Annabelle Davis, the daughter of actors Warwick and Samantha Davis, is set to join the cast of Hollyoaks early next year.
The 25-year-old actress will play paralegal Lacey, who is “driven, forthright and funny”, in the Channel 4 soap.
Lacey will make her entrance in the village with her influencer best friend Rayne, played by Jemma Donovan.
The pair will move into a shared house with Romeo – played by I’m A Celebrity star Owen Warner – Prince (Malique Thompson Dwyer) and Nadira (Ashling O’Shea).
The character of Lacey will be “fiercely loyal and a great friend who brings the calm and common sense, whilst best friend Rayne brings the chaos”, Hollyoaks said.
Once settled, she will interview for a position at Dee Valley Law and will come under scrutiny from lawyer James Nightingale.
Davis said: “I’m so excited for you to meet Lacey! She’s fun, career driven, training to be a lawyer and now looking for a job. Fingers crossed she gets it.
“I’ve had a great time filming with the Hollyoaks gang and look forward to what Lacey gets up to.”
The actress is best known for her role as Sasha Bellman in children’s TV series The Dumping Ground and Mims Ufgood in new fantasy series Willow.
Davis is also an ambassador of the charity Little People UK, which was co-founded by her parents.
Annabel and dad Warwick appeared on Friday morning's This Morning with Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield to discuss their current acting project together in a fantasy series called Willow, which is streaming now on Disney+.
Annabel posted a photo of herself and her dad from the set on her Instagram, writing: "I’m so glad you’re all enjoying Willow! And I’m over the moon you love Mims too! I hope you’re having fun on this adventure, it’s only just begun."
She added of the most recent episode: "No spoilers, but my Dad’s performance in this episode literally blew me away.
"The story, the action, just everything. You’re gonna love it. Plus my brother @harrisonwdavis worked really hard on this one too. So proud of them both."
Hollyoaks airs every weeknight at 6.30pm on Channel 4 and 7pm on E4.
