List of Hollyoaks Characters (2008) - Pauline Hay

Pauline Hay is Ste Hay's mother, who put her need for alcohol before her son. During Ste's teenage years, Pauline married a man named Terry who beat both her and Ste. After Ste got out of a juvenile facility, he moved in with Amy Barnes and had nothing to do with his family until Pauline showed up for his 18th birthday. She asked him to move back so Terry would stop hitting her. Ste refused. A few months later, Pauline returned, saying Terry was gone and she was on the wagon. She found out that Ste and Amy were lying about Leah having leukaemia, and she demanded the money they had received. She went to a fund-raiser with Amy and got drunk. After taking money from the fund-raiser, Pauline left, telling Ste he had no right to judge her. Pauline returned in April, arriving at Ste's flat drunk. She passed out. Ste became angry and woke her up wanting to know why she was such a bad mother. Pauline blurted out that she wished she had never had him. On February 3, 2009, she arrived for Leah's birthday. She found out that Ste and Amy had split up and that she was not Leah's grandmother. The next day she stole £200 from the till of Il Gnosh when Ste's back was turned. Pauline returns to Hollyoaks in Octorber 2012 after Doug calls her wanting Ste to have some of his family around for their wedding. Pauline tries to convince Ste that she has changed but quickly reveals that she hasn't and calls Ste a 'queer'. Pauline leaves once again after Brendan pays her, causing Doug to realise her real intentions as she leaves the deli with a smug look.