Vanessa Woodfield made a big return to Emmerdale at the end of last year, and she's back with a bang.
The character, played by Michelle Hardwick, made her debut in the soap in 2012 when she was hired by Rhona Goskirk, an old friend from university, to work as a locum. Since then, the village vet has been held hostage by murderer Pierce Harris, given birth to a son after a one-night stand and battled bowel cancer.
Vanessa left the Dales in May 2020, after finding out her girlfriend Charity Dingle had kissed Mackenzie. But in real life, Michelle was on maternity leave, reports the Manchester Evening News.
