Nicole Barber-Lane

Nicole Barber-Lane is an English actress. She is best known for playing Myra McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2006–2019, 2024–present).

Career Before working in Hollyoaks, Barber-Lane appeared in Emmerdale, Bodies, The Cops, and in a Yorkshire Building Society commercial. She has featured in Woman, Red and NOW magazines. Barber-Lane has also appeared in theatres such as The Dance House Theatre, The Courtyard Theatre and The Robert Powell Theatre. She has also performed at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.

She is also one of the many celebrities who have teamed up with Cancer Research UK to cover Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". On 27 March 2019, Barber-Lane left Hollyoaks after thirteen years on the show when her character Myra moved to Spain. On 15 January 2024, Barber-Lane returned to Hollyoaks for a guest stint.

In 2023, she appeared as Susie in Shane Meadows' period drama The Gallows Pole. Later that year, she played Liz Ford in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors.

Personal life Lane married actor Liam Fox in 1999. They have two children together. In February 2015, they announced that they were to divorce.

Filmography Title Year Role Notes 2005 Emmerdale Nurse Episode: #1.4176 Hollyoaks Nurse Phillips Episode: #1.1636 Bodies Alex Blair Series 2: Episode 10 Hollyoaks: Let Loose Nurse Guest role 2006–2019, 2024–present Hollyoaks Myra McQueen Regular role; 886 episodes 2010 Race for Life: Girls Just Want to Have Fun Short film 2011 Being Sold Simone Hoyle Feature film Hollyoaks Later Myra McQueen 5 episodes 2019 MyBad! Elaine Campbell Television film 2022 What Would Julie Do? Gronya Remba Short film 2023 The Gallows Pole Susie Main role; 3 episodes Coronation Street Ange 2 episodes Doctors Liz Ford Episode: "BFF"