Actress Lisa Allen has been revealed as a brand new character known as Lesley in Emmerdale – however how a lot are you aware in regards to the cleaning soap’s newest star?
Despite making her first look as Lesley in a latest episode of the cleaning soap, Lisa Allen already had a job in Emmerdale as a policewoman in a earlier episode earlier than becoming a member of as a recurring character.
That’s not all, as Lisa has additionally appeared in different rival soaps, together with Coronation Street, the place she performed Nurse Madge Hingle and Heartbeat as Wendy Fairchild.
Along with roles in Waterloo Road, Fred and Rose: The Final Betrayal and DCI Banks, Lisa has been a well-known face on our screens for a few years – but it surely appears her Emmerdale look has already received followers speaking.
After Lisa made her debut as Lesley in Emmerdale firstly of the month, many followers of the cleaning soap consider that she may very well be the mum of teenager Amelia Spencer.
Amelia’s mum Ali was within the ITV cleaning soap from 2011 till 2015, and was killed off in an off-screen automobile crash in April 2018, together with her son Sean breaking the tragic information to her household.
However on May 30, Faith Dingle headed off for her first chemotherapy appointment since revealing her breast most cancers had returned, and as she settled into the chair, a lady named Lesley entered together with her son.
Lesley struck up dialog with Faith – with viewers at residence recognizing that Lesley had an uncanny resemblance to Amelia, and predicting that she could possibly be her actual mum.
One fan stated on social media: “Does anyone else think that the chemotherapy patient in tonight’s episode looked like Amelia? Wondered if she could be her mum. Her name wasn’t showing in credits.”
A second additionally added: “Probably just an extra although she did have a speaking part which is unusual for extras!”
While Lesley’s identification is but to be revealed, actress Lisa Allen can be returning to Emmerdale from June 27 – so viewers is not going to have lengthy to attend to see if their predictions are proper.
Away from Emmerdale, Lisa Allen can be at present filming the brand new Disney+ collection The Full Monty, the place she is going to play Kath alongside actors from the unique movie together with Robert Carlyle and Hugo Speer.
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That’s not all, because the proficient cleaning soap star can be a educated cabaret singer and mezzo-soprano, in accordance with her Spotlight profile.
Along with theatre roles in productions reminiscent of Horrible Histories: The Terrible Tudors, Brassed Off and All The World’s A Stage, Lisa Allen actually appears to be one to look at as she prepares to make her Emmerdale entrance later this month.
Emmerdale airs weeknights on ITV at 7.30pm
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