Emmerdale star Lesley Dunlop has played the role of Brenda Walker since 2008 with her storylines resonating with her real life, from her doting husband to a heartbreaking family diagnosis.
Lesley, 67, has become a beloved character on the hit ITV soap for over 15 years and in that time fell in love with her co-star Chris Chittel, who plays the role of Eric Pollard.The couple who are married in real life, first met when Lesley joined the Emmerdale cast as shopkeeper Brenda and their romance quickly blossomed away from the cameras.
In an interview with the Daily Record in 2012, just four years after the pair first met, Chris revealed that he had Emmerdale to thank for his relationship.
He said: "Everyone thinks it’s the younger members of the cast who have all the fun but we more mature ones do, too. "It was weird.
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