page_title: Grace Black
section_title: Kim Butterfield's obsession
hierarchical_section_title: Grace Black / Development / Kim Butterfield's obsession
caption_attribution_description: English: Daisy-Wood Davis in 2015
context_page_description: Grace Black is a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Tamara Wall. The character made her first on-screen appearance on 8 November 2013. Wall had three auditions for the role on the show's set in Liverpool. The character is introduced as the sister of Clare Devine, who had been killed off in earlier episodes. Grace arrives to investigate her death and get reacquainted with her estranged father Fraser Black.
  Grace's characterisation initially played her as a ruthless gangster. The character received an extensive character development from Hollyoaks' executive producer Bryan Kirkwood and his team. He believed he had let Wall down with Grace's original characterisation. Focusing on the character's personality and style, he and Wall transformed her from a gangster who fought for "bags of money" to a more family oriented woman fighting for "love and loyalty". Production also created a unique style for the character with long acrylic nails and black suits. They later gave Grace a big bouffant hair style, that became a trademark of the character and gave her a bigger personality. Her introductory storyline focused on her damaged relationship with Fraser.
context_section_description: Producers created an infidelity story for Grace with Kim. A promotional trailer followed which showcased Kim's behaviour intensifying when she begins a diary about her interaction with Grace. Wood-Davis told Daniel Kilkelly that Kim notes down each time Grace touches her and even logs their conversations. She also keeps a picture of Grace hidden in her bra. The actress admitted Kim quickly became obsessed with Grace because "really sets her heart racing and she can't get her out of her mind." She loves Esther but Grace brings danger into her life.
  Grace is sent to prison awaiting trial for her involvement in the supposed murder of Mercedes. Wall explained that her character refused to tell the truth about Mercedes being alive. She fears Esther will back out of their surrogacy deal if she knows that she carried on her feud with Freddie against her wishes. Kim begins to miss Grace, Wood-Davis told Carena Crawford from All About Soap that Kim is "one determined woman" and makes it her mission to join Grace in prison. She believes Grace is the only one to make her feel complete. Kim knows it is unlikely she will get the chance to be with Grace. So when she enters prison she schemes against Grace's cell mate Reenie McQueen (Zöe Lucker), resulting in Kim being moved into Grace's cell. Wood-Davis said that it marked the first time Grace became unnerved by Kim's behaviour.
  Wood-Davis viewed Kim and Grace as an "odd pairing and very unexpected" who bonded over their shared love of Esther. Grace is scared at the prospect of permanent imprisonment and feels vulnerable. She opens up to Kim about her deteriorating relationship with Trevor because she is someone familiar. But Kim uses this as an opportunity to seduce Grace who responds positively and the pair have sex. The development lead writers to play the Kim character even crazier over Grace, thinking she and Grace will be together upon their release from prison. Wood-Davis said Kim thinks "she's found a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow." Wall told Sally Brockway from Soaplife Grace does not realise "how insane Kim is". Their tryst makes Grace feel powerful and she does not have feelings for Kim. Wall added that Grace knows Kim is attracted to her and it makes her feel good while in prison and have a "power-trip". The story had potential to ruin Grace's life and she worries that Esther will not give the baby up. Grace realises that Kim has more power over Esther. She fakes feelings of love for Kim and manipulates her into ensuring Esther is committed to the surrogacy deal. Wall branded Grace's scheme a "dangerous game" because she knows that Kim is "pretty much insane". But noted that Grace has dealt with worse people in her past, "far freakier, weirder people than Kim."
  Grace soon struggles to control Kim and remain in a relationship with Trevor. Wood-Davis told Sarah Ellis of Inside Soap that Kim wants revenge when she discovers Grace is still having sex with Trevor. She prints out hundreds of pictures of herself and Grace kissing and plasters them on the walls of Grace's nightclub. She manages to remove them before Trevor and Esther arrive. Grace confronts Kim and realises how unstable she has become. She decides to keep Kim happy and stops arguing and sleeps with her. However the pair are caught in bed together by Trevor's son Dylan. Grace's problems worsen when Kim turns on Esther and starts plotting against her. Wood-Davis explained "Kim reckons that once the baby is born, the two of them can run off into the sunset with the child." This results in Kim spiking Esther's drink with labour inducing drugs to gain her happy ending with Grace. Writers introduced Trevor into the story who decides to help Grace ride of Kim. He orders Robbie Roscoe (Charlie Wernham) to kill Kim but the plan fails and she refuses to leave. Esther discovers the truth about the affair, she refuses to forgive Grace and once again threatens that Grace will not be part of the surrogate child's life. Grace and Kim's affair resulted in Wood-Davis receiving angry comments on social media website Twitter
caption: Daisy Wood-Davis (pictured) plays Kim Butterfield, the character who Grace begins an affair with.
exif: {"Image Make": "Apple", "Image Model": "iPhone 6 Plus", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Photoshop Express 3.5.2.10", "Image DateTime": "2015:05:16 23:13:08", "Image ExifOffset": "218", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[53, 28, 2751/100]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "W", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[2, 14, 2631/100]", "GPS GPSAltitudeRef": "0", "GPS GPSAltitude": "26470/607", "GPS GPSTimeStamp": "[22, 13, 8]", "GPS GPSSpeedRef": "K", "GPS GPSSpeed": "0", "GPS GPSImgDirectionRef": "T", "GPS GPSImgDirection": "40615/264", "GPS GPSDestBearingRef": "T", "GPS GPSDestBearing": "53749/161", "GPS GPSDate": "2015:05:16", "Image GPSInfo": "778", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/16", "EXIF FNumber": "11/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "200", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2015:05:16 23:13:08", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2015:05:16 23:13:08", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "4", "EXIF ApertureValue": "8074/3549", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "3043/2749", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Spot", "EXIF Flash": "Flash fired, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "21/5", "EXIF SubjectArea": "[1440, 1052, 610, 612]", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "944", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "944", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2448", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3264", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "29", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[83/20, 83/20, 11/5, 11/5]", "EXIF LensMake": "Apple", "EXIF LensModel": "iPhone 6 Plus back camera 4.15mm f/2.2"}