THIS WEEK HOLLYOAKS' NIAMH BLACKSHAW HAS BEEN BRILLIANT

Since the beginning of Juliet Nightingale's cancer diagnosis storyline, many Hollyoaks viewers have been saying how brilliant Niamh Blackshaw has been through this storyline so far, and this week has been no different.

First of all, I have to say how brilliant soaps doing these storylines as they reach so many people and encourage viewers to spread the word about what they have watched, or if that have any of those symptoms they know how to go about getting checked.

During this week's episodes of Hollyoaks, viewers have seen many emotional scenes with Juliet Nightingale allowing for Niamh Blackshaw to show us what a brilliant young actress she is!

There have been making emotional moments this week from her attending her first chemo treatment alone that was after she pushed James Nightingale and Ste Hay away leading to Misbah Maalik supporting her in a sweet scene showing that you are never alone.

However, a moment that shocked me this week come with the way that Juliet blurted out about her cancer as her ex's, Peri Lomax and Nadira Valli were arguing, but I think this was the shock that they both needed to put their things into perspective even though it left them both confused and their different reactions showed a range of emotions in how many people would take the news.

The way that Peri took the news absolutely broke me and I think if we didn't know as viewers how much Peri and Juliet belong together, it's the fact that she didn't know which hurt. Thank god for Ste getting through to Peri to get her to support the one she loves! However the way that Peri was there was she needed someone was beautiful.

For me, Niamh's moment to shine come in last night's episode (22nd December) where she opened up to her mum, Donna-Marie Quinn about her diagnosis following her being supported by ex, Nadira and her half-brother, James which I was surprised to learn was improvised - the attention to detail with the dialogue from Niamh was brilliant, and beautifully delivered. This is something that I really enjoy seeing soaps do and trusting their actors with this at times. It was the way that everyone's reactions are so different which made it even more special as it showed how different kinds of people can take this kind of news - I know I would break down.

Charlotte Conquest, thank you for the brilliant directing that was beautifully shoot. It's when directors care a lot about their work that makes for incredible scenes to be shot.

I don't know where this storyline is going, but all I know is that I am really excited to see Niamh Blackshaw show everyone what a great actress she is.

Hollyoaks airs Monday - Friday on Channel 4 at 6.30pm, but also offers a First Look option on E4 at 7pm Monday - Friday at 7pm.

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