The voice behind Jet2’s iconic “Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday” adverts has been identified and fans are “rocked to the core” to discover she is a Brit TV icon
TV fans are “rocked to the core” after finding out the identity of the Jet2 Holidays voice actress.
The commercials, which feature Jess Glynne’s hit song Hold My Hand, have been a staple on telly screens for years but now TV viewers have only just learned exactly who is behind the enthusiastic voiceovers.
The woman proclaiming: “Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday,” is none other than former Hollyoaks star Zoe Lister. Zoe played the role of Zoe Carpenter on the Channel 4 soap from 2006 to 2010, with a brief return in 2017.
She has since traded in her acting career for a life of voiceover work and the 43-year-old has also appeared in Midsomer Murders and Staff Room.
The revelation came to light after That’s TV interviewed Zoe. On X/Twitter they wrote: “A Maidenhead woman has become a viral sensation as hundreds of thousands of people use her voice in social media videos. That’s TV spoke with Zoë Lister, the voice of the Jet2 promotion video, advertising package holidays,” reports the Mirror.
Zoe explained how her voiceover work with Jet2 began as a small campaign four years ago during the company’s partnership with Love Island. She said: “I was just employed to do the bumpers, something to do with: “Get a flight if you enter this competition,” that sort of thing.”
“Then they were like: ‘Oh, actually, we’ll have your voice for the whole campaign,’ and that’s just been rolling ever since every year which has been incredible. It feels like silly joy which is what people need right now, I think. It’s not serious, it’s light hearted!”
Zoe said that the situation “feels so bizarre” but she “loves it” because people “send her videos all the time”. The former soap star admitted: “I love the creativity, people are just really funny.”
“For the next generation, the generation Z that has made it what it is, it reminds them of days gone by adverts when they were little.”
Fans were gobsmacked to discover who is behind the adverts and one person wrote: “I’m sorry, Zoe Carpenter from Hollyoaks is *the* Jet2 lady!? Did we all know this??”
Someone elsee exclaimed: ‘”This revelation has rocked me to my core,” while a third person chimed in: “The woman from the most iconic parachute jump scene in living history? Oh my daysssss.”
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