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Ross Barton
Ross Barton is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', portrayed by Michael Parr. He made his first appearance in episode 6600 of the soap, broadcast on 9 July 2013. Ross first appears as the carjacker of Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy), before being revealed to be the nephew of Moira Barton ( Natalie J. Robb). The character is initially characterised as a bad boy and a "nasty piece of work". The softer side of Ross' personality is explored when he enters a secret relationship with police officer Donna Windsor ( Verity Rushworth), who has terminal cancer. When Donna dies, Ross bonds with her daughter April Windsor ( Amelia Flanagan). Producers created a whodunit storyline in 2015 when Charity Dingle ( Emma Atkins) becomes pregnant and does not reveal the father. After giving birth to a son, Moses Dingle, Charity reveals that Ross is his father. Ross also embarks on an affair with Charity's daughter Debbie ( Charley Webb), who at the time was engaged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Parr
Michael Parr (born 6 August 1986) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the part of Ross Barton in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', and originally Billy Parker in the Channel 4 soap opera, ''Hollyoaks''. Early life and education Parr was born in St Helens, Merseyside. His mother is American and he holds dual U.S. and British nationality, enabling him to work in the U.S. without the need of a Green Card if he so wished. He trained at the Elizabeth Hill School of Dance and Drama in St Helens, and the East 15 Acting School in Essex, graduating in 2008. Prior to getting the part in ''Emmerdale'', Parr worked between acting jobs as a Learning Support Assistant in a Special Educational Needs school. He had previously worked as a barman. Career ''Emmerdale'' Parr made his first appearance in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' in July 2013, playing an unnamed man who carjacked regular character Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy). It was only after his return to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Bellamy
Charlotte Bellamy (born 19 March 1973) is an English actress. She is known for her long-running role as Laurel Thomas in ''Emmerdale'' on ITV (TV network), ITV. Other television roles included Sue Taylor in ''EastEnders'' (1997), and Harriet Potter in ''The Broker's Man'' (1998), before she joined ''Emmerdale'' in 2002. She won the British Soap Award for Best Actress in 2017. Acting career In 1994, Bellamy played the character Elaine, in the episode "Nowhere To Run" of ITV's ''The Bill''. In 1996, she was Jaimie Merrick in ''A Touch of Frost'' episode "Deep Waters". In 1997, she played religious fanatic Sue Taylor in BBC's ''EastEnders''; and, in 1998, she was Cissie in a London Weekend Television production of ''Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998 TV serial), Tess of the D'Urbervilles''. Bellamy is best known for her part in ''Emmerdale'' as Laurel Thomas. Personal life Bellamy is married to Mungo Denison, with three children. She had her first child in 2004, her second in 2007, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sugden
Robert Sugden is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. The character originally appeared on the show regularly between 22 April 1986 and 3 October 2005. During that time he was first played as a baby by Richard Smith between 1986 and 1989 before the role was taken over by Christopher Smith from 1989 until 2001. In 2001, Karl Davies took over the role in order for the character to become involved in more adult storylines, as he grew older. Davies briefly reprised his role as Robert for one episode, airing on 10 February 2009, when he returned for the funeral of his father and ''Emmerdale'' longest-running character, Jack Sugden ( Clive Hornby). The character returned on 23 October 2014, with actor Ryan Hawley taking over the role. Robert made his return to the show on 28 May 2025. Despite initially being a three episode guest stint until 30 May 2025, it was confirmed soon after that Robert was reintroduced permanently on 18th June 2025. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Quinlan
Anthony Quinlan (born 16 October 1984) is a British actor from Salford, England, known for his roles as Gilly Roach in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' and Pete Barton in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Career Quinlan played Gilly Roach in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. He was nominated for "Sexiest Male" at the 2010 ''Inside Soap'' Awards. He was nominated in the category of "Best Serial Drama Performance" at the 2011 National Television Awards; that same year, he was also nominated in the category of "Best Actor" at the British Soap Awards. On 5 November 2013, it was announced that Quinlan had joined the cast of ''Emmerdale'' as Pete Barton. On 30 November 2019, Quinlan quit the soap and left in 2020. Personal life From 2017 to 2018, Quinlan was in a relationship with ''Strictly Come Dancing'' professional dancer, Dianne Buswell. Since January 2022, Quinlan has been in a relationship with ''Hollyoaks'' and ''Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charley Webb
Charlene Joanne Webb (born 26 February 1988), commonly known as Charley Webb, is an English actress. From 2002 to 2021, she portrayed the role of Debbie Dingle in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. In 2014, she was nominated for Best Female Dramatic Performance at the British Soap Awards. Career Before landing the role of Debbie, Webb previously appeared on the stage in Manchester in a production of ''Bugsy Malone'' when she was eight. She joined the soap opera ''Emmerdale'' in 2002 at the age of 14. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 2009 British Soap Awards and was also nominated for Sexiest Female at the 2010 British Soap Awards. In 2021, Webb announced that she had made the decision to leave ''Emmerdale'' after 19 years. Personal life Webb attended Philips High School in Whitefield, Greater Manchester. She has two older sisters, and her older brother Jamie Lomas is an actor, known for playing Warren Fox in the Channel 4 soap opera, ''Hollyoaks''. In Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Dingle
