An Emmerdale star is making her return to the show nine years since she was last seen - but will appear as a new character.
Pippa Fulton has previously been seen in the Dales in two different roles in 2014 and 2017.
Now, she is back on the ITV soap once more, this time as a new villainous character.
Emmerdale star Pippa Fulton back as new character 9 years later
Fulton will be back as a mysterious new villain who is due to arrive in the village next week.
Lewis Barton (played by Bradley Riches) will be taken hostage whilst he is on the way to the airport.
The kidnapper will be revealed to be a woman named Kylie (Fulton).
Kylie will abduct Lewis while he's on his way to the airport, bundling him into the back of a van by masked assailants.
His danger is relayed via text to his brother Ross Barton (Michael Parr), informing him of the kidnapping.
The message warns Lewis is in danger unless his father returns a 'Penny' to the kidnapper.
The actress is due to appear in "a handful of episodes later this month", an insider told The Sun.
Playing Kylie is Pippa Fulton's third time appearing on Emmerdale.
She first appeared in 2014, enjoying a one-night stand with Ross, before returning in 2014 as a customer at Dales business, Take A Vow in 2017.
The actress rose to fame in 2002 on the BBC talent show Fame Academy, where she reached the fourth week of the competition.
She has also appeared in the ITV soap Coronation Street as Aurora, the friend of Steve McDonald's date.
Emmerdale and Coronation Street schedule changes for World Cup
Both ITV soaps, Emmerdale and Coronation Street, have been hit by multiple schedule changes in recent weeks, due to sports coverage.
Some episodes have been extended to their previous hour-long format, with others airing earlier or later than usual.
Others have been removed from the schedule completely.
There will be no Emmerdale or Coronation Street episodes tonight (June 17) because ITV will be showing two football matches.
England kick off their World Cup campaign in the US against Croatia at 9pm, with coverage beginning from 8pm.
Fellow Group L participants Ghana and Panama will then air from 11.40pm with kick-off 20 minutes later at 12am UK time.
Soap fans will miss out on an episode on Thursday (June 18) too; however, the longer episodes on Monday and Tuesday earlier this week made up for the missing slots.
Both soaps underwent a big change to their schedules earlier this year, with a new “soaps power hour” introduced from January.
On weekdays, 30-minute Emmerdale episodes are at 8pm with 30-minute Coronation Street episodes following at 8.30pm.
Coronation Street previously aired three hour-long episodes a week, while Emmerdale aired four 30-minute episodes and one hour-long instalment.
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