I was on Hollyoaks in harrowing child abuse storyline but I quit the UK and now I’m a huge country star in America
SHE is well-loved for being part of the iconic McQueen family on Hollyoaks, but these days Twinnie Lee Moore is better known for something else.
Twinnie, who played Porsche on the Channel 4 soap, is now a very successful country music star in America and the UK.
The 36-year-old’s current track Sad Boy is working it’s way up the Apple Music’s country charts.
Last year Twinnie’s face was on billboards in Nashville and London to promote her song One Heart, which was also played on BBC Radio 1.
Speaking in the past about breaking away from her soap background, Twinnie told Female First: “It’s so difficult to get seen and to be taken seriously. I think you can feel this is perhaps even more so with country pop music, although it’s definitely a genre that is gaining a lot of popularity at the moment… which is exciting!
“I think it’s definitely going to be hard but I like a challenge, I work very hard and I’m very determined. Like I just mentioned, there seems to be a shift in the industry right now and people are warming up to the idea that country music is cool!”
Twinnie first appeared in Hollyoaks in 2014, as the eldest daughter is the eldest daughter of Reenie McQueen, the half-sister of Celine and Cleo McQueen, and the wife of the late Lockie Campbell.
Her character highlighted the issues of sexual abuse in children when she revealed her stepfather Pete had abused her age 15.
Her other storylines included a failed marriage when her husband had various affairs.
She was nominated for the British Soap Award for Best Newcomer and an Inside Soap Award in 2015 for her powerful portrayal.