Ravi Roy | |||||||||
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Hollyoaks character | |||||||||
Portrayed by | Stephen Uppal | ||||||||
Duration | 2008–10 | ||||||||
First appearance | 20 May 2008 | ||||||||
Last appearance | 23 November 2010 | ||||||||
Introduced by | Bryan Kirkwood | ||||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||
Profile | |||||||||
Occupation | Bartender (2008–09) Doorman (2008–09) Restaurant owner (2009—) |
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Home | Middlesbrough | ||||||||
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Father | Govinda Roy |
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Mother | Bel Roy |
Brothers | Ash Roy |
Sisters |
Leila Roy Anita Roy (adoptive) |
Ravi Roy is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Stephen Uppal. He first appeared in an episode airing on 20 May 2008, introduced by series producer Bryan Kirkwood. Since then he has been central to a bisexuality storyline and living with an aneurysm. Uppal announced in 2010 that he had decided to leave the show.
Details of Ravi's character were announced at the same time as Leila Roy, with Stephen Uppal and Lena Kaur being cast in the roles. Ravi is described as a "cheeky jack-the-lad". Of his character, Uppal explained, "Ravi certainly makes an impression when he arrives at Hollyoaks. His cocky attitude gets him a job as doorman at The Loft and he certainly wins over resident bad-boy, Warren, with his cheek. There’s also some chemistry between Ravi and Nancy, but if Nancy likes him, she’ll have to get her skates on before man-eater Mercedes beats her too it!"
Uppal decided to leave Hollyoaks in 2010, following the beginning of Paul Marquess's new role as series producer. Uppal announced his exit on social network website Twitter. He later said: "Sorry guys, yes I decided to leave a while back. I've had a good time but always wanted to leave after a few years. Bye bye Ravi Roy!"
Ravi's first storyline was his bisexuality. The character was first revealed as bisexual during an episode in which he tried to kiss Russ Owen. Speaking of the character's masculinity and non-stereotypical bisexual, Stephan Uppal stated, "I think they've dealt with it really well. When it's something as big as this, you sit down with the writers and the directors and you discuss everything. I thought that it was about time that a soap portrayed a bisexual or gay character who isn't overtly feminine or camp. You get them in every other soap — you see Coronation Street, EastEnders and even Hollyoaks with John Paul [McQueen] — he was quite camp in the way he was playing the part because that's how the character was meant to be played. But with Ravi, he's just this very masculine lad."