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{{Infobox soap character
|series = EastEnders
|image=libbyfoxee.jpg
|imagesize=
|name=Libby Fox
|portrayer=[[Belinda Owusu]]
|years=2006–2010, 2014–2017
|first= Episode 3156<br
|last= Episode 5434<br
|introducer={{plainlist|
*{{nowrap|[[Kate Harwood]] (2006)}}
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|spinoffs=''[[EastEnders: E20]]''
|classification=[[List of
|occupation=Student
|alias= Elizabeth Fox
|father= [[Owen Turner]]
|mother= [[Denise Fox|Denise Wicks]]
|halfsisters = [[Chelsea Fox]]
|halfbrothers = [[Raymond Dawkins]]
|stepfather= [[Kevin Wicks]]
|grandfathers = Ted Turner
|grandmothers = [[Emerald Fox]]<br/>[[Liz Turner]]
|nephews = [[List of EastEnders characters (2021)#Jordan Atkins|Jordan Atkins]]
|aunts = [[Kim Fox]]<br/>[[Daphne Fox]]
|cousins = [[Pearl Fox-Hubbard|Pearl Fox]]<br>[[Mica Fox-Hubbard|Mica Fox]]
}}
'''Libby Fox''' (initially known as "'''Squiggle'''") is a fictional character from the [[BBC]] [[soap opera]]
==Creation and development==▼
Early in Spring 2006, an official BBC press report announced the introduction of a new, all female family joining ''EastEnders'', Denise Fox ([[Diane Parish]]) and her two daughters Chelsea ([[Tiana Benjamin]]) and Libby (nicknamed Squiggle), cast to [[Belinda Owusu]], who was 16 at the time. Benjamin has revealed that she was the second Fox to be cast, and on her final audition, she had a workshop and met Diane Parish there. Owusu was cast at a later date.<ref name="int">{{cite news|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/backstage/cast/interviews/interview_content/interview_tiana_b.shtml|title=Tiana Benjamin Interview|publisher=BBC| date = 18 September 2006|
Described as "the feisty Fox family", the characters first appeared on-screen in May 2006. An insider reportedly said to the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'', "They'll arrive in Albert Square with a bang and they'll cause friction from the off. The Fox girls don't take any nonsense -they'll be a force to be reckoned with." The newspaper described the character of Libby as a superbrat and teenage troublemaker. Owusu commented, "Squiggle is going to cause lots of mischief."<ref>{{cite news|url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20060312/ai_n16151115?tag=content;col1|title=New foxy family hit Walford|publisher=BBC| date = 12 March 2006|
In April 2010 it was announced that the character had been axed along with five others by the new executive producer [[
In March 2014, it was announced that Owusu had agreed to reprise the role of Libby Fox for number of episodes from April 2014, as part of the "[[Who Killed Lucy Beale?]]" storyline.<ref>[http://www.soapsquawk.co.uk/news/eastenders-spoiler-libby-fox-makes-a-return.php#results EastEnders spoiler, Libby Fox makes a return<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722033740/http://www.soapsquawk.co.uk/news/eastenders-spoiler-libby-fox-makes-a-return.php#results |date=22 July 2015 }}</ref> She made her on-screen return on 18 April 2014.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0419nkw BBC One - EastEnders, 18/04/2014<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105191946/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0419nkw |date=5 November 2015 }}</ref> It was again announced in July 2015 that Libby would return again for a two episode guest stint. Speaking of her return, Owusu said: "It's great to be back again! I'm always excited to see how Libby has grown and be back with the Fox family!"<ref name="return">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/entries/cc9f0b03-85e9-46ae-9cbe-850a13255540 | title=Libby Fox briefly returns to Albert Square | work=[[BBC]] | date=19 July 2015 |
==Storylines==
===2006–2010===
Libby is [[Denise Fox]]'s ([[Diane Parish]]) youngest daughter. Libby secretly contacts her estranged father, [[Owen Turner]] ([[Lee Ross (actor)|Lee Ross]]), an abusive alcoholic, and he starts making demands to see her. Denise is reluctant to allow this, but Owen seems to have changed, and Libby is keen for her parents to get back together; Denise is swayed and sleeps with Owen. However, as soon as Owen begins drinking again, he becomes abusive and hits her. He is arrested, but Libby persuades Denise to give a glowing character witness statement and he is released. Owen kidnaps Libby and takes her to [[Epping Forest]]. He drugs her and tries to kill her and himself by filling the car with noxious exhaust fumes. She escapes, but he catches her and tries to drown her in a stream. Denise arrives to find Libby unconscious on the bank. She is taken to hospital and makes a full recovery. Owen is imprisoned for 5 years.
