Angela Lonsdale has had the backing of her famous friends as she return to soap land, more than 20 years after enjoying huge TV fame on Coronation Street.
In the early 00s, Angela, a stalwart of Newcastle event Sunday for Sammy, was known to millions of ITV viewers as PC Emma Taylor in Corrie, with her famous on screen alias enjoying a romance with Wetherfield icon Curly Watts. Emma and Curly's exit storyline saw them leave the cobbles behind with their son 2003 as her job took her home to Newcastle and actress Emma stayed with the police theme for her next TV role, joining the cast of long-running ITV crime drama The Bill, staying on the show until 2008.
Clearly a fan of being a TV cop, Geordie star Angela then went onto star as DI Eva Moore in BBC soap Doctors, before appearing in North East shot BBC children's series Wolfblood.
