.The same episode Peri was killed off Hollyoaks was crossing over with former channel 4 soap opera Brookside.