Juliet Nightingale

Juliet Nightingale (née Quinn) was the daughter of Donna-Marie Quinn and Mac Nightingale and the half-sister of Romeo, James, Alfie, Nathan and Ellie Nightingale. She is also the ex-girlfriend of Nadira Valli. Juliet was born with the surname "Quinn" but she and Romeo legally changed their surnames to Nightingale in February 2020.
Juliet had a rough upbringing - mostly raised by her brother as Donna-Marie often prostituted herself to fund her drug addiction. She subsequently became a tearaway, misbehaving at school, bullying Brooke Hathaway and partaking in underage drinking. After being rejected by Darren Osborne, Juliet later met Sid Sumner and embarked on a relationship with him. Juliet refused to sleep with Sid, resulting in an argument that split the pair up. They later reconciled and became close friends, and Juliet soon realised that she was a lesbian after attempting to kiss Brooke.
Juliet later became involved in county lines drug dealing after being groomed by Sid's cousin Jordan Price, estranging herself from her family. However, this ended up landing her in prison until Sid, Ste Hay and Oliver Morgan proved that Victor Brothers was grooming kids into dealing drugs. Afterwards, Juliet reconciled with her family and ended up acting on her feelings for Peri Lomax, with the pair beginning a relationship. The pair got engaged in January 2022, but split after Juliet's affair with Nadira Valli.
After Juliet was diagnosed with stage 3 Hodgkins Lymphoma, Nadira and Juliet split for Juliet and Peri to then reconcile. However, in May 2023, Juliet learned that her condition was terminal and passed away a month later with Peri at her side.
==Biography==
===2003-2018: Backstory ===
Juliet was born on 1st February 2003 to prostitute Donna-Marie Quinn. Having previously been hired by Mac Nightingale to sleep with his gay son James, which resulted in the birth of Romeo Quinn in July 2002. Juliet was conceived during a one-night stand between Donna-Marie and Mac. Mac would not know of Juliet's existence until 2018.
With Donna-Marie being a drug addict, Juliet and Romeo were often neglected and Romeo was forced to raise Juliet. This resulted in a tight bond between the pair, but a very fragile relationship with their mother. Romeo left for Hollyoaks in July 2018 in search of James, with Juliet joining him in the village a few months later.
===2018-2019: Arrival and Bullying Brooke===
Juliet arrived in the village in November 2018, having enrolled for Hollyoaks High School. She struggled to fit into the school as Donna-Marie caused a scene by drunkenly flirting with teachers. Juliet began taking her anger out on classmate Brooke Hathaway, who she would relentlessly bully.
On her sixteenth birthday, Juliet learned that Donna-Marie had lied about her father working on ships and that Romeo had been sending fake birthday cards each year, and that her father was Mac. Juliet struggled to process the news and threw a brick through the school window, with James managing to convince the school not to expel her. Juliet began confiding in Darren Osborne whom she befriended, but she soon developed feelings for him and became convinced that they were reciprocated. After Romeo was accused of Mac's murder, Juliet decided to tell Darren how she felt about him. However, she was left heartbroken when Darren was creeped out and reaffirmed that he loved Mandy Richardson.
Juliet's friends attempted to set her up with Imran Maalik, but she was left angry upon realising that he had only asked her out on a date out of sympathy. Blaming Brooke, Juliet began sabotaging their relationship with Ollie Morgan by convincing Brooke that Ollie would break up with them if they didn't sleep together. She later attempted to convince Brooke that Ollie was going to dump her, but failed when Ollie asked them to prom. She then tricked Brooke into failing an exam, emotionally blackmailing her into keeping her trick a secret and telling Nancy Osborne that Brooke was distracted by Ollie.
On the day of the prom, Juliet planned to give Brooke a bottle of perfume with vinegar, but ended up backing out. After Brooke became overwhelmed and left, Juliet came up with an idea to make The Hutch into a mini-prom for Brooke and Ollie to have their dance. A few months later, Juliet rescued Brooke when they were pushed into a DJ tent by a crowd and suffered from a sensory overload, repairing Brooke and Juliet's friendship. She later discovered that Brooke was pregnant, and tricked them into thinking that Ollie knew and had blocked Brooke's phone number. Brooke ended up learning the truth which resulted in everyone turning against Juliet.
===2019-2021: Sexuality and Drug Dealing===
In November 2019, Juliet befriended Sid Sumner as the pair bonded over their poor upbringings. The pair went on a date, with Juliet stealing his wallet and deciding to return it, defending Sid to his father upon arriving at his house. After accidentally offending Sid, Juliet invited him back to Weirside View where she stole James's alcohol. Sid revealed that he had purchased ketamine which he took, vomiting on the floor as James arrived home. James demanded that Juliet stayed away from Sid, but she disobeyed and met with him in secret.
