Zoë Lister

This article is about Zoë Lister. For the American actress, see Zoe Lister-Jones.

Zoë Lister is a British actress, best known for portraying the role of Zoe Carpenter in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. In 2014, she began working as a television writer, including work on Hollyoaks, The Lodge and Free Rein.

Zoë Lister
Lister in 2008
Born	Stoke Prior, Worcestershire, England
Occupations	Actress writer
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Rob Castell ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	2

In 2019, she became the voice for British airliner Jet2's advertisement campaigns, one of which, featuring the audio clip "Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday", received considerable attention in 2025 as a viral social media audio trend.

Career

Lister played the role of Zoe Carpenter in Hollyoaks from 2006 to 2010. She appeared as a guest on Big Brother's Little Brother and also presented at T4 on the Beach. In 2009 she performed a Queen medley on Children in Need alongside other Hollyoaks cast members. During 2010, Lister appeared in the play The Stanhope Sisters as Kitty Dutton at The Red Hedgehog in Highgate, London.^[1]

From 16 August 2010 until 4 December 2010, Lister toured the UK in the comedy play Teechers as Gail. She appeared as Lady Macbeth at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool in 2012. Recently^[when?] Lister appeared in the feature film Brash Young Turks.

She briefly returned to Hollyoaks, reprising the role of Zoe for a short stint in April 2017.

In 2019, she became the voice for British low-cost airliner Jet2's advertisement campaigns, one of which, featuring Jess Glynne's 2015 single "Hold My Hand," has received considerable attention in 2025 as a viral social media audio trend.^[2][3][4]

Personal life

On 19 August 2008, it was announced that Lister was to take part in the Great North Run to raise money for the Parkinson's Disease Society. Lister's grandmother was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease shortly before her death. The 13.1 mile run between Newcastle and South Shields took place on 5 October 2008.^[5]

In 2012 and 2013, Lister assisted researchers at Toshiba's Cambridge Research Lab and the University of Cambridge's Department of Engineering to develop "Zoe", a virtual "talking head" which can express a full range of human emotions.^[6]

In 2015, she married musician Rob Castell.^{[citation needed]}