Charley Webb has revealed if she is planning a return to acting after leaving Emmerdale.
The 34-year-old hadn't been seen on screen since the beginning of 2021 after her character was involved in an affair with Al Chapman while he was engaged to Priya Sharma.
At the end of last year there were reports that Charley had quit the soap after 19 years of playing Debbie Dingle.
However, in January she said that she left to have her son Ace, now two-and-a-half, and only returned for 10 weeks to complete a storyline.
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"So, I guess officially it’s been a year [since she left Emmerdale]. I never felt the need to announce it which is why we didn't," Charley said.
But it has clearly left fans wondering if she'll ever return to the screen.
During a Q&A on her Instagram before celebrating her birthday at the weekend, Charley was asked: "Are you going to go back into acting? We miss you on our screens."
The mum-of-three replied: "When the right thing comes to me, I'll be back," she said alongside a photo of her posing in front of the camera in her laptop.
"Can't wait," she added.
Charley was also asked a few more personal questions away from her career.
Another fan posted: "Would you like a little girl or are you a boy mum? I've 4 boys I'm definitely a boy mum."
And she may have hinted another baby with husband Matthew Wolfenden may be on the cards.
The soap star replied: "All my kids are so different. I wouldn't mind what we had next.
"I would wish for a health baby and that's it," she added alongside a picture of each of her boys.
Charley, from Bury, has been married to Matthew, who plays David Metcalfe in Emmerdale, for three years.
As well as youngest son Ace, the couple share Buster, 11, and six-year-old Bowie, six.
Over the weekend Charley celebrated her 34th birthday with her nearest and dearest.
And she took to Instagram to show the reality of celebrating a birthday with a two-and-a-half-year-old.
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