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Wendy Posner has spent more time in tears than not in Emmerdale of late. The character first arrived in the ITV soap back in 2019 as she came to confront Victoria Sugden who had accused her son, Lee of raping her before falling pregnant with his baby.

Emmerdale fans are raging against the soap’s bosses as they call for a “fake” villager to face the axe. In last night's episode, long-standing character Bob Hope was rushed to horrible when a nasty altercation with Liam Cavanagh went awry.

Emmerdale's Susan Cookson, who plays Wendy Posner in the ITV soap, has revealed that she was "saved" by the show following the death of her husband.The 58 year old has revealed that she was about to give up on her career after her husband, Malcolm Scates, sadly passed away. Susan was about to retire and was on her way to see a nursing manager to find out how to retrain in that profession when she got the call from Emmerdale.The ITV soap offered her the role of Nurse Wendy out of the blue, and it didn't take long for Susan to say yes. She told The Mirror: "I was at a bit of a crossroads in my life through one thing and another and I decided that I wanted a more regular job.

charity ball. Lisa Riley, who plays Mandy Dingle on the ITV soap, was all smiles alongside her co-stars and wowed in a vibrant pink dress.

Emmerdale star Jonny McPherson has revealed he has found love again following his split from Scots co-star Natalie J Robb.

Ever since Jonny McPherson first made an appearance on Emmerdale back in 2014, the actor has had his fair share of traumatic scenes. Jonny plays the soap’s resident medic, Dr Liam Cavanagh, who, since 2018, has gone on to become a major character. From the murder of Liam’s daughter, Leanna, two years ago by psychopath Meena Jutla, to his subsequent depression and mental health battle trying to come to terms with Leanna’s death, Jonny, 41, admits it has been tough at times not to bring the hard-hitting storylines home with him.

Since joining the cast of Emmerdale as Wendy Posner back in 2019, actress Susan Cookson has dug her teeth into a fair few gritty storylines. From arriving in the Dales to confront Victoria Sugden who accused her son Lee of raping her to Wendy lying to veteran character Bob Hope ahead of an incoming affair storyline, it’s definitely not been all plain sailing in the Yorkshire village.

Emmerdale's Wendy Posner is set for a passionate week as the actress who plays her opens up about the consequences facing her character. Susan Cookson has given viewers a preview into the fallout that will take place after she gives into temptation and gets passionate with colleague Liam Cavanagh in episodes set to air in the next few days.

Emmerdale fans were left baffled during Thursday night's episode (May 26) of the soap as Wendy Posner continues to work as a nurse. In September last year, Wendy had a dramatic face-off with her ex-husband Russ who forced her to reveal that she was never qualified as a nurse.But despite this, Wendy, played by Susan Cookson, continues to work as a nurse and was there to support Faith Dingle when she saw her in the hospital.Seeing Faith sat with another nurse, Wendy asked: "Faith, is everything okay? Are you visiting someone? Only, well you look a bit peaky yourself."Viewers took to social media to express confusion at how she is still able to work in a hospital.One wrote: "Why is that nurse woman still a nurse...didn't she admit she hadn't ever qualified? #Emmerdale.""I take it the writers have forgotten they did an entire plot line where it was discovered Wendy failed to complete her nursing training and isn't qualified to nurse.

Emmerdale fans went wild earlier this week as they discovered Wendy Posner star Susan Cookson's connection to Coronation Street. Eagle-eyed soap watchers took to Twitter to share their shock that Susan previously played Marion, the mother of Callum Logan, on Coronation Street between 2015 to 2016.The role of Marion was taken over by Kerry Peers in 2019 and 2020.

EMMERDALE star Susan Cookson has a real-life connection to an iconic Coronation Street villain. The actress - who plays Wendy Posner in the ITV soap - had viewers distracted this week as they realised they had seen her before on the rival soap.

Emmerdale fans were left stunned on Monday evening, as they clocked the connection between Wendy Posner star Susan Cookson and an iconic Coronation Street villain.It came as Wendy finally confessed her criminal past to boyfriend Bob Hope, admitting she'd been imprisoned for 12 months for stealing methadone for her ex Russ to sell on.Wendy was left without a nursing license after the incident, but managed to enter the industry after changing her name in marriage.But fans were more distracted by Wendy actress Susan Cookson's real-life connection to Coronation Street villain Callum Logan.It turns out Susan actually played Callum's mum Marion Logan on the cobbles - who joined a mediation session between David and Callum over son Max's

Emmerdale star Susan Cookson has revealed that the actor who plays her on-screen evil ex Russ once nearly worked with her real-life husband.The 56-year-old actress has played Wendy Posner in the ITV soap since 2019.She's had a tough time since moving to the village and didn't expect the arrival of Russ, played by Rob Jarvis, last month.Wendy has found herself on the receiving end of Russ’ wrath in recent weeks as he's determined to get his hands on his baby grandson Harry's inheritance.He's resorted to blackmailing Wendy and she's been adhering to his demands because she is harbouring a secret which she doesn't want to anyone to know.However, Russ forced Wendy to reveal that she never qualified as a nurse during Wednesday's show.

Emmerdale star Susan Cookson says fans will be left screaming at their television screens following the arrival of her character Wendy Posner's evil ex-husband Russ (Rob Jarvis).Wendy's life is about to get a whole lot darker in upcoming scenes of the ITV soap.She recently attended her ex mother-in-law's funeral and is left shaken when Russ turns up on her doorstep unannounced.He angry about his late mother's will as she’s left it all to Victoria Sugden's (Isabel Hodgins) baby Harry and he demands they talk.Viewers will quickly discover Russ is her abusive ex with a criminal past.Actress Susan, 56, told Daily Star and other press: "What I really like about the writing of this is the audience will see from the off that he's a bad one."I

It’s been a tense time for Emmerdale character Wendy Posner recently, as the return of Kim Tate saw her handed an eviction notice. Wendy and Luke Posner arrived in the Yorkshire village last year and moved into a cottage owned by the Tates, but with Kim’s return things are no longer plain-sailing, and Luke wants answers.