Emmerdale’s original Tina Dingle star Jacqueline Pirie reveals her real age as she makes shock return to Twitter

EMMERDALE histrion Jacqueline Pirie has shocked fans with a revelation of her existent age.

With a speedy google hunt showing her property arsenic 49 years old, fans were shocked erstwhile she posted pictures of her 50th birthday celebrations.

Taking to X, formerly Twitter, the actress-turned-author replied to a connection connected her day station telling a fan: "You shouldn't judge everything you work connected the internet!"

The Scottish histrion roseate to fame arsenic the brash and brainy Tina Dingle on the long-running ITV soap.

The girl of Zak Dingle (Steve Halliwell)and his woman Nellie Dingle (Sandra Gough) she made her Emmerdale colony debut successful December 1994.

Two years aboriginal she moved to Coronation Street.

During her clip connected the deed soap, she became known for her relation of mill idiosyncratic Linda Sykes, astir notably for her matter with Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs).

She near the soap successful 2001, choosing beingness successful Canada arsenic an author, changing her surname to Chadwick erstwhile she joined hubby Simon successful 2001.

While there's been nary authoritative quality the mates are nary longer together, connected her caller X illustration the author, parent of 1 and grandma (as hashtagged connected a caller post), describes herself arsenic 'Joyfully Single'.

Her property revelation comes during a melodramatic clip connected Emmerdale, arsenic The Dingles prepared to accidental goodbye to Zac Dingle this week.

Zak died disconnected surface aft the tragic existent beingness decease of histrion Steve Halliwell successful December past twelvemonth astatine the property of 77.

The character's decease was confirmed successful an affectional country connected Monday (October 14).

Fans were near successful tears and incapable to halt crying aft the decease of the soap legend.

One took to X to say: “Watching tonight’s @emmerdale ohio my deity truthful affectional I can’t halt crying. I didn’t cognize this was coming.. @ITVX #emmerdale”

Another said: "Jeff Hordley arsenic Cain beautifully and sensitively done, breaking the bittersweet quality that Zak Dingle has passed. Rest successful bid Steve Halliwell #emmerdale @emmerdale."

Another instrumentality took to X to archer Jacqueline directly, saying: "Your surface dada passed distant tonight."

Meanwhile Jacqueline has go known arsenic an writer aft penning 3 palmy thrillers: In The Still, Briefly Maiden, and Silent Sisters for Fahrenheit Press.

Each publication revolves astir Ali Dalglish, an ex-pat erstwhile forensic scientist turned housewife, who finds herself mixed up successful myriad execution cases.