Emily Kirk

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Emmerdale character
Emily Kirk
Played by	Kate McGregor
Duration	1999-2005,2006-
Date of Birth	30th April 1975
Date of Death
Marital Status	Divorced
Occupation
Family	John Wylie

Emily Kirk (previously Dingle, née Wylie) is a fictional character in ITV Soap opera Emmerdale. She's played by Kate McGregor.

[edit] About Emily

When she arrived in the village, Emily Wylie (as she was known then) had lived a sheltered life with only her strict father in her life. Having lost his wife when Emily was just two, John was fiercely protective of his little girl and brought her up to be afraid of the outside world. But when she took a job at Viv Windsor’s post office, Emily’s life was transformed.

A total misfit, Emily was drawn to fellow village oddball Butch Dingle. But she had to cope with the strong disapproval of her father John. Despite the problems that faced them, Emily and Butch were deeply in love and it looked like they were going to get their happy ever after.

Sadly, fate got in the way. Butch was seriously injured in a bus crash that left him clinging onto life. As it became clear he wouldn’t make it, Emily and he decided to seize their moment and had an emotional wedding at his hospital bed before her new husband passed away.

Alone again, Emily kept a low profile until she met a sweet-natured local lad called Ed. Everyone thought Ed and Emily were perfectly suited, but she didn’t feel a spark between them.

However, on a night she was supposed to be seeing Ed, Emily ended up sleeping with close pal Paddy Kirk and the second most important relationship of her life began.

Like Emily, Paddy has also been married to a Dingle - Butch’s cousin and, bizarrely, ex-wife Mandy - and their relationship went from strength to strength. Having got engaged, Paddy and Emily sprung a surprise marriage on the village when their close friends Marlon and Tricia called off their own nuptials at the last moment.

Now married again, Emily was desperate for children and she and Paddy became foster parents. After a couple of false starts, the couple were delighted when they forged a close bond with Debbie Jones.

But when it was revealed that Debbie was the daughter of Charity and Cain Dingle, Emily was left bereft. However, she remained close to Debbie and provided her with lots of support through tough times.

Although their marriage had seemed rock solid, Paddy and Emily were having big problems. Having lost the passion in their relationship, Paddy began to look for it elsewhere and started an affair with Emily’s boss, Viv.

When she discovered their deception, Emily was absolutely heartbroken and threw her husband out. Having lost everything, Emily decided to leave the village unless she received a sign to stay.

That sign came when Daz Eden arrived at her door in the middle of the night to beg her to help Debbie who was giving birth alone in the middle of the woods. On arriving, Emily found the teen mum with a baby that was losing the fight for life. Her quick thinking saved baby Sarah’s life and Emily decided to stick around.

However, life at the Dingles wasn’t a barrel of laughs for Emily. Unable to cope as a mother, Debbie left pretty much all the childcare to Emily – who loved being so actively involved in Sarah’s life. But, her presence began to rile Debbie’s violent dad Cain. When he attacked Emily for interfering, she decided she’d had enough and made plans to move away.

However, for Debbie, the thought of losing Emily was too much to bear. She knew she didn’t want to be Sarah’s mum and that Emily did so she begged her friend to take the baby. After much soul-searching Emily did and left Emmerdale behind.

Cain rushed to find her after getting a lead that she’d gone to Ireland but by the time he’d got there, Emily was gone.

Emily returned to the village on October 15, 2006 when Victoria Sugden spotted some strange movement in an abandoned house.

[edit] Family

• Father: John Wylie