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Ro Hutchinson
Fictional character from E4 soap opera Hollyoaks
Ro Hutchinson is a fictional character from the British E4 soap opera Hollyoaks and is portrayed by child actress Ava Webster. He made his first appearance in episode 3718, originally broadcast on 23 October 2013. Ro is the son of Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard) and Diane Hutchinson (Alex Fletcher). In February 2024, executive producer Hannah Cheers along with series producer Angelo Abela announced the character was devised in a high-profile transgender storyline, deemed controversial as the character was only at the age of 12. The key episodes that focus on the storyline garnered 358 complaints to Ofcom but have also have received positive acclaim by the media and tabloids. The plot also earned him a nomination for "Inspiring Storyline of the Year" at the Radio Times soap awards 2024.
Since the characters debut, his storylines focused on him being switched at birth with his later adoptive-sister Dee Dee Hutchinson (Annabelle and Charlotte White) after Mariam Andrews (Helen Lederer), a midwife whom was drunk on the job, ended up inadvertently switching the babies,[1] being stuck between a custody battle with the Hutchison's and Lomax's after Tegan Lomax (Jessica Ellis)'s death, moving in with Tony and Diane, coming out as transgender at the age of 12 and his friendships with Kitty Draper (Iz Hesketh) and Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe).