and Tegan are forced to tell the kids the truth. Diane and Tony are forced to allow Dee Dee to be put into a coma to stop her seizures. On Ste and Harry's wedding day, Diane and Tony are relieved when they find out that Dee Dee is going to be okay and Diane tells Tony that she wants to give their marriage another go. Later that day, a storm hits Hollyoaks and Diane and Tony find a frightened Rose at the Hutch. Tegan is hit be a falling tree and is rushed to hospital where Diane and Tony tell her that they want to co parent Dee Dee and Rose and Tegan agrees but later dies, devastating Diane. The next day, Diane is shocked when Sinead returns and tells her that Ste and Harry have split up. Reception For her portrayal of Diane, Fletcher was nominated for Best Soap Actor (Female) at the 2018 Digital Spy Reader Awards; she came in tenth place with 3.4% of the total votes. Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy said he was "pleased" about Fletcher's signing. Holy Soap have said Diane's most memorable moment is "Getting her step-daughter Sinead to administer her IVF injection when husband Rob was tied up at work." The official Hollyoaks website ran a poll asking viewers which member of the O'Connor family was their favourite. Diane received the most votes, with 1,597 (34.13%) people voting for her. In another poll run by In a poll run by Hollyoaks official website to discover the best mum out of Diane, Myra McQueen (Nicole Barber-Lane) and Martha Kane (Carli Norris), Diane came first with over 3920 votes, over 51% of the total votes. References External links Character profile at Channel4.com Hollyoaks characters Television characters introduced in 2010 Fictional people from Liverpool Fictional waiting staff Female characters in television Fictional female businesspeople