She’s spoken about the grief she’s endured after losing her mum, Cath, to cancer in 2012 and now Lisa Riley is on a mission to let people know that struggling with loss over a long period of time is normal.
The actress, who’s played Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale on and off for 27 years, is an ambassador for The Empty Chair, a campaign by Sue Ryder which features 13 empty chairs around a dining table to highlight challenging times for those who have lost loved ones.
When we catch up with Lisa, she’s just finished filming Emmerdale ’s New Year’s Eve episode and she’s dressed in festive sparkles and false eyelashes. But Lisa admits that being bubbly Mandy isn’t a true reflection of her life.
