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| Portrayed by | Jennifer Metcalfe | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | June 2006 | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 November 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Age | 26 | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Barmaid | ||||||||||||
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Mercedes Fisher (nee McQueen previously Owen) is a fictional character on the long-running British Channel 4 television soap opera Hollyoaks.
She is played by Jennifer Metcalfe and made her debut in June 2006.
Character Background
Mercedes McQueen is the third child of Myra McQueen and the new wife of Malacy Fisher. Unlike most of their siblings, Mercedes and Jacqui have some contact with their father. Mercedes has a sister: Jacqui McQueen and five half siblings: Niall Rafferty (deceased), Tina Reilly (deceased), Carmel McQueen, John-Paul McQueen and Michaela McQueen. Mercedes speaks her mind and knows that her sex appeal can get her what she wants. However - Mercedes cares for her family and has shown she would do anything for them, even giving her life to save them. Mercedes is also very insecure, which often results in her lashing out at close ones.
Relationship with Russ
Not long after arriving in Hollyoaks, Mercedes made a enemy of Sophie Burton and decided to constantly flirt with Russ Owen to tease Sophie. Mercedes began to develop feelings for Russ; he finally kissed her but only to prove she was lying about an injury. Mercedes got her revenge on Russ by revealing to Sophie what happened. Russ was not able to resist Mercedes and the two slept together; however – on the same night, Sophie died in an explosion at The Dog.
Mercedes fell out with Russ after Jessica published his research on the McQueens in the students' paper. Russ started to feel guilty and sold his wakeboard to buy a car for Myra. Mercedes was touched that Russ would go to great lengths to try and win her back; the couple got back together.
Russ admitted to Mercedes that he had crabs; he accused her of sleeping with someone else. That night, Mercedes slept with Warren Fox; Mercedes and Russ discovered that it was Myra that had crabs and had been spreading them around with dirty towels (due to the washing machine being broken); Mercedes and Russ decided to forget about the incident.
Cheating With Warren
Mercedes and Russ were starting to fall deeper in love, however – Mercedes still slept with Warren for a second time. Feeling guilty, Mercedes asks Russ to marry her; Russ accepts revealing that he was going to propose to her, thus becoming his fiancée.
The couple begin to plan their wedding, Mercedes decides to book her wedding on the same day as her sister’s wedding, to make it feel even more special. The wedding was almost cancelled when an ex-girlfriend of Russ’ arrived in the village; Mercedes believed Dannii Carbone and Russ were getting back together. However – Mercedes and Russ managed to sort their problems as a couple together; and Danni decided to leave the village.
The night of her wedding party, Mercedes slept with Warren for a third time after having a various amount of alcohol. However Jacqui discovered the affair because of Mercedes’ guilt over betraying Russ.
When Warren uses Mercedes as his alibi to prove his innocence over the attempted murder of Clare Cunningham; she denies this accusation to save her relationship with Russ. Louise Summers interrupts the wedding to confront Mercedes about her lie, however – Tina helps her sister by lying about where Mercedes had been that night. Mercedes and Russ married; with Mercedes feeling guilty about sending Warren to prison as an innocent person.
Revealing the Truth
Mercedes and Russ’ wedding bliss did not last long, Mercedes was still feeling guilty and receiving constant threats to tell the truth; she was starting to feel the pressure. Russ discovered Mercedes had been visiting Warren in prison and began to suspect they had slept together.
Her conscience caught up with her and Mercedes was a witness at Warren’s court, she revealed the truth about their affair to the court including Russ (who was in the audience). Russ leaves the court with a broken heart, Mercedes tries to follow but she is stopped by the judge. With the help of Mercedes’ alibi, Warren is released from prison.
After the court, Mercedes finds Russ; apologizing to him about the affair. She explains that she was trying to do the right thing, however – Russ insults Mercedes stating that he should have remained together with Sophie; he tells Mercedes that he wants nothing more to do with her, leaving Mercedes devastated.
