As Christmas approaches, Vanessa from Emmerdale threatens to reveal Charity’s baby bombshell.
Vanessa Woodfield, who plays Vanessa Dingle in Emmerdale, is currently in the news as she threatens to uncover Charity Dingle’s baby’s secret.
Currently on the ITV soap, pregnant Charity’s (Emma Atkins) house of cards could come crashing down this Christmas after confessing to her ex-lover Vanessa (Michelle Hardwick) that she is not carrying Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) and Jacob Gallagher’s (Joe-Warren Plant) baby as a surrogate after falling pregnant naturally.
Ever since her one-night stand with Ross Barton (Mike Parr), Charity’s surrogacy plans have turned into a nightmare, although Vanessa does not know about Charity and Ross and thinks Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) is the baby’s father.
Vanessa and Charity are forced to spend Christmas Day together. But there is panic when Vanessa gets drunk over dinner, and Charity worries about what she will say.
A threat appears as Mack and Charity relax and reflect on their day later. Will Vanessa reveal everything about Charity’s child?
What is the wife of Michelle Hardwick?
Since 2012, Michelle Hardwick, 49, has been cast as Tracy Metcalfe’s (Amy Walsh) half-sister and Frank Clayton’s (Michael Praed) daughter.
However, some viewers may not know that Emmerdale is where Michelle met her real-life wife, Kate Brooks.
Kate, a talented TV executive, previously worked as a series producer on Emmerdale before being appointed as the producer of Coronation Street last year.
The couple announced their relationship in October 2018, on National Coming Out Day, with a sweet Instagram photo.
After Michelle organized a memorable proposal featuring a group of The Greatest Showman performers in their neighborhood cinema, the pair got engaged.
They opted to fly to Elvis Presley’s famous Graceland in Memphis in September 2019 instead of having a large showbiz wedding in the UK.
Sharing a photo of herself and her bride, both wearing white and standing in front of Elvis Presley’s former home, Graceland, Kate wrote: “In over 100 degrees heat, on Tuesday 10th September, I became Mrs Brooks.”
Prior to their nuptials, Michelle spoke candidly with The Mirror in August 2019 about their laid-back approach to wedding planning, revealing: “There’s no magazine deal, we’ll just pick up a few witnesses wherever we are and it will just be me and her.”
She continued, “We only have a few months left before we even have our outfits sorted,” blaming it. That was my biggest learning, in my opinion.
Michelle further explained their unconventional plans for the big day, saying, “We’ll probably have chicken and chips for our wedding breakfast, and we’ll get married abroad, hit a few bars, and have our wedding breakfast.” Then, when we return to England, a large party for our family. All I can tell you is that! It will be ace-worthy.
Teddy and Betty are the happy couple’s sons, and they have since welcomed two more children.
Who was the first wife of Michelle Hardwick?
Before getting married in 2015, Michelle dated Rosie Nicholl for three years. The star admitted she hadn’t told her castmates until they discovered she no longer had her wedding ring on, but they eventually settled their differences.
She told the Daily Star that Rosie and I are still close friends despite splitting last year. We did indeed fall apart because of it. We had a big fairytale wedding, which was fantastic.
“It’s just really sad and one of those things that happens. We still have our dogs which we’ll share and nobody else was involved, it just happened and it was a mutual decision. I don’t know how else to explain it.
Prior to landing the role of Vanessa in Emmerdale, Michelle had notable roles in Heartbeat and Coronation Street. In the ITV soap, the Leeds-born star played two different roles – Sheila Dixon in 1997 and Naomi Russell in 1998.
One of her biggest starring roles, however, was as Lizzie Hopkirk in The Royal – a spin-off from Heartbeat. She also had a minor role in Hollyoaks.