Debbie Dingle (also Jones and Barton) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Charley Webb. Webb has taken maternity leave three times, with the first time being in 2010, and the second in 2016, with Debbie departing on 1 January 2016. She returned on 24 January 2017, and then went on maternity leave for a third time in 2019, with Debbie leaving for Scotland on 13 August 2019. She returned for a short stint on 25 December 2020, and made her final appearance on 11 February 2021. Debbie was introduced as the foster child of Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) and Emily Kirk (Kate McGregor) before being revealed as the daughter of Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) and Cain Dingle ( Jeff Hordley). She has featured in many storylines on ''Emmerdale'', including her relationships with Andy Sugden (Kelvin Fletcher) (which lead to her pregnancy at the age of 15), Jasmine Thomas ( Jenna-Louise Coleman) and Scott Windsor ( Ben Freeman); her daughter Sarah b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Atkins
Emma Jayne Atkins (born 31 March 1975) is an English actress, best known for her role as Charity Dingle in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Early life Atkins grew up in the village of Silverdale, Lancashire, and then went to study at the University of Salford. Atkins' mother worked in Wakefield Prison. Career Atkins is known for portraying the role of Charity Dingle on the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' since 2000. After first leaving ''Emmerdale'', Atkins appeared in episodes of the BBC series '' Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' Mayo'', '' I'm with Stupid'', '' New Street Law'', ''Doctors'' and ''Casualty''. In 2008 she played Lesley Ashton in Heartbeat series 17 episode 8 On 18 March 2009, it was revealed that Atkins would be returning to ''Emmerdale'', reprising her role of Charity, and she made her reappearance on 1 October 2009. She took a brief break in 2015 when she gave birth to her son, but returned shortly after. Awards and nominations Atkins has been nominated for nume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charity Dingle
Charity Dingle (also Tate, Sharma and Macey) is a fictional character from the British television soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Emma Atkins. Suranne Jones originally auditioned for the role of Charity prior to Atkins being cast in the role. The actress began filming her first scenes in February 2000, and she made her first screen appearance as Charity during the episode broadcast on 30 March 2000. Actress Mica Proctor played a young Charity in a flashback episode about the character's past, which aired on 29 May 2018. The character has been involved in numerous high-profile storylines during her time on the show, such as her marriage to Chris Tate ( Peter Amory), an affair with Chris's sister, Zoe Tate ( Leah Bracknell), the arrival of her long-lost daughter Debbie Dingle ( Charley Webb), her affair with Cain Dingle ( Jeff Hordley), being framed by Chris for his death, giving birth to Noah Tate (Jack Downham) and her relationship with Tom King ( Ken Farrington), wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whodunit
A ''whodunit'' (less commonly spelled as ''whodunnit''; a colloquial elision of "Who asdone it?") is a complex plot-driven variety of detective fiction Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an criminal investigation, investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around ... in which the puzzle regarding who committed the crime is the main focus. The reader or viewer is provided with the clues to the case, from which the identity of the wikt:perpetrator, perpetrator may be deduced before the story provides the revelation itself at its Climax (narrative), climax. The investigation is usually conducted by an eccentric, amateur, or semi-professional detective. Concept A whodunit follows the paradigm of the traditional detective story in the sense that it presents crime as a puzzle to be solved through a chain of inquiries questions that the detective po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia Flanagan
Amelia Flanagan (born 6 June 2008) is an English actress who has appeared as April Windsor in the ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' since 2014. Early and personal life Flanagan was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, to parents Rachel and Chris Flanagan. Her younger twin siblings, Isabella and William, have been playing the roles of cousins Hope Stape and Joseph Brown (Coronation Street), Joseph Brown in rival ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' since 2017. Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Flanagan, Amelia 2008 births Living people English television actresses English soap opera actresses English child actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Leeds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Windsor
''Emmerdale'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters that first appeared or will appear during 2014, by order of first appearance. William Makepeace (Dudley Sutton) and his grandson, Seb ( James Redmond) arrived in February. The following month saw the introduction of Donna Windsor ( Verity Rushworth) and Marlon Dingle's (Mark Charnock) daughter, April (Amelia Flanagan). Tracy Shankley ( Amy Walsh), Daz Spencer (Mark Jordon), Rakesh Kotecha (Pasha Bocarie) and Carole (Tracy Brabin) made their first appearances in July. Rakesh's son, Kirin ( Adam Fielding), made his debut in August. The White family – Lawrence ( John Bowe), Chrissie ( Louise Marwood) and Lachlan (Thomas Atkinson) – arrived in September, October and November. Additionally, multiple other characters appeared in 2014. Ian Chamberlain Ian Chamberlain, played by Robert Cavanah was a man who Val Pollard ( Charlie Hardwick) had a fling with Ian whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verity Rushworth
Verity Charlotte Rushworth (born 15 August 1985) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Donna Windsor in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 1998 to 2009, with a guest appearance in 2014. She has played many theatre roles throughout the UK, including two leading roles in West End theatre productions. From 2020 to 2021, she appeared in the BBC medical soap opera ''Doctors'' as Lily Walker. Life and career Rushworth attended St. Mary's Catholic High School, Menston. In 1997, Rushworth had small roles in ITV television programmes such as '' Heartbeat'', and in 1998, at the age of 12, she took on her most notable role, Donna Windsor in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. She took the role over from Sophie Jeffery, who played the part from 1993 to 1997. After appearing on ''Emmerdale'' for over 10 years, Rushworth filmed her final scenes at the end of 2008 which were later aired in January 2009. From 2 February 2009, she made her West End debut in the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
