British Soap Awards: Hollyoaks star Chelsee Healey catches the eye in black floor-length gown

Chelsee Healey ensured she caught the eye of onlookers as she walked the red carpet at the British Soap Awards 2022 at the Hackney Empire in London on Saturday.

The actress, 33, known for playing Goldie McQueen in Hollyoaks and nominated in the Comedy Performer category, showed off her sensational figure in a revealing black gown with cut out detail.

Soap star Chelsee left her ample cleavage and midriff on show, with the garment featuring an elaborate bejewelled bra top design on one side, while on the other was a sweeping sash of material which crossed over her waist and down to the ground.

The length of material lay on the floor to the side of her with gentle ruffles resting at the hem.

Chelsee’s dress was of a halter neck style and an attached sequinned choker was around her neck.

She wore a pair of long black gloves to match her outfit and opted for a tall pair of black heels in the same style as the cup on the upper part of her dress.

The star wore lashings of make-up to highlight her pretty facial features and had her black hair in a curly up do.

She playfully flashed a peace sign as she posed and had her picture taken on the red carpet.

Chelsee was joined at the bash by her Hollyoaks co-star Jennifer Metcalfe, 38, who plays Mercedes McQueen on the soap.

Jennifer showed off her chic but glamorous style in a figure-hugging black PVC dress with a thigh-high split.

She opted for a pair of strappy black heels to add a few inches to her stature and the pair threw some shapes as they posed together on the red carpet.

The British Soap Awards returned live to ITV for the first time in two years after the 2020 and 2021 ceremonies were canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In its place in 2020, ITV instead aired a 60-minute special titled The British Soap Awards Celebrates 21 Years, narrated by long-running presenter Phillip Schofield.

This year, host Phillip Schofield, 60, welcomed a plethora of soap stars to London’s Hackney Empire, where they’ll battle it out to scoop prizes in 14 categories.

The awards are either voted for by a panel of expert judges or the public, with fans able to choose their favorites for Best British Soap, Best Leading Performer and Best Family categories.

Meanwhile, it was reported earlier this year that The British Soap Awards opted to ax the male and female categories.

Instead of Best Actor and Actress, stars from much-loved British soaps will battle it out for the newly-created new Best Leading Performer award.

The move follows The Brits which scrapped gender classifications this year, with Adele beating Ed Sheeran to Artist of the Year.

Past winners of the Best Actress awards include Lucy Pargeter (who plays Chas Dingle in Emmerdale), Lucy Fallon (who plays Bethany Platt in Coronation Street) and Charlotte Bellamy (who plays Laurel Thomas in Emmerdale).

It follows the award for Sexiest Male and Female, voted by the public, being axed in 2015.

The five biggest soaps – Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks – will be battling it out to win recognition for their work over the past year.

And after a stellar year of drama-filled storylines, the competition is set to be fierce.

Coronation Street will no doubt be hoping to scoop gongs for their harrowing hate crime storyline which saw Seb Franklin and Nina Lucas attacked, ultimately resulting in Seb’s death.

While over on Emmerdale, serial killer Meena Jutla’s long reign of terror could bag the Leeds-based soap an award or two.

Speaking of serial killers, EastEnders saw viewers on the edge of their seats as murderer Gray Atkins continued to avoid being arrested for his crimes – until justice finally caught up with him.

While Hollyoaks saw Summer Ranger (Rhiannon Clements) set out to destroy Brody Hudson (Adam Woodward) for his role in her father’s death.

Meanwhile, Rob Hollins (Chris Walker) and his wife Karen’s (Jan Pearson) relationship was left in the balance in Doctors.

Source: | Dailymail.co.uk