Emmerdale’s Alice Dingle looks unrecognisable 20 years after she quit acting for whole new career

EMMERDALE histrion Ursula Holden-Gill was past seen successful the ITV soap astir 20 years ago.

The soap actress, who played Emmerdale's Alice Dingle, archetypal arrived successful the Dales successful 2004 and was a steadfast favourite with viewers.

Married to Sam Dingle, played by James Hooton, she was a loving woman and a doting mum to lad Samson.

Yet calamity struck and ITV viewers and soap fans were near breached hearted erstwhile Alice tragically passed distant successful 2006 aft being diagnosed with crab whilst pregnant.

The heartbreaking storyline saw Alice propulsion connected and disregard doctor's proposal arsenic she wanted to go a mother, and she gave commencement to her and Sam's lad prematurely.

After trying chemotherapy treatment, Alice was yet fixed a terminal diagnosis with conscionable months to live.

Not wanting to discarded away, Alice planned her ain decease successful a euthanasia program with hubby Sam and she died of a morphine overdose successful 2006.

The tragic communicative saw Ursula triumph the Best Soap Actress Award, astatine the TV Quick and TV Choice Awards successful 2006.

After leaving Emmerdale, Ursula moved distant from acting and focused connected an wholly caller vocation with a determination into teaching.

She qualified from a teaching people but has present moved into therapy, and qualified arsenic a Dramatherapist successful 2022.

She's besides built retired her vocation with different qualifications, including grooming to go a Celebrant with The Order Of Bards, Ovates and Druids.

Working arsenic a Family Celebrant, Ursula conducts babe naming, Civil Partnership, funeral, memorial, wedding ceremonies and renewal of vows.

Her website explains: "All proceeds from Ursula’s enactment arsenic a Celebrant are talented to her chosen charity: Compassion successful World Farming."

Ursula's past connected surface relation was successful 2017 arsenic a Clerk successful the TV mini-series In the Dark.

The erstwhile histrion besides looks worlds distant from her on-screen relation arsenic Alice Dingle, who was known for her abbreviated fiery reddish hair.

Now Ursula has airy brownish hairsbreadth shaped into a bob, looking drastically antithetic to her Emmerdale character.