Waterloo Road say goodbye to Sambuca Kelly (HQ)

Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the schools teacher and students, and confronts social issues, including affairs, abortion, divorce, Cancer and suicide.
Sam Kelly commenced her time at Waterloo Road at the age of fourteen. She is the third of five children born to troubled Rose Kelly. Her half-brothers Marley, Earl and Denzil were also pupils at Waterloo Road. She also has a baby brother, Prince, who is not featured very much during the series. She grew up around the country after her troubled mother uprooted the family, which she started in east London, on several occasions. The family's wayward nature was attributed to the abusive and manipulative actions of Sambuca's father, Reynold. Viewers soon learn that although Sam might come across as abrasive, she is a highly compassionate individual.
Named after her mum's favourite drink, Sambuca is essentially a good kid who often finds herself drawn into trouble by the tough Waterloo Road environment. Over the course of the time that Sam spends at Waterloo Road, she often finds herself in trouble as a consequence of her endeavours to provide assistance to her friends. Sam proves herself to be an exceptionally loyal individual with a gigantic heart, as is proven when she provides assistance to one of her classmates, Harry. Sam is used to fighting her own corner and as a result springs to the defensive a little too readily.
In series 7 she finds out that she has brain cancer after having regular headaches and in one episode fits as well. Despite this, Sam attends school and tells everybody that her severe headaches are attributed to migraines. It is only near the very end that her friends discover the truth, and here we see pupils and teachers having a memorial service shortly after her death..