Libby gets involved in various scams with her friend [[Darren Miller]] ([[Charlie G. Hawkins]]). She develops a crush on [[Gus Smith]] ([[Mohammed George]]), but is too young to be noticed by him, so she begins using an internet chat room, talking to a stranger named "Einstein27". She refuses to listen to [[Yolande Trueman]]'s ([[Angela Wynter]]) concerns about the dangers of meeting someone online and agrees to meet him in person. When she meets the stranger, she discovers that she was chatting to Darren all along. He admits to liking Libby. She is initially unimpressed, but after Yolande arranges a meal between them, they decide to start a relationship. A few weeks later Darren visits his family in the [[Cotswolds]], and Libby is heartbroken to discover he has decided not to return. She concentrates on her school work and achieves eleven good [[GCSE]] grades.
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Libby returns again for Mother's Day and goes for a family dinner, where later she finds a note Denise put there saying that Lucas plans to escape prison. Libby leaves and tells Masood, who advises her to call the police and he helps her get into Denise's house, which has been locked by Jordan (now [[Joivan Wade]]), who is helping Lucas escape. Libby witnesses Jordan raging at Denise and reveals that she has reported him to the police. Jordan becomes angry with Denise and Libby and is arrested. Libby then returns to Oxford after saying goodbye to Denise and Patrick.
In April 2016, Libby returns upset, and tells Denise she is pregnant. Denise is overjoyed but Libby says she is having an abortion and has already taken the first of two abortion pills. Denise is against this and she gets very drunk, with only Kim supporting Libby's decision. The following day, as Libby returns to the abortion clinic to terminate her pregnancy, a hungover Denise arrives to support her alongside Kim. She then thanks Denise for being a good mother to her before leaving again. Libby returns in November after Kim calls her and is shocked to see that Denise is seven months pregnant. She vows to remain in Walford and help Denise with the birth. Denise is frustrated when Libby insists that Denise should eat only vegan food. After Denise is suspended from her job, Libby helps her get it back by threatening legal action. However, Denise tells Libby that she should not be sacrificing her life in Oxford for her, so after sharing an emotional farewell with Denise, Libby departs. Libby returns with Kim and her grandmother, [[Emerald Fox]] ([[Doña Croll]]), for the birth of her half-brother, [[Raymond Dawkins|Raymond]]. Libby is shocked when she learns Denise is having her son adopted, but respects her decision.
