Her Hollyoaks character might be dead, but Gemma Merna is very much alive. And sexy.

It’s fair to say we’re a bit gutted that the screen-shatteringly beautiful Gemma Merna won’t be gracing our telly screens each and every evening anymore.

After eight years of lighting up the nation’s living rooms, Gemma’s Hollyoaks character Carmel McQueen was killed off in a fiery train crash last night.

Carmel might be gone forever, but it’s important that we remember Carmel and the McQueen brood in happier times. So, console yourselves with this sexy summer shoot we did with Gemma and former co-stars Jorgie Porter and Jennifer Metcalfe a little while ago…