In December 2019, Sid made clear that he was eager to take their relationship to the next level, but Juliet refused to sleep with him to his anger. Confiding in Brooke (having reconciled at Christmas), Juliet tried to kiss her leaving Brooke horrified. Adamant that she wasn't a lesbian nor bisexual, Juliet ended up sleeping with Sid against the advice of Brooke and Peri Lomax. At New Year's Eve, Juliet and Sid ended up purchasing ketamine from Sid's cousin, Jordan Price.
After discovering that James had set up Donna-Marie and Donna-Marie was planning on not letting Juliet move with her to London, Juliet began spending more time with Sid and Jordan. Jordan began manipulating Juliet into believing that he was a friend to her and could be trusted, eventually convincing her and Sid to hold onto drugs for him. After Juliet was forced to flush the drugs down the toilet during a locker search, Jordan told Juliet that she would have to repay him by dealing.
Despite her initial hesitance, Juliet felt empowered through her dealing, desiring to be looked up to the way people looked up to Jordan. After being arrested for dealing at Gentry Park Academy, Juliet attempted to back out of dealing but was blackmailed by Jordan. Juliet ended up rising through the ranks, impressing Jordan's boss Victor Brothers. She also ended up convincing Charlie Dean and blackmailed Ella Richardson into dealing for her. After Jordan was fatally stabbed at New Year's, Juliet ended up confessing to the police and was released in March 2021 after being able to prove that Victor had groomed her. Juliet - having shared her feelings and a kiss with Peri before her arrest - began a relationship with Peri upon her release.
===2021-2022: Relationship with Peri===
Juliet began receiving calls from Donna-Marie, but ignored them. Peri discovered this and decided to contact Donna-Marie herself, attempting to re-build the relationship between mother and daughter. With Leela away looking after her ill aunt, Leela's half-brother Ste Hay struggled to keep up on the payments on 2 Oakdale Drive and sold the property to Fergus Collins. Fergus had a carbon monoxide detector installed in Peri's bedroom, which he had hidden a camera inside to livestream Peri and Juliet in the bedroom to his subscription service. Fergus's technician, Timmy Simons, developed an infatuation with Peri and began stalking her. Juliet was initially suspicious of Peri receiving expensive gifts from Timmy but Peri did not share her concerns leading to a few disagreements between the two. Juliet secured an apprenticeship job at Warren's Wheels but ended up quitting. However, Timmy lied to Peri that Juliet had been fired for stealing money. 
thumb|left|180px|Juliet is pushed down the Oakdale Drive steps by Timmy.
Juliet began to search for evidence that Peri was being stalked. Catching 'someone' inside 2 Oakdale Drive, she attempted to call Peri but was pushed down the steps by Timmy and left for dead. Upon awakening, Juliet accused Timmy of pushing her down the stairs, but neither Peri nor D.S. Cohen believed her and instead accused Cher McQueen. After being able to prove that Timmy was the stalker, Juliet attempted to tell Peri but walked in on Timmy confessing to Peri. As Timmy told them about the hidden cameras and confessed to pushing Juliet down the steps, Peri beat him unconscious with a book and tied him up. Timmy managed to escape to The Loft where he 'disappeared', leaving Juliet and Peri to believe that they were still in danger. The pair reconciled shortly afterwards, but Juliet learned in November 2021 that footage of her and Peri had appeared on the dark web and in December that the police believed that Timmy was dead.
In January 2022, Juliet decided to propose to Peri, after Peri made a joke about a wedding. Her step-mother, Marnie Nightingale, gave her a ring to propose with. Peri told Juliet she didn't want to get married, but the pair were caught up in the Salon de Thé de Marnie Explosion later that night and Juliet was gravely injured after the stairs beneath her collapsed. While she was in hospital after the explosion Peri went back on her rejection and proposed to Juliet herself, Juliet flatlined but later made a full recovery and the two were seen in the hospital after with Peri wearing the ring. However, the pair's happiness was ruined when Juliet was informed that Marnie had collapsed and died outside of the hospital.
thumb|180px|Juliet is kidnapped by Jeremy.
James entered a downward spiral after Marnie's death and became heavily involved in gambling. After stealing the family's inheritance money and losing it on cryptocurrency, James disappeared and Juliet attempted to find him. Finding the phone number of Jeremy Fanning in James's desk at Dee Valley Law, Juliet met with him at the park where Jeremy kidnapped her. Juliet was later freed by armed police, but fell out with James over the risks he had taken with her life. Attempting to move forward with her life, Juliet was accidentally hired for the same job at Burger, She Wrote as Shaq Qureshi and ended up securing it after winning a burger-selling contest.
