Viewers fell in love with Paula Lane when she played troubled tearaway Kylie Platt in Coronation Street. Now the actress is bringing her on-screen charisma to another complex role as reformed killer Ella Forster in Emmerdale .
Ella has arrived in the village with a bang. Not only has she romanced Doctor Liam Cavanagh, and become pals with Mandy Dingle, but she’s also revealed she brutally murdered her best friend when she was just 11 years old.
Now she’s about to suffer the heartache of a silent miscarriage, which further complicates her relationship with Liam (Jonny McPherson), who accuses her of never being pregnant in the first place.
Her storylines have been dark and heavy, and Paula says playing such emotional scenes means she has to keenly guard her mental health.
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