Donna Ludlow (née Hills) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Matilda Ziegler between 1987-1989. Donna was scripted as a troubled individual, desperate for attention, but shunned by almost all who encountered her. In her storyline, after finding out she was conceived from rape and then rejected by her mother, Donna set herself on a path of self-destruction. She turned to manipulation, blackmail and prostitution t...
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Donna Ludlow (née Hills) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Matilda Ziegler between 1987-1989. Donna was scripted as a troubled individual, desperate for attention, but shunned by almost all who encountered her. In her storyline, after finding out she was conceived from rape and then rejected by her mother, Donna set herself on a path of self-destruction. She turned to manipulation, blackmail and prostitution to fund her drug-habit, before choking to death on her own vomit in 1989.
Donna was conceived as a result of rape. 14-year-old Kathy Hills was raped by her music teacher, Marcus Duffy, and gave up her baby girl for adoption. She was adopted by the Ludlow family and named Donna; when she learned that she was an adoptee, she hoped for a reconciliation with Kathy.
In 1987, Donna's godmother, June Watkins, visits Kathy to inform her that Donna wants to meet her. Kathy refuses, telling June she wants nothing to do with Donna, but does not disclose...
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