Huge ex-Corrie and Hollyoaks star forced to work as TRAVEL AGENT after she’s left ‘in limbo’ by lack of acting roles
A FORMER Coronation Street and Hollyoaks star has been forced to turn her hand to a new career as she struggles to find acting jobs.
Lucy-Jo Hudson, 40, has revealed she is now working as a travel agent to keep the pennies coming in while "in limbo" work-wise.
The actress, who previously had leading roles in both Corrie and Hollyoaks, says her "side hustle"; fits around her two children.
Lucy-Jo announced her career news on Instagram alongside a glamorous photo of herself posing in the women's loos on a night out.
She said: "In my industry, it's not easy.
"I could audition for 8 job and get none, yet I could fall into a job next week, or I might not work for 6 months!
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"It's not easy but I continue to push as I love nothing more than acting!
"But while I'm in limbo, I have decided I need a side hustle. Something that will fit around the kids, that I can take on the road when I'm going to London for castings, something I can keep working on while I get an acting role I love.
"And I've found the perfect thing! Does anyone else fancy working from home earning an extra income? Watch this space! #LJsTravelClub."
Lucy-Jo has always worked in the performance industry, having attended the Scala School of Performing Arts in Leeds.
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She worked in theatre roles and as a professional dancer before landing the part of Katy Harris in Corrie.
Lucy-Jo has also appeared in Wild At Heart and, in 2017, the star even won the British Soap Award for Villain Of The Year for her role as Rhiannon Davis in BBC1's Doctors.
More recently, Lucy-Jo has starred as Donna-Marie Quinn in Hollyoaks on and off since 2018.
Meanwhile, Lucy-Jo isn't the first famous face to launch their own multi-level marketing travel business.
In 2021, despite Brits being restricted from travelling due to coronavirus, Danielle Lloyd also dabbled with the 'side hustle'.
Lucy-Jo's friend, former Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison, also runs her own travel company called VickysVacays.
