STEPH Waring has shared an insight into her luxury getaway after getting secretly married in the Maldives. The star and her new husband, Tom Thornton-Brookes, secretly eloped at the end of July, getting married on the beach of five-star resort Ifuru Island. 5 The star showed off more videos from her trip to the Maldives Credit: Instagram / @stephwaring 5 The star booked a holiday after leaving Hollyoaks 5 The star updated fans with their luxury villa Credit: Instagram/stephwaring Now, the Hollyoaks star has shared more looks at her time on the holiday - after bagging a surprise free upgrade to a two-bedroom villa worth thousands.
The all-inclusive island resort boasts a 1.2km beach, a dive and excursions centre, a skydive drop zone and two signature restaurants, and was perfect for the newlyweds to unwind. Her villa even had its own private pool.
Steph has since shared pictures of her lying on the beach in a bikini as she let waves crash around her. READ MORE HOLLYOAKS family affair Inside Hollyoaks' Owen Warner and Jemma Donovan's holiday with her dad Jason future unclear Hollyoaks' Gregory Finnegan adds fuel to exit rumours with new side project She captioned the video: "Come get me" with Taylor Swift's August played in the background. Fans couldn't get enough of the beaming star as she lived the high life.
"Wow, you look stunning on that beach. 😍🔥" wrote one fan. "Beautiful.
Tom T Brooks is one lucky man xx" said a second, while a third added: "Love this very .. sexy but very artistic 😍" Most read in TV CORRIE PLATT AXED Corrie crisis as bosses sensationally AXE Sean Wilson after crunch summit I'M A CELIBACY Controversial Channel 4 dating show for VIRGINS finally given green light STORM BLAST Storm Huntley calls out troll as vile messages say she 'looks like a bloke' star's agony Bargain Hunt star rushed to hospital as they issue health update to fans Her time in paradise comes after Steph ended her 28 year run on Hollyoaks as Cindy Cunningham.
The 46-year-old became the only original character to be included in Hollyoaks' recent cull of 20 cast members . Hollyoaks' Steph Waring strips off to bikini in Maldives It came as part of a plan to make Hollyoaks ‘Britain’s first national digital-led soap’, moving from Channel 4 to YouTube and E4 and being cut from five episodes a week to three. The decision to axe her came as a shock to Steph, who has since said she "expected more loyalty" from the show.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Steph said: “I was learning all week of the people who were going, and I remember crying at one of them, and I had this gut feeling that I would be too. “But another part of me was thinking ‘I’ve just signed a year-long contract, surely it won’t be me’. Everyone was telling me I would be fine as I’m an original character.
“In the meeting they read from a script and a tear fell from my eye because I could just feel it in the room. “They got to the end and said ‘And with that, we will be losing Cindy from the show’. I just kept saying ‘I don’t understand’.
I was very distraught, I didn’t take it well - I was probably the most dramatic person they told. “I just kept telling them ‘I’m an original character’. I was clutching at anything - telling them ‘but I was the first person to give birth on the show!’ I could see the distress I was causing them because they were upset that I was so upset.
” From Hollyoaks to Hollywood James Corden played a caretaker in the early days of the soap. The former American TV host doesn't have much positive to say about his time on the soap, claiming it was "hell on earth." Since his short-lived time on the show he has gone on to bigger things including smash hit comedy Gavin and Stacey .
Rachel Shenton joined the soap as aspiring glamour model Mitzeee Minniver in 2010. Over two years her character was sent to prison, got pregnant and had a number of romantic affairs. Since leaving Hollyoaks she has won an Oscar for best live action short film, The Silent Child.
Rachel has also starred in White Gold and All Creatures Great and Small Emmett J. Scanlan played gangster turned anti-hero Brendan Brady. Emmett played the love interest of Steve Hayes, with their romance delighting fans until it turned violent.
Since his departure Emmett has appeared in Peaky Blinders , The Fall, Gangs of London and even appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy Emma Rigby joined Hollyoaks when she was 15 as Hannah Ahsworth. Hannah's eating disorder storyline was the first of it's kind on TV while other plots included being caught in a fire, gangland drug dealing and running away. Since leaving the soap in 2010 Emma has gone on to star in ABCs Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as the Red Queen.
Other roles include guest appearances in Death In Paradise, Ripper Street and Fresh Meat Nico Mirallegro got his big break with Hollyoaks starring as emo Barry ‘Newt’ Newton. Nico's main storyline in the soap was developing schizophrenia which culminated in a suicide pact. He left the soap in 2010 and went on to star in My Mad Fat Diary, Our Girl, Rillington Place, The Ark and Common, Penance, as well as the Mike Leigh movie Peterloo and was nominated for a Bafta for his role in period drama The Village.
Ricky Whittle used Hollyoaks as a stepping stone to break America. He played one of the soap's resident hunks, Calvin Valentine, from 2006 to 2011 - when he was killed off at his wedding. After leaving the soap Ricky cracked America starring in teen drama The 100 and America Gods.
He also appeared in Strictly Come Dancing in 2009. Warren Brown joined Hollyoaks in 2005 for a year as evil Andy Holt. His stint on the show consisted of date rape storylines and a crime spree, before eventually being killed off.
After leaving Hollyoaks, Warren became a big hitter in TV playing DS Justin Ripley in Luther, as well as major roles in a number of dramas including Liar, The Responder , Homefront and Good Cop. Wallis Day played Holly Cunningham in the soap for years before leaving. In 2021 Wallis won the role of Batwoman in DC's series , taking over from Ruby Rose.
5 The star was swarmed by fans who say she looked stunning Credit: Instagram / @stephwaring 5 Steph got married while she was on her break Credit: Instagram.