Life after Russ
Mercedes began to move on with her life, working as a barmaid in The Dog in the Pound; after John Paul McQueen and Craig Dean’s affair had been revealed, she defended her brother against the owner’s attacks, Mercedes was fired. However – the owner gave Mercedes an apology and offers the job back to her; Mercedes accepted and resumed working.
She went to John Paul’s house-warming party, Mercedes did not remain there to get affected by the carbon monoxide poisoning because she went off with Danny Valentine.
Mercedes was furious to discover that Russ and Carmel were together; the relationship ended rather quickly. However – Mercedes could not forgive and forget; she ended up in a fight with Carmel (and later, Jacqui). Nana McQueen broke up the fight, the tension between Mercedes and Carmel would last for some time.
Tony and The Abortion
After an arguement with Jacqui, a drunken Mercedes went to Tony Hutchinson (Jacqui’s partner) for comfort; the pair sleep together. Following a pregnancy test, Mercedes discovers that she is pregnant with Tony’s child; she reveals to him that she is going to have an abortion, leaving him stunned. However – Mercedes almost changes her decision after a plea from Jacqui to let her raise the child; in the end, Mercedes realises she would not be able to cope with her sister bringing up the child and has the abortion.
Tina Becoming The Surrogate
When Mercedes discovers Jacqui and Tony are using Tina as a surrogate mother for a child of their own; she is against the idea, even threatening Tony that she will tell Jacqui the truth if he does not stop their actions. Tony does not believe Mercedes; she still remains quiet but continues to oppose the idea. Mercedes tries to convince Tina to abort the baby; Tony begs her to let Jacqui have the chance to have a child. In the end, Mercedes agrees to the idea for her sister’s happiness.
Realtionship with Rhys
Mercedes entered the Dog in the Pond's "Mr. Hollyoaks" competition, and ended up winning; despite being a female. Rhys Ashworth finished in second place; he left his boxers in the pub, Mercedes discovered his underwear and returned them to Rhys at his house. After Rhys telling her that he was the only person in the house, the two slept together in every room of the house. The day after, Mercedes and Rhys hd sex in the store, Drive'n'Buy; Russ discovered them together and told Mercedes that she had no class and he was glad that she was sleeping with Rhys. After ridiculing Carmel over her police fitness test, she had sex with Rhys for a third time. Another sex encounter was interrupted by the return of Gilly Roach and Beth Clement.
Mercedes believes that Beth is not fond of her, however - Mercedes did not realise that Beth and Rhys were lovers and Rhys had been missing dates due to the fact that he was sleeping with Beth. When Rhys cancelled another date, Mercedes almost caught Rhys and Beth in bed; however - Beth managed to hide before Mercedes' arrival. Mercedes still supsected that Rhys was cheating on her, and confronted him about the situation. Mercedes covered Rhys in garlic bread and shoved a garlic ball in his mouth, thus ending their realtionship.
New Job
Darren started to make new efforts to be assertive, and he fired Mercedes for tardiness, however - Mercedes claims that she quit her job. Jacqui forced her sister to work at Tony's resturant, Il Gnosh; Mercedes overheard Tony talking on the phone trying to get an unknown person to stop calling him. Mercedes supsects Tony of having an affair, and tells Jacqui about her thoughts; she is disguisted when Jacqui does not end the realtionship. It turns out that Tony was only talking to Harry, his son.
With her debts rising, Mercedes blackmails Tony for her to keep quiet about their one night stand. Reluctantly, Tony pays her £350 to keep silent; however - Jacqui notices Tony giving Mercedes the money, knowing about her sister's financial problems, Jacqui assumes Mercedes asked for a loan. Jacqui demands the money to be returned and insists Mercedes has to work to earn her own money.
