Hollyoaks newest actress, Lena Kaur has praised the writers and producers of the show for the lack of racial sterotypes it contains.

Lena plays Leila Roy on the Channel 4 soap and has revealed that she has been quite impressed by her storylines so far.

Kaur told Take 5 magazine: “The storylines for me and Stephen aren’t being dictated by the colour of our skin. We’re both British Asians in real life as well as in the show. We are both totally westernised. We’ve been brought up in Britain, so the storylines will reflect people like Stephen and me.”

Lena also revealed that she had agreed to pose for the infamous Hollyoaks calendar before she had even filmed an episode on the show.

“The calendar is a great tradition on the show and there are only 12 girls in it, so I was so flattered to be asked,” she said. “I think if you’re going to play a part on the show, you might as well do it properly and do all the promotional stuff for it as well.”