'Oaks star Lister: 'I won't be typecast'

Hollyoaks star Zoë Lister has admitted that she doesn't fear being typecast following her stint on the soap.

The 27-year-old actress announced in June that she had decided to quit her role as Zoë Carpenter after almost three years in the part.

Reflecting on the career choice, Lister told PA: "I've known for a while that my time at Hollyoaks is coming to an end because I'm keen to try other things."

She added: "I'm not worried about being typecast or anything because my character here isn't too crazy or off the wall so I don't think there would be much danger of that, so it'll be interesting to try something else."

The Channel 4 show's producers have announced that either Lister's character or Loui Batley's alter ego Sarah Barnes will be killed off in a tragic parachute accident on spinoff Hollyoaks Later next month.

Lister has previously described her decision to quit as "scary but also very, very exciting".