In her early roles, Metcalfe appeared in several television programmes, including the children's television series
My Parents Are Aliens and the
ITV dramas
Where The Heart Is,
At Home with the Braithwaites and soap opera
Emmerdale. Metcalfe's breakthrough role occurred in 2006, when she was cast as
Mercedes McQueen in the
Channel 4 soap opera
Hollyoaks. She had previously been considered for the role of
Claire Devine before her character was created. Metcalfe was the first actress to be cast in the soap by executive producer
Bryan Kirkwood. Her role in
Hollyoaks has led to her appearing in its late-night spin-off series
Hollyoaks Later, first appearing in the
first series in 2008. It was announced in April 2010 that she would return to the series for its
third series later that year, and she continued in the role for
series 4 and
series 5. Despite the show concluding in 2013, a
one-off special was broadcast in 2020, with Metcalfe returning once again in a main role. On 19 December 2010, it was announced Metcalfe would take part in the
sixth series of
ITV winter sports competition Dancing on Ice. She was partnered with
Sylvain Longchambon and was the seventh celebrity eliminated from the competition when she finished in the bottom two of the leaderboard along with fellow contestant
Vanilla Ice, who was saved by the judging panel. Metcalfe quit
Hollyoaks in August 2014. Her character, Mercedes, appeared to have been killed off on 20 November, only to return unexpectedly in February 2015, alive after all, with Metcalfe back in the role on a permanent basis. ==Personal life==