Any Emmerdale fan worth their salt will remember Donna Windsor’s dramatic exit.Terminally ill with lung cancer and desperate to expose notorious criminal Gary North, Donna handcuffed herself to the thug and jumped from the roof of a multi-storey car park – killing both of them.
It marked the end of a long stint on the soap for actress Verity Rushworth, who took on the role aged 12. She left the ITV hit after 11 years in 2009, but returned for a few months in 2014 – with Donna’s dramatic final scenes airing on Verity’s 29th birthday.
Since her Emmerdale exit, which won her the 2015 Soap Award for Spectacular Scene Of The Year, Verity has had Amelie, four, and Ethan, 22 months, with hubby Dominic Michael Shaw.
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