The character, who is played by Tamara Wall, first appeared on our screens back in 2013 and has been involved in all manner of twists, including helming a human trafficking operation that saw Grace groom vulnerable teens Frankie Osborne (Isabelle Smith) and Dillon Ray (Nathaniel Dass) earlier this year.
Having been accidentally shot in an altercation between sister Clare Devine (Gemma Bissix) and son Rex Gallagher (Jonny Labey), Gemma flatlined when she was whisked off to the hospital and unfortunately died.
Speaking to The Sun in the aftermath of her exit from Hollyoaks, Wall said of the decision to kill Grace: “I’m devastated. But it was going to happen. We knew when we did the storyline that there was every chance that it was going to be. So we took a risk. We told the storyline. I think I told it pretty well."
Having been involved in such a hard-hitting and uncomfortable storyline, fans of the show were vocal in their backlash of the character and so, along with executive producer Hannah Cheers, the decision was made for Wall to leave and for Grace to die.
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Wall revealed: “I came to the decision a while ago when I was just seeing all of this hate coming to her. And it was just… I think as well when I had a conversation with Hannah about it.
The actress reveals that even though she's had years of fans loving Grace, the outpouring of hate for the character notched up and Wall started to take things personally.
Becoming upset at what she was reading on X, the actress realised it looked "bad" if they chose to just ignore the impact of what Grace had actually done and the crimes she had committed.
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