Sheree Murphy: 'I lost my confidence'

Hollyoaks newcomer Sheree Murphy has admitted that she felt nervous when she made her debut on the soap.

The mum-of-three announced that she had been cast as Anita Roy's (Saira Choudhry) long-lost mother Eva two months ago - her first major acting role since she bowed out of Emmerdale in 2004.

Speaking to the Liverpool Echo about the pressures of her screen comeback, Murphy explained: "I think it's all to do with confidence. I do believe that if you've got confidence you can do most things, but when you've lost that - and I have to say, I did massively - then you start to have these doubts.

"You're settled in your life with your kids and the demands on you are completely different. You know you can act, but then there's still a part of you which does a scene and thinks, 'Oh God, that's probably rubbish'."

On her new schedule, she continued: "I'm very lucky at the moment because they've just eased me into it which I really appreciate. They've allowed me to get my head around it a bit, to sort out the kids and all that kind of stuff."

Murphy's first Hollyoaks scenes will air later this week.