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ACTRESS Sinead Moynihan was once one of Britain’s most recognisable faces, when her character on Hollyoaks was at the centre of a shocking soap storyline.

But now the 42-year-old has turned her back on the bright lights of fame for an entirely different career.

Sinead Moynihan first step on the showbiz ladder was as a model after being spotted aged 16
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Sinead Moynihan first step on the showbiz ladder was as a model after being spotted aged 16Credit: Rex
She was best known for starring on Holyoaks in some gripping storylines
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She was best known for starring on Holyoaks in some gripping storylinesCredit: Channel 4

In 2007, Sinead was starring as the character Beth Clement, on the Channel 4 soap who was involved in an incestuous relationship with her half-brother Rhys.

The storyline made national headlines and raised the actress's profile considerably.

But these days the mother-of-two boys is working in finance, having found work as a mortgage broker.

 The former model has joined a company called Asstez Capital- one of the ‘UK’s leading property finance lenders” as a Relationship Director.

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It seems after her character died in a car crash back in 2008, her on screen career didn’t quite gain the momentum needed to sustain a career in the spotlight, as many actors find.

Having worked as a model from the age of 16, at the age of 24 she landed a role in the BBC 3 drama, Drop Dead Gorgeous.

A year later she was cast as Beth Clements in Hollyoaks, continuing the role until 2008.

She then starred in the BBC 3 Sitcom, How Not to Live your Life, followed by a few adverts, but then the work began to dry up.

Having become a mother in her 20s, Sinead has two sons, Dylan, 21 and Jacob, 15.

SInead at a film premiere in London in the mid noughties
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SInead at a film premiere in London in the mid noughtiesCredit: Getty
Her fresh faced celtic beauty worked well on screen for at time, before the work became thin on the ground
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Her fresh faced celtic beauty worked well on screen for at time, before the work became thin on the groundCredit: Getty
The incest storyline was considered very shocking and made headlines
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The incest storyline was considered very shocking and made headlinesCredit: Channel 4
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