Katy Fox is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Hannah Tointon, from 2007 to 2008 and again in 2017. Katy is the sister of Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas). Her character has been central to several storylines, most prominently Clare Cunningham's (Gemma Bissix) revenge. In July 2016, after Warren returned to the village, he revealed that Katy had died from a drug overdose, and that he felt immensely guilty as he was in prison at the time of her death. Later, on 1 February 2017, it was made known that her nephews Joel Dexter (Rory Douglas-Speed) and Bart McQueen (Jonny Clarke) supplied her with the drugs, leading to her death.
Character creation and casting
Katy was created by Bryan Kirkwood as a sister of an existing character, Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas). Hannah Tointon was the one who was supposed to get cast in the role, but she quit after one year to try other parts. About her decision to leave Tointon stated: "It's been brilliant and it's been a really difficult decision to leave. I always said that I'd only do it for a year and I feel that now is the right time to leave and try something new."
Katy Fox died of a drug overdose off-screen to facilitate a storyline involving Warren which aired in 2016.
Storylines
Katy was first mentioned by her older brother, Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas) while having a conversation with Justin Burton (Chris Fountain). He said that she and Louise Summers (Roxanne McKee) were his only weaknesses. Katy made her first appearance on 30 April 2007. Justin took a liking to Katy as soon as she entered the village, but soon changed his mind after finding out she was Warren's sister. Katy received an attempted bribe of £1,000 from her brother Warren to move back to America, but despite refusing to leave, she still accepted the money. Katy fancied Justin but he told her to stop "hassling him", so she left him alone. However, she wasn't yet aware of why he was so scared of her brother, Warren. Katy had begun working for her brother Warren at The Loft, but he got angry when a customer tried it on with her. Warren punched the customer and told him he would 'kill him if he tried it on with his little sister again'.
She found out the truth about Justin and Warren's treatment of Justin's ex-girlfriend Becca Dean (Ali Bastian) through Louise. Although she was disgusted by his behaviour, after listening to his side of the story, the pair reconciled. Shortly after, Katy travelled to London to see some old friends, but not before sleeping with Justin, who told her he loved her. She replied in kind, and then the two swapped treasured possessions: Justin gave her the only thing his sister Mel had left when she died, a friendship bracelet, and she gave him a bracelet her parents had given her. Once Katy returned to Hollyoaks, Clare Cunningham (Gemma Bissix) informed Warren that Justin and Katy were sleeping together. This resulted in Justin taking a beating from Warren after catching them in bed, leading to the police stepping in and arresting Warren, after being tipped off by Clare.