Emmerdale star Sophie Powles reveals how and why she made a shock comeback

EMMERDALE prima Sophie Powles has opened up astir her daze comeback to the soap aft 8 years.

The histrion - who plays Holly Barton successful the ITV soap - was past seen successful the soap successful 2016 erstwhile her quality died of an overdose.

But successful tonight’s occurrence she appeared to mum Moira arsenic she underwent encephalon surgery.

Now Sophie has opened up astir her instrumentality and wherefore she reprised her role.

“I was truly blessed to travel back,” she said. 

“Being a portion of Emmerdale was conscionable the champion experience. Genuinely made friends for beingness successful the formed and crew, learnt truthful overmuch and person the champion memories. 

“So truly grateful to travel backmost and enactment with friends again connected a amusement I emotion truthful much.”

Sophie added: “It was truthful beauteous to travel backmost for the day. To beryllium honorable it felt similar I had ne'er left. It was conscionable a large time doing what I emotion with radical I love.”

She besides opened up astir however on-screen mum Natalie J. Robb helped her get backmost into the role.

“Natalie and I Facetimed the nighttime earlier to tally everything and cheque we were connected the aforesaid page,” she said.

“And the infinitesimal I was backmost connected sat with Natalie besides successful quality I conscionable slipped consecutive backmost into character. Hair, makeup and costume did an astonishing occupation of helping maine consciousness similar Holly again.”

She added: “Natalie is conscionable the astir unthinkable actress. 

“She puts her bosom and psyche into each storyline. She researches everything to springiness the astir authentic experience. What I’ve seen has been truthful heartbreaking and evidently brilliant.”

And Sophie said: “I truly bash miss the amusement and moving with friends. 

“As an actress, changeless enactment is truly rare. I miss conscionable knowing I would beryllium doing what I emotion each week.”

“I person the champion memories of moving connected Emmerdale,” she added.

“I was truthful young erstwhile I started the show. I learnt truthful much.  Laughed A LOT and made friends I telephone family. 

“A batch of the older formed and unit took maine nether their helping and showed maine truthful overmuch emotion and kindness. 

“Sadly immoderate of them are cognize longer with us. Especially my beautifully magic person Kitty, our unthinkable shaper Gavin. 

“I’ll ever beryllium truthful grateful that I met them and for everything they did for me.”