Emmerdale star Charley Webb lands huge new role after quitting soap
EMMERDALE star Charley Webb has landed a huge new role after quitting the ITV soap.
Charley, 35, is best known for playing Debbie Dingle in Emmerdale from 2002 until 2021.
Since her departure from the ITV soap, Charley has mainly focused on raising her three children, who she shares with fellow Emmerdale actor Matthew Wolfenden.
But now Charley is ready to flex her acting muscles once more, and is set to make her stage debut later this year.
Charley will join the UK tour of James Graham’s Quiz alongside Rory Bremner, who will play Chris Tarrant.
The cast will also include I May Destroy You’s Lewis Reeves and Waterloo Road star Mark Benton.
Quiz tells the story of the infamous ‘Coughing Major’ scandal which engulfed hit quiz show, Who Wants to be a Millionaire in 2001.
Charles Ingram won the £1 million prize on the show, but he was denied the winnings due to suspicion of cheating.
The West End comedy play was adapted into an ITV drama in 2020, but the touring show claims to have new evidence, and asks the audience to “put fingers on keypads and answer the ultimate 50/50: guilty or not guilty?”
The Quiz tour begins on September 18 and runs until December 2 and will visit theatres across the country.
These include Glasgow, Cardiff, Bath and Birmingham.
The news comes a day after Charley’s Emmerdale co-star Jeff Hordley revealed he is “desperate” for her to come back to the soap as his on-screen daughter Debbie.
When asked if he would like to see Charley pick up where she left off and return to the Dales, Jeff exclusively told The Sun: “Absolutely, all day long. I’m in touch with Charley an awful lot but I think she’s kind of busy doing other things.
“There is always room for her to return – she was such a massive character in the show and such an important and integral character.
“She did so many fantastic storylines, it would be great to see her back.”