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Beth CordinglyRebecca Cordingly (born 1 November 1976), known professionally as Beth Cordingly, is an English actress, known for her appearances in series The Bill, Dead Set, The Burning Girls and Emmerdale.
Sara WarringtonSara Warrington is a fictional character from the British soap opera Family Affairs, played by Beth Cordingly. She debuted on-screen during 2000 and left the show the following year.
Ian KelseyIan Kelsey (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Dave Glover in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, Patrick Spiller in the BBC medical drama Casualty, DI Richard Mayne in the ITV crime drama Blue Murder and Howard Bellamy in the BBC soap opera Doctors. As well as appearing in the BBC drama Down to Earth, he also portrayed the role of Vinny Ashford in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2016 to 2017.
List of Emmerdale characters introduced in 2024Emmerdale is a British ITV soap opera that first aired on 16 October 1972. The following characters debuted in 2024. Ella Forster (Paula Lane) made first appearance in January, as did Ruby Fox-Miligan (Beth Cordingly), the wife of Caleb Miligan (William Ash) and the mother of his son, Nicky Miligan (Lewis Cope). Rose Jackson (Christine Tremarco), the estranged ex-wife of Will Taylor (Dean Andrews) and mother of Dawn Fletcher (Olivia Bromley), debuted in April. In June, Josh Cope (Oisin Morgan), the transphobic friend of Samson Dingle (Sam Hall) arrived in the village, followed in August by John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth), the long-lost son of Jack Sugden (Clive Hornby) and half-brother of Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) arrived. He was followed by Helen Fox (Sharon Maughan), Ruby's mother, and DS Foy (Robert Cavanah), a police officer investigating Belle King's (Eden Taylor-Draper) attack on her husband Thomas King (James Chase) with an axe, in September. In October, boxing promoter, Jade Garrick (Twinnie-Lee Moore) made her first appearance, followed by Caleb and Ruby's daughter, Steph Miligan (Georgia Jay) and Ruby's father, Anthony Fox (Nicholas Day) in November. Additionally, several other characters appeared throughout the year.
Kerry Young (The Bill)Kerry Young is a fictional character from the British police procedural television series The Bill, played by Beth Cordingly. She first appeared in the eighteenth series episode "Too Close to the Wind", broadcast on 11 July 2002. Kerry was introduced as a police constable, who joins the Metropolitan Police based at the Sun Hill station. Cordingly's casting and Kerry's creation occurred after a large number of characters were written out by the show's new executive producer Paul Marquess. Ahead of her audition, Cordingly worried that she might be typecast as a bitch because of her past roles. However, Marquess met with all the new actors and wrote their characters around them, and Cordingly was relieved when Kerry's biography was full of "nice stuff". To prepare for the role, Cordingly spent time with the Met to learn about their daily routine and joined them for a day out in a squad car, which she admitted left her with motion sickness. Kerry is initially portrayed as confident, bubbly, down to earth, and impulsive. Cordingly said her character prefers to get on with things instead of analysing them, but sometimes her attitude frustrates her older colleagues. Cordingly enjoyed playing a character that was likeable and not a bitch, compared to some of her previous roles. However, Kerry was seen as a victim in her first year as everything went wrong for her. She eventually began to grow stronger and harden up, as well as becoming tougher in her career too. Cordingly found Kerry's police uniform helped her get into character, but she found it was unflattering and likened herself to the Michelin man when she wore it. A lot of Kerry's storylines have focused on her love life. In her first scenes, Kerry has a one-night stand with PC Nick Klein (René Zagger). She later establishes a relationship with PC Luke Ashton (Scott Neal), which develops into a love triangle when he has an affair with Sergeant Craig Gilmore (Hywel Simons). Kerry and Luke eventually marry and she becomes pregnant, however, she miscarries when she learns of Luke's affair. Cordingly thought the storyline went on for too long and she had to work on making Kerry's ignorance around her husband credible. Kerry later has a brief affair with Sergeant Dale "Smithy" Smith (Alex Walkinshaw), before she begins a relationship with Australian PC Cameron Tait (Daniel MacPherson), whom she had to arrest in his debut episode. Cordingly and McPherson began a relationship in real life which they found helped them with their characters in later storylines. In April 2004, Kerry is targeted by PC Gabriel Kent (Todd Carty), who manipulates her into thinking that Smithy has date raped her. Cordingly pointed out that the audience see a kiss between Smithy and Kerry and nothing else, leaving it ambiguous as to what happened. Gabriel uses this to his advantage and tells their colleagues Smithy date raped Kerry. In the midst of this, the shift are called to a bank siege, where Kerry volunteers to isolate with a man who has a bomb strapped to his chest. The storyline comes to a dramatic climax as the bomb goes off while Kerry is distracted, leaving her unconscious. Cordingly enjoyed being involved in the stunts during filming. Gabriel's obsession with Kerry leads him to rape her, shortly after she get engaged to Cameron. Kerry does not report the rape and Carty believed it was because of her earlier accusation against Smithy, which would make her look like "the girl who cried wolf". In an effort to prove that she is a good officer, Kerry goes undercover with the Radfords, a local crime family. As she becomes romantically involved with David Radford (Alex McSweeney), Cordingly said Kerry's loyalties are divided due to her disillusionment with the force and clashing with Inspector Gina Gold (Roberta Taylor). Lynda Bellingham said her character Irene Radford wants to turn Kerry against the force. Cordingly was unsure whose side Kerry was on during the storyline. On 29 March 2004, it was announced Cordingly had decided to leave The Bill. She had planned to go in January 2004, but she chose to go out at "a climax point" for her character instead. Producers decided to kill her off and make her the fourth victim of the Sun Hill sniper. In the lead up to her final scenes, Kerry is arrested for her involvement with the Radford family, she uncovers Gabriel's real identity, and discovers Andrea Dunbar (Natalie J. Robb) is actually an undercover journalist. Kerry also realises she loves Smithy, who also declares his love for her. Cordingly made her final appearance as Kerry on 20 October 2004, as she is shot by Gabriel outside the station. ITV later aired a special episode all about the character titled The Bill Uncovered: Kerry's Story.
Georgia JayGeorgina Philipps, known professionally as Georgia Jay, is a British actress, known for portraying the role of Steph Miligan in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale since 2024. Prior to joining the soap, she appeared in various television series including Giri/Haji (2019) and Glow & Darkness (2021).
2025 British Soap AwardsThe 2025 British Soap Awards honoured the best in British soap operas throughout 2024 and 2025. The ceremony was held on 31 May 2025 at the Hackney Empire theatre in Hackney, London, and will be broadcast on ITV1, ITVX and STV on 5 June 2025. After ITV cancelled the 2024 ceremony for undisclosed reasons, this marked the return of the awards after two years. Jane McDonald returned as presenter, having previously replaced disgraced former presenter Phillip Schofield in 2023. The publicly voted categories were announced on 7 April 2025, with the vote opening that same day. This included a longlist for the Best Leading Performer accolade, which included four cast members from each respective soap. The British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance was also turned to a publicly-voted accolade for the first time. The shortlist, including panel nominations, were released on 1 May 2025. Despite falling within the eligibility period, transmitting its final episode in November 2024, the ceremony marks the first since 2002 that BBC soap opera Doctors was not considered for the awards. EastEnders dominated the ceremony with eight wins, including Best British Soap, as well winning the other publicly-voted awards and four panel-voted awards. Hollyoaks won three panel-voted awards, while David Neilson won the British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement for 30 years of playing Roy Cropper in Coronation Street. The Tony Warren Award was given to Emmerdale cameraman Mike Plant.
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