Charley Webb joins the cast of Better on BBC One tonight (February 13), but you might know her best as Debbie Dingle from Emmerdale.
Charley left Emmerdale in January 2021, and the star recently shared the reason behind her exit.
But will she ever return to Emmerdale?
Who does she play in Better and who is her famous husband?
Here’s everything there is to know about Charley Webb…
Who does Charley Webb play in Better?
Charley Webb joins the cast of BBC’s new crime drama Better as Elise.
In the first episode, Elise joins Lou as one of the dinner party guests at criminal Col McHugh’s birthday party.
While it isn’t quite clear how she knows Col, or what role she has in his criminal organisation, it will no doubt be revealed in the series.
On her Instagram, Charley wrote that she “loved” filming for Better.
Who did Charley Webb play in Emmerdale?
Charley Webb joined the cast of Emmerdale as Debbie Dingle in 2002 when she was just 14.
Debbie Dingle is the daughter of Cain Dingle and Charity Dingle.
When they were teenagers, second cousins Cain and Charity started dating and Charity got pregnant.
Charity have birth to a daughter and was forced to give her to her dad Obadiah’s alcoholic friend Pat Jones, who named her Debbie.
Debbie arrived in the village in 2002 and was a temporary foster child to Paddy and Emily Kirk.
But it wasn’t long before she discovered her parents Charity and Cain were living in Emmerdale.
Debbie has seven siblings altogether. On her mum’s side, she has three half-brothers; Ryan, Noah and Moses. She also has an adoptive brother Johnny, who is the biological son of Vanessa Woodfield.
On her dad’s side she also has three half-brothers; Nate Robinson, Kyle Winchester and Isaac Dingle.
Debbie has two children, Sarah Sugden Jr and son Jack Sugden Jr. Their dad is Andy Sugden.
What age is she?
Charley Webb was born on February 26 1988 in Bury, Greater Manchester.
She is currently 34, and will turn 35 this month.
Who is Charley Webb’s famous husband?
Charley is married to her co-star Matthew Wolfenden, who plays David Metcalfe on the soap.
Their wedding, in February 2018, was a surprise ceremony to guests who thought they were there to celebrate Charley’s 30th birthday.
The pair announced they were expecting their first child in 2009 and Charley gave birth to Buster in April 2010.
In December 2015, Bowie came along to join his brother.
Their third child, Ace, was born in July 2019.
As well as her famous husband, Charley has a famous brother – Jamie Lomas, who stars as Warren Fox in Hollyoaks.
Who is Debbie Dingle in Emmerdale married to?
Over the years, Debbie Dingle has had relationships with many different villagers including Andy Sugden, Jasmine Thomas, Cameron Murray, Scott Windsor and even her second cousin Eli Dingle.
In 2015, Debbie married Pete Barton but she’d been having an affair with his brother Ross.
A recording of Debbie and Ross discussing their infidelity was played at the wedding. But moments later, a helicopter crashed into the village.
Later Debbie and Pete got divorced. In 2018 she planned to marry Joe Tate. However, Kim Tate wanted him dead and he fled the village on his wedding day.
Cain believed he had killed Joe as he knocked him unconscious for leaving Debbie at the altar. But it was revealed months later Joe was alive.
Most recently Debbie dated Al Chapman.
However, she discovered he was engaged to Priya Sharma and set him up to be exposed as a love rat.
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