Emmerdale Michelle Hardwick's life - co-star romance, split heartbreak and trolling hell

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Emmerdale star Michelle Hardwick recently returned to the show as Vanessa Woodfield - and now the actress herself is celebrating her 46th birthday.Since returning to Emmerdale, she has rowed extensively with sister Tracy and helped best pal Rhona fend off her guilt about her abusive ex Pierce.She first graced her way into the village back in 2012 and Vanessa has been at the centre of some thrilling drama in the ITV soap.

From being tied up and held hostage by a murderer, having a son from a one-night stand, being stabbed by an arsonist and more recently being diagnosed with bowel cancer, fans of the long-running serial drama know that the character has gone through it all.Vanessa went off-screen last year after she left the village to visit her mother, who had a bad fall.However, in real life, actress Michelle had given birth to her first child with Emmerdale producer wife Kate Brooks and delayed returning back to the soap.Michelle is back at work and Vanessa's dramatic return was witnessed by fans of the ITV soap on Wednesday night.Daily Star has taken a sneak peek into Michelle's life away from the television cameras.Back in 2017, the Emmerdale star split from her wife Rosie Nicholl after less than two years of marriage.The devastating break-up four years ago left Michelle feeling so upset that she could not talk about what had happened with music teacher Rosie and even kept her marriage split a secret from her co-stars.Michelle and Rosie tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in April 2015 - however, they later revealed that the spark was no longer there as they started to drift apart.Back in 2017, she told Daily Star: "Unfortunately, Rosie and I did split last year but are still good friends.