Hollyoaks casts first autistic actress on mainstream British TV

Talia Grant will play a character with the condition in the Channel 4 soap

Talia Grant, Hollyoaks, Channel 4
(Image credit: Channel 4)

Actress Talia Grant has become the first person diagnosed with autism to be cast in a British TV drama after landing a role in Hollyoaks.

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