Karen Hassan

Birth : 1981-01-01, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

History

Karen Hassan was born in July 1981 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is one of five sisters. In an interview with a Belfast newspaper in March 2011, Karen admitted that she was very quiet whilst growing up but always enjoyed acting which inspired her to study drama at Queens University in Belfast before becoming a professional actress. She appeared in many films and TV shows, mainly in minor roles before landing the role of Lynsey Nolan in series one of Hollyoaks Later in 2008. In June 2010 it was announced that Karen had been cast in Hollyoaks, again playing the character of Lynsey, the only difference being she was now going to be a regular character. Her first episode aired on 11th August 2010.

Profile

Movies

Doing Money

DC Rachel

A young Romanian woman is snatched in broad daylight from a London street, trafficked to Ireland and used as a sex slave in a series of pop-up brothels. Her shocking true story offers a tense and thought-provoking thriller exposing how, in modern Britain, slavery can hide in plain sight.

Cellar Door

Aidie

A tortured but determined young woman, in the grip of the Catholic Church, searches furiously for the child she believes has been taken away from her, but meets confusion at every corner.

Sasha of the Sea

Abby

Growing up along the rugged coastline of Northern Ireland, all young Sasha wants is to spend her days on the water. However, her fondness for the sea is tested when her father goes missing in a fishing accident and her world comes crashing down.

Once Upon a Winter's Date

Amy

Katherine endures the worst Valentine's Day date of her life. On her way home a gypsy casts a magical spell on her. The next morning she soon realises she's reliving the day until she finds Mr Right.

High-Rise

Young Woman

Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.

A Patch of Fog

Police Woman

A university teacher gets caught shoplifting by a security guard, who won’t let him go. He becomes his new best friend and says ‘I won’t call the cops if you come and have a pint with me’. From there a twisted romance of sorts unfolds.

Scapegoat

Patricia Curran

This is the fascinating true life story of one of Ireland's most famous unsolved murders. It is the tale of how an innocent man was found guilty but insane of the brutal homicide of a young woman from a very prominent family. Told in superb period detail, Scapegoat contains a combustible mix of sex, class, bogus respectability and dark domestic secrets

Fifty Dead Men Walking

Mother

It's 1989, and in a Belfast torn apart by conflict and terrorism, petty criminal Marty McGartland is recruited by the British police to infiltrate the IRA. Guided by Special Forces officer 'Fergus', McGartland gains unparalleled insight into the organisation's dealings, providing his British handler with priceless, life-saving information. Based on a true story.

Miss Conception

Young Nun

Georgina is an ambitious young London professional who learns she has only one month left in which to conceive a child. After exhausting all possibilities with her baby-phobic boyfriend, Georgina turns to her wildly optimistic friend Clem, with whom she sets out to identify and "land" the perfect father for her child.

Hunger

Gerry's Girlfriend

The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.