Aftermath of Rhys's affair
Michaela tells Mercedes that Rhys is having an affair with Beth, however - Mercedes refuses to believe her younger sister. Mercedes interrupts the Ashworths having an argument about the affair, confirming Michaela's accusations. Rhys tells Mercedes that the issue has nothing to do with her; and she leaves the house in a rush. Michaela discovers her sister in the street, clearly devestated by the truth; Michaela comforts her as Mercedes cries in her sister's arms.
Breaking Up Hannah and Danny
Mercedes became increasingly spiteful towards Hannah Ashworth and was jealous of her after seeing Hannah with a recent conquest with Ravi Roy and Russ. After being rejected by both males when she tried to forge relations with them, Mercedes gets into a fight with Hannah; feeling envious of Hannah's relationship with Danny, Mercedes decides to end the couple's relationship. Mercedes makes a bet with Darren for him to sleep with Hannah. If he succeeds, Mercedes promises to sleep with him; which ends the sexual tension between the pair.
Following a drunken evening at the pub with Nancy, Hannah was accompanied home by Darren; when she was fixing her top, Darren took an incriminating photo of Hannah with his mobile phone to try and convince Mercedes that he had slept with her to win the bet. Mercedes did not believe Darren but sent the photo to Danny, causing Darren to be punched by Danny. Hannah is bewildered when Danny breaks up with her after no memory of the photograph being taken. Danny and Mercedes end up sleeping together, as Mercedes uses the situation to her advantage.
Relationship with Malachy
Mercedes was introduced to Malachy Fisher when he arrived in the village; the two spent time together and formed a connection with each other. Mercedes began a sexual realtionship with Malachy, starting to have feelings for him in the process. As the couple were becoming closer, Malachy recieved some devesating news: he was HIV positive; Mercedes could have the disease because the pair have been sleeping together. He did not tell Mercedes about his disease because he felt it would ruin their realtionship. With Malachy avoiding her, Mercedes slept with his brother: Kris Fisher, with the possibility that he might have the disease now. Eventually, Mercedes discovers the HIV positive and is furious with Malachy; slapping him in the face and stating that she does not want anything more to do with him, ending the realtionship for the moment.
Niall and The Church Horror
Heartbroken over her split with Malachy, Mercedes walks home alone; and is kidnapped by her secret half-brother: Niall Rafferty. Niall forces her to write a note telling Myra that she has gone away to clear her mind from the Malachy and HIV situation.
After all her other siblings are kidnapped, Myra discovers Mercedes and her sisters have been held hostage in a deserted church where Myra abandoned Niall as a child. Mercedes is shocked with the rest of her sisters when they discover that Niall is heir brother, and becomes terrified when she realises that he is going to kill them all. Myra is interrogated with six questions, which will determine how many of her children that she can choose to live; for every wrong answer, she has to choose a child to die. Myra manages to get two answers right, leaving two of her children to live; however - Myra refuses to choose which child to live. The family discover that Niall has been holding John-Paul hostage as well, John-Paul sacrifices himself, Mercedes follows and sacrifices herself because she might have HIV. Jacqui tells Mercedes that she does not want her to die, which leads Mercedes to admit that she slept with Tony, leaving Jacqui speechless. Myra chooses Tina and Michaela to live, leaving Jacqui and Carmel to die. Before any action can be taken place, Jack and Darren rush into the church to rescue the family; and Niall detonates the bombs with the entire family inside; eaving them unconcious.
Mercedes is the fourth McQueen child to be found alive, however - she is stuck under bricks and stones. Jacqui discovers her sister and pulls her out of the rubble with violence; and starts to mock Mercedes. Mercedes apologises to Jacqui once more and pleads with her older sister, telling Jacqui that her leg is injured. Jacqui bandgages Mercedes' leg; but Mercedes is injured further when the floor underneath them collaspes. Mercedes is carried out of the ruined building by Jack Osborne; she is presumed to be dead, but is discovered to be alive.
Myra, Jacqui, Mercedes, John Paul, Carmel and Michaela survive the attack; Tina is the only sibling who died in the attack.