===2022-2023: Affair and Cancer Diagnosis ===
Juliet and Peri's relationship hit a rough patch, so Juliet accepted the offer of couples counselling by Shaq's girlfriend, matchmaker Nadira Valli. Juliet and Nadira ended up developing a friendship, but Nadira kissed Juliet after Juliet comforted her over the presence of Shaq's ex-girlfriend Verity Hutchinson. The pair ended up beginning an affair: Juliet even offered to leave Peri for Nadira, but Nadira remained in doubt of her sexuality and told Juliet outrightly that she was going to marry Shaq. As Juliet and Nadira continued their affair, Juliet's relationship with Peri continued to suffer. Peri discovered Juliet's infidelity, but Juliet managed to convince her that a boy had made a move on her. However, after spending the night with Nadira, Juliet confessed to Peri and ended up breaking up with her. She then asked Nadira to leave Shaq again, but Nadira feared the repercussions of coming out and remained adamant in marrying Shaq.
However, on the day of the wedding, Nadira decided against marrying Shaq when Juliet turned up. Juliet and Nadira then began a relationship, but Nadira struggled with public displays of affection. Eventually, Nadira became more comfortable and grew determined to introduce Juliet to her father, but Juliet was too unwell to meet with him on several occasions. Nadira convinced Juliet to get checked over in hospital, where she underwent a biopsy and was informed that she had a stage three lymphoma. A devastated Juliet ended up sleeping with Peri, and broke up with Nadira over the guilt. However, Nadira and Peri forgave her after learning of her diagnosis, the pair both supporting her.
As a nurse, Peri took primary care of Juliet, with her moving into 2 Oakdale Drive as James's boyfriend - Ste - moved into Weirside View. However, Juliet struggled with Donna-Marie's persistence in being part of her care and felt smothered. In March 2023, Peri and Juliet went on holiday to Brighton before receiving Juliet's scan results. Juliet was informed that she would need a stem cell transplant and went to Birmingham in April, but returned unsuccessful as Juliet's infection markers were too high.
===2023: End of Life===
After falling ill with norovirus, Juliet was informed that she was too weak to receive the stem cell transplant and there were no further treatments she could undergo, meaning that her cancer was terminal. Juliet begged Peri to keep the revelation secret until after James and Ste's wedding, but she was forced to tell Donna-Marie after being overheard. During the wedding reception, Juliet collapsed from exhaustion, forcing her to tell James that she was dying.
Within a month, Juliet lost her ability to walk and her health rapidly declined. A nurse visited and suggested to Peri that Juliet was transferred to a hospice, but Juliet wanted 2 Oakdale Drive to be her deathplace. Peri redressed the Folly and had Juliet meet her there, where she read out the wedding vows that she had written upon her and Juliet's first discussion about marriage. The pair had their first dance together but Juliet collapsed and was returned home, where she passed away peacefully with Peri at her side.
==Appendices==
===Residences===
Address 	Duration
65 Christleton Terrace	2018 to 2019
Weirside View 	2019 to 2020
2 Oakdale Drive 	2020 to 2022
Weirside View 	2022 to 7th October 2022
65 Christleton Terrace	Since 7th October 2022 to November 2022
Weirside View 	November 2022 to 24th February 2023
2 Oakdale Drive 	24th February 2023 to 9th June 2023
===Employment history===
Job 	Duration
Hollyoaks High School student 	2018 to 2021
Drug Dealer 	27th February 2020 to 30th December 2020
Warren's Wheels apprentice mechanic	2021
Burger, She Wrote assistant 	28th April 2022 to unknown
==Background Information== 
*In September 2018, it was announced that Niamh Blackshaw had been cast as new Hollyoaks High School student (as well as Donna-Marie Quinn's daughter and Romeo Quinn's sister) Juliet Quinn.
==Introduction Sequence==
*2018-2019: Juliet is in the rain with her brother.
*2019-2022: Juliet rides in a Price Slice shopping trolley which is being pushed by Imran along the City Wall.
*2022-2023: Juliet watches in horror as Donna-Marie Quinn throws a cup of confetti over James Nightingale.
*2023: (after scene with the Nightingales) Juliet takes photos in the photobooth with Brooke Hathaway, Lizzie Chen-Williams, Nadira Valli, Peri Lomax, Prince McQueen, Romeo Nightingale, Lacey Lloyd, Rayne Royce and Hunter McQueen. Afterwards, they all walk upstairs to The Loft.
==Quotes==
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==See Also== 
*List of appearances
*Nightingale family
==Gallery==
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Juliet Nightingale grave.jpg|Juliet's Grave
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