Soap: Emmerdale

Character Name: Debbie Dingle

Actor Name: Charley Webb

UK soap character Debbie Dingle has been acting in village soap drama Emmerdale since 2002 when she first appeared on Christmas Eve as the foster child of Paddy and Emily Kirk.

Although she was sent back home for 2 weeks, she returned back to Paddy and Kirk as her mother had fallen into a coma after drinking too much. It was soon revealed that Debbie was actually the daughter of village villain Cain Dingle and his partner Charity and she was soon living with them.

Since being launched full time into the show, Debbie Dingle has had a mass of dramatic story lines including pregnancy, dodgy dealings, helping rid of a dead body and going to jail, but actress 21 year old Charley Webb admits she loves playing Debbie and has come across many professional challenges whilst playing her.

“Debbie’s a great character. I remember when I was taken into the producers to talk about the story line when she was pregnant” she told OK magazine “Obviously I was quite young at the time and I was going to have to give birth on screen, which is a big thing to take on”.

Outside of Emmerdale, Charley has posed for many magazines, and has become quite the icon but Charley admits she does what she can to try and keep her life simple and out of the public eye, unlike her character Debbie’s! Charley claims she thinks it’s important to have a personal life and to draw a line between reality and fame.

Debbie Dingle is set to come across an array of obstacles in the next few months as Dad Cain has returned and her mother Charity isn’t far behind him….

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Soap: Hollyoaks

Character Name: Kris Fisher

Actor Name: Gerard McCarthy

Irish drag queen soapy character Kris is loud, flashy and not afraid to say what he thinks, and after being dragged through a rough couple of years, nobody can blame this eccentric cross dresser for his behaviour. Kris was faced with dealing with the news that his brother Malachy, was HIV positive, which was obviously hard to deal with. The pair are really close and actor Gerard McCarthy believes since Malachy appeared on the scene, his character Kris has been more relaxed and somewhat complete. “You see the real side of Kris when Malachy’s around, as opposed to the ‘performance’ he puts on with others” Gerard said, and he truly is right.

Gerard McCarthy who has been playing Kris Fisher on Hollyoaks soap tv show since 2006 started acting professionally in 2002 when he attended Laine Theatre Arts school and shortly after joining, he landed a part in award winning west end musical Mamma Mia! He then joined Hollyoaks, appearing in his first scene as a student in a new university class. One of his first scenes consisted of his character Kris punching fellow student Joe after he lied about who he was. 28 year old Gerard openly admits he is completely soap star struck when working on the Hollyoaks set and was delighted when offered the part. “Working in Hollyoaks is a dream come true” he admitted “I tried out so many auditions for other jobs, but I never imagined I would end up working in such a well-known soap, surrounded by so many stunning girls!”.

Gerard has been nominated for numerous awards for portraying Kris Fisher soap tv character and scooped a reputable award in 2007 – The Best Actor Irish Entertainment award. Although Gerard has said he doesn’t want to outstay his welcome at Hollyoaks, fans can look forward to a whole lot more of Kris Fisher every weekday at 6.30pm on Channel 4.

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