Hollyoaks and Coronation Street star Angela Lonsdale eyes possible Emmerdale role

Hollyoaks actress Angela Lonsdale has her eyes on a potential role in Emmerdale.

Having appeared as policewoman and wife to Curley Watts, Emma Taylor, in Coronation Street from 2000-2003, and as 'Scary' Sue Buchanan in Holby City for a bit, she's quite the familiar face on the soap patch.

"I've been on so many now! I was in Corrie for years, then Doctors, and I did Holby City. I think I'm used to that way of working.

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"Often in soap you do one take and move on, I like working like that. I think once you act in a soap you can do anything," Lonsdale told Inside Soap.

When the subject of Emmerdale cropped up, she enthusiastically responded: "I wouldn't say no! I've been up there a few times and been close to getting a few parts – I wouldn't be opposed to joining another soap.

"It's nice to be part of a family, that's what I love about it."

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While those Yorkshire Dales casting directors mull that one over, did you know that a live episode has been ruled out for Emmerdale's 50th anniversary celebrations this year?

"There's a reason that viewers like the lives and that's because they are looking for something to go wrong," commented executive producer Jane Hudson in an exclusive interview with Digital Spy.

"The problem with live episodes is you are really restricted in the stories you can tell. We know that one of the things our viewers love is the stunts we pull out of the bag and you can't do those in a live."

Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV, and streams on the ITV Hub.