Lola Pearce

Growing up in foster care, Lola expects to be given nothing from life... that's why she takes it herself.

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First appearance: 12th July 2011
Address: Basement Flat, 89 George Street
Occupation: Butcher’s Joints cleaner/Assistant at Beale's Plaice

Bright as a button but with a mouth that runs away with her, Lola is wild. A self-reliant person who does what she has to do in order to get what she wants, she's not to be messed with.

What you looking at!Lola Pearce

  • Education: Quit Walford High in Year 11
  • Distinguishing features: Platinum blonde hair and navel piercing
  • Favourite food: Cod and chips and saveloy with gherkin
  • Personal habits: Drinking and stealing
  • Criminal record: Petty crime

After her mother abandoned her when she was just three, Lola was passed on to her Gran by a father who just wanted to carry on with his life. She saw him occasionally - when he wasn't in prison - but he is no more than a distant figure in her life. Lola's Gran did her best, but when Lola was nine she was taken into care. Not that she minded - it seemed like luxury to her.

Lola learnt a few valuable life skills in care - none of them strictly legal. But though she has an eye for mischief, Lola's always been too wary to get into really big trouble.

Though Lola has a hard edge, she's loyal and loving to those she can trust. She loves her 'pops', Billy Mitchell, ferociously. Now pregnant, we wonder what motherhood will do to Lola? And exactly how much childcare her friends and family are going to be forced into...

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