The man-eater of the McQueen clan, Mercedes won't take any nonsense and she's not shy when it comes to a scrap!
2006 Pulls Russ Owen and stops him leaving the village by inviting him to move in with her and her unruly family.
2007 Cheats on Russ with Warren Fox but guiltily agrees to marry Russ in a double wedding with sister Tina and Tina's fiancé Dom. Her fling comes out and Russ dumps her after the wedding. Ends up in bed with Jacqui's boyfriend Tony Hutchinson and falls pregnant but has an abortion.
2008 Dates romeo Rhys Ashworth and finds him in bed with another woman – later discovering it was his half-sister Beth! Blackmails Tony over their fling. Seduces new Loft manager Ravi and hurt when he later rejects her. Russ initiates a divorce.
Jennifer was born in 1983 and brought up in Holme Wood in Bradford, West Yorkshire. She has been acting since she was 12 and she attended the Scala Kids drama school in her hometown. Jennifer did a degree in Health and Fitness before realising that acting was her true vocation.
Before Hollyoaks, Jennifer appeared in several TV shows including kids' TV series My Parents Are Aliens and ITV dramas Where The Heart Is and At Home With The Braithwaites, as well as Yorkshire soap Emmerdale.
In between acting jobs Jennifer put her degree to good use and worked as a fitness instructor in Bradford.
Jennifer currently shares a house in Liverpool with on-screen sister Gemma Merna, who plays Carmel and she is dating Liverpool footballer Jermaine Pennant.
