Warwick Davis’ daughter Annabelle joins Hollyoaks as Lacey

Annabelle Davis will be joining Hollyoaks early next year as her character Lacey is set to move to the village with influencer best friend Rayne, played by Jemma Donovan.

Annabelle, who is the daughter of actor Warwick Davis, was born with Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SED), a rare genetic form of dwarfism. She is believed to be the first Hollyoaks actor with dwarfism.

Lacey and Rayne will be moving into a shared house with Romeo (Owen Warner), Prince (Malique Thompson Dwyer), and Nadira (Ashling O’Shea).

Lacey is fiercely loyal and a great friend who brings the calm and common sense, whilst best friend Rayne brings the chaos. 

New role: Annabelle Davis will be joining Hollyoaks early next year as her character Lacey is set to move to the village with influencer best friend Rayne, played by Jemma Donovan

Driven, forthright and funny, Lacey is a budding paralegal and will interview for a position at Dee Valley Law, but will she manage to keep her cool when she’s under James’ scrutiny…

Talking about joining the Channel 4 soap, Annabelle, 25, 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 too.’

Annabelle also appeared on This Morning and said: ‘I’ve done a few days filming so far. It’s very different filming a soap to doing films because it’s much faster, whereas there’s lots of time on films between scenes. 

Duo: The actress’ father is tenable star Warwick Davis, who is best known for his role in Harry potter

She added: ‘No two days are the same at Hollyoaks’

Annabelle is best known for her role as ‘Sasha Bellman’ in ‘The Dumping Ground’, and ‘Mims Ufgood’ in the new TV series ‘Willow’.

In addition, Annabelle is a proud ambassador of Little People UK.

The actress’ father is tenable star Warwick Davis, who is best known for his role in Harry potter.

Warwick was born with Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SED), a rare genetic form of dwarfism, which has been inherited by both Annabelle and Harrison.

Annabelle and her brother Harrison have inherited their father’s condition and are both aspiring actors, having also appeared in Harry Potter. 

Warwick and his ‘soulmate’ Samantha actually met as teenagers on the set of Willow and have been married for 31 years. 

Samantha, aged 16 when they met, and daughter of co-star Peter Burroughs had a role as an extra in the film and the pair fell in love, dating for four years before getting married in 1991. 

Sam has achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. 

Hollyoaks airs every weeknight at 7PM on E4, and 6:30PM on Channel 4

Family: Annabelle and her brother Harrison have inherited their father’s condition, Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SED), and are both aspiring actors, having also appeared in Harry Potter