Casting and Creation
Jackson's casting was announced on 13 August 2007. She was created as an extension to the Valentine family and was created as part of a storyline which saw Leo Valentine reveal he had lived a double life.
On 8 March 2010 Jackson's axing was announced. Although it was initially reported Jackson was axed on screen brother Ricky Whittle confirmed she had planned to leave at the end of her contract which coincided with the ending of the rest of the Valentine's contracts who also chose not to renew. On leaving Jackson said that whenever she left would be "an upsetting time because I'd been there since I was 15. But, at the end of the day, times have to change and I'm only 18 and wasn't going to work at Hollyoaks forever. There are people I'm going to miss but it's the right time to do something else now."
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