Moving On With Life
When Mercedes returns home from the hospital, Malachy visits the house hoping to confide in her about his father's death. Mercedes explains the hostage situation to Malachy; and the couple comfort each other over Eamon's and Tina's death; thus sharing a brief sexual attraction and share a kiss. Mercedes pulls away, stating that she can not do this with everything that is going on. Malachy visits her once more, Mercedes tries to walk away from him, but he proposes to her. Feeling stunned, Mercedes is angry at him for picking the worst time to propose and refuses to marry Malachy after everything that has happened.
Mercedes discovers from Kris that Malachy is returning to Ireland for his father's funeral, Mercedes pretends to be relieved stating that she never wants to see Malachy again. However - after her divorce with Russ is confirmed, Mercedes goes to say goodbye to Malachy; where he tells Mercedes that he loves her. The couple share an embrace with a hug, as Malachy is about to leave, a tearful Mercedes gives him another hug. They end their embrace with a passionate kiss; Malachy promises Mercedes that he will marry her someday. Mercedes watches Malachy and Kris depart the village, an emotional Mercedes walks away from the scene, determined to move on with her life.
Once Malachy left for Ireland Mercedes tried to get her life back on track. This didn't last long as Jacqui moved back home but refused to move back in if Mercedes lived there. Mercedes could see the hurt in her mothers face at the thought of losing Jacqui again so decided to move out.
Mercedes found comfort in Dom as he let her spend a couple of nights at his and Tony's flat. Tony didn't approve of this and slagged Mercedes off behind her back. Mercedes actually herd Tony bad mouth her and left but Tony's guilt soon forced him to find her and Apologise. Thus meaning Mercedes could move back in. Through out her stay Malachy kept texting her, though she ignored him. Once again the happiness was crushed by Jacqui as she stole Tony's keys and entered the house to find Mercedes reading a catalog. Tony arrived back home right after Jacqui and she accused him of sleeping with Mercedes again. Mercedes defended Tony's innocence pleas, so did Dom. Jacqui didn't believe the pleas and began to slag Mercedes off. Mercedes returned the favour with a slap and the girls soon ended up fighting. Tony and Dom split the girls apart and threw them both out.
Mercedes was then seen buying a burger and being approached by Dom. Dom apologised for throwing her out and the two made up. Mercedes then received a text from Malachy. A shocked Mercedes had learened Malachy had booked a wedding for the him and her.
Marriage to Malachy (Hollyoaks Later)
Mercedes is shocked to learn through various text messges that Malachy has booked a date for their wedding; struggling with her feelings for Malachy, Dom advises her that life is too short and if they love each other, the couple should marry.
Having sex with a complete stranger; Mercedes realises that she must talk with Malachy. She travels to Belfast with Zak and Elliot; where Zak’s ignorance offends the locals and the trio must flee the town. Mercedes decides to travel to Belfast without Zak and Elliot; and manages to get a ride from a truck driver, who wants to give her more than a ride. He leaves her stranded, leaving her to walk to Malachy’s whereabouts. Mercedes discovers Malachy in a pub dancing with his ex-girlfriend, however – she believes it to be his new girlfriend. Mercedes leaves the pub with Malachy following her, he promises her that she is the only girl that he wants to be with; Mercedes accepts his proposal as the couple declare their love for each other.
Mercedes and Malachy are showering together when they are interrupted by his mother; he reveals their plans to marry, which his mother does not approve. Mercedes promises Malachy that she wants to get married; and even phones Michaela to reveal the news. Feeling like the wedding will mean Mercedes misses out on life, Malachy expresses his doubts to her; which results in Mercedes assualting him and revealing his disease to the entire village, the wedding is cancelled.
An angry Mercedes decides to depart Belfast to return home; however – Kris stops her depature. The couple run into each other outside of his mother’s house and share a brief arguement in which they insult each other. The pair share a long passionate embrace; and they agree to still get married.
Michaela arrives to be the bridesmaid of the wedding; Mercedes and Malachy get married, with Mercedes promising to love him forever.
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