▲==Creation and development==
▲Early in Spring 2006, an official BBC press report announced the introduction of a new, all female family joining ''EastEnders'', Denise Fox ([[Diane Parish]]) and her two daughters Chelsea ([[Tiana Benjamin]]) and Libby (nicknamed Squiggle), cast to [[Belinda Owusu]], who was 16 at the time. Benjamin has revealed that she was the second Fox to be cast, and on her final audition, she had a workshop and met Diane Parish there. Owusu was cast at a later date.<ref name="int">{{cite news|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/backstage/cast/interviews/interview_content/interview_tiana_b.shtml|title=Tiana Benjamin Interview|publisher=BBC| date = 18 September 2006| accessdate=26 July 2008}}{{dead link|date=July 2015}}</ref> Tiana Benjamin who plays Chelsea has said that the three actors who play the Fox family have a bond, commenting "We all respect and understand each other, and manage to have a good time while we're filming too. I felt that we clicked from our first few scenes together."<ref name="int"/>
▲Described as "the feisty Fox family", the characters first appeared on-screen in May 2006. An insider reportedly said to the ''[[Sunday Mirror]]'', "They'll arrive in Albert Square with a bang and they'll cause friction from the off. The Fox girls don't take any nonsense -they'll be a force to be reckoned with." The newspaper described the character of Libby as a superbrat and teenage troublemaker. Owusu commented, "Squiggle is going to cause lots of mischief."<ref>{{cite news|url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20060312/ai_n16151115?tag=content;col1|title=New foxy family hit Walford|publisher=BBC| date = 12 March 2006| accessdate=14 October 2008|first=Lara|last=Gould}}</ref>
▲In April 2010 it was announced that the character had been axed along with five others by the new executive producer [[Bryan Kirkwood (producer)|Bryan Kirkwood]]. Speaking of her departure, Owusu said: "I've had a great time playing Libby but I agree with Bryan that after four years of great storylines, it is now time for Libby to move on. ''EastEnders'' was my first real job and I have learnt so much but I am now really looking forward to trying new roles."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a214903/six-characters-to-leave-eastenders.html|title=Six characters to leave 'EastEnders'|last=Green|first=Kris|date=17 April 2010|website=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=16 April 2010}}</ref> Her final episode was broadcast on 5 August 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/spoilers/a239089/peggy-takes-louise-to-see-lisa.html|title=Peggy takes Louise to see Lisa|last=Green|first=Kris|author2=Kilkelly, Daniel |date=July 2010|website=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=27 July 2010|location=London}}</ref>
In September 2018, it is mentioned that Libby is the only student from Walford High to ever attend [[Oxford]]. In February 2023, it is hinted that Libby and Darren have resumed their relationship after Chelsea tells Denise that they have gone on a holiday together at the [[Cotswolds]].
▲In March 2014, it was announced that Owusu had agreed to reprise the role of Libby Fox for number of episodes from April 2014, as part of the "[[Who Killed Lucy Beale?]]" storyline.<ref>[http://www.soapsquawk.co.uk/news/eastenders-spoiler-libby-fox-makes-a-return.php#results EastEnders spoiler, Libby Fox makes a return<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722033740/http://www.soapsquawk.co.uk/news/eastenders-spoiler-libby-fox-makes-a-return.php#results |date=22 July 2015 }}</ref> She made her on-screen return on 18 April 2014.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0419nkw BBC One - EastEnders, 18/04/2014<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105191946/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0419nkw |date=5 November 2015 }}</ref> It was again announced in July 2015 that Libby would return again for a two episode guest stint. Speaking of her return, Owusu said: "It's great to be back again! I'm always excited to see how Libby has grown and be back with the Fox family!"<ref name="return">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/entries/cc9f0b03-85e9-46ae-9cbe-850a13255540 | title=Libby Fox briefly returns to Albert Square | work=[[BBC]] | date=19 July 2015 | accessdate=19 July 2015}}</ref> Libby appeared on 3 and 4 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06548dq |title=BBC One - EastEnders, 03/08/2015 |accessdate=3 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022235844/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06548dq |archive-date=22 October 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06549t3 |title=BBC One - EastEnders, 04/08/2015 |accessdate=3 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107002622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06549t3 |archive-date=7 January 2016 }}</ref> Libby has since returned over various guest stints: on 11 December 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06s1fl2 |title=BBC One - EastEnders, 11/12/2015 |accessdate=27 November 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514121942/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06s1fl2 |archive-date=14 May 2016 }}</ref> four episodes from 7 to 10 March 2016, four episodes from 22 to 27 April 2016, five episodes from 7 to 17 November 2016 and for a guest stint from 23 December 2016 to 31 January 2017.<ref name="10big">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-12-03/eastenders-10-big-christmas-2016-storylines---revealed |title=EastEnders: 10 big Christmas 2016 storylines - REVEALED |accessdate=3 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220032130/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-12-03/eastenders-10-big-christmas-2016-storylines---revealed |archive-date=20 December 2016 }}</ref>
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