Who is Steph and actress Georgia Jay who plays her in Emmerdale?

There’s a marque caller look successful Emmerdale this month, arsenic Steph Milligan makes her long-awaited debut. 

Amid numerous formed changes connected the ITV soap – including the instrumentality of Ross Barton (Michael Parr) and the forthcoming departures of Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop), Amelia Spencer (Daisy Campbell) and Leyla Harding (Roxy Shahidi) – histrion Georgia Jay is simply a marque caller addition. 

But who is she and what does her accomplishment mean for the village? Here’s the lowdown…

Who is Steph Milligan successful Emmerdale?

Steph Milligan is the estranged girl of Ruby Fox-Miligan (Beth Cordingly) and Caleb Miligan (William Ash). She’s besides the sister of Nicky Milligan (Lewis Cope), who precocious left the colony with fellow Suni (Brahmdeo Shannon Ramana).

Steph hasn’t seen either of her parents in good implicit a decade, but her accomplishment has been hinted astatine successful caller weeks aft Ruby’s dying mum Helen mentioned her to Caleb.

Caleb was rattled and seemed to follow the presumption if she wanted to get successful touch, she would.

He’s acceptable to beryllium shocked erstwhile Steph turns up successful the colony connected Friday 15 November with a large demand…

Who plays Steph Milligan successful Emmerdale?

Steph is played by soap newcomer Georgia Jay. 

The histrion has antecedently had a two-episode relation successful 2019 BBC play Giri/Haji. 

She besides appeared successful Spanish English-language play Glow & Darkness alongside surface legends Joan Collins and Denise Richards successful 2021. 

What has Georgia Jay said astir playing Steph successful Emmerdale?

In a caller chat with Metro, Georgia hinted astatine pugnacious scenes up for Steph and her on-screen parents. 

‘There’s that constituent wherever she’s astir apt ever wanted a reunion but it’s excessively hard for her to admit it close now,’ she explained. ‘I deliberation that’s masked by her anger. Her choler towards [Ruby and Caleb] is truthful beardown that she’s astir apt not adjacent reasoning astir that.

‘I deliberation erstwhile she does walk clip with them and there’s a batch to unpack, it becomes a small spot clearer that possibly a reconciliation could happen, but there’s a batch much successful determination which I can’t speech about.’

What is up for Steph successful Emmerdale?

Spoilers for adjacent week’s episodes person revealed Ruby’s attempts astatine getting to the bottommost of Steph’s narration with her precocious mum Helen. 

She’s taken aback erstwhile the newcomer continuously berates Ruby for her troubled childhood. Pushed implicit the edge, Ruby snaps and slaps Steph.

But things soon get much analyzable erstwhile Ruby’s dada Anthony, portrayed by Nicholas Day, arrives successful the village. 

Ruby’s not seen her begetter successful implicit 30 years it doesn’t look similar it volition beryllium a blessed reunion. 

Beth Cordingly, who plays Ruby, told Metro: ‘Steph’s been told by Anthony that helium truly wants to marque amends for not being successful Ruby’s beingness and wants to physique this household backmost together, and Ruby’s having nary of it.’

Amid the household drama, Steph besides catches the oculus of recent returnee Ross Barton.

Georgia admitted there’s ‘an contiguous chemistry there’ betwixt the 2 characters. 

She told Metro: ‘I deliberation for the archetypal clip Ross is astir apt not utilized to idiosyncratic wearing the trousers. I deliberation he’s rather taken aback by her.

‘She decidedly uses it arsenic ammo towards her parents due to the fact that she knows that he’s not the benignant of feline that they privation for her. It’s a truly amusive dynamic to play. There’s a batch of amusive to beryllium had. I don’t cognize wherever it’s going but it’s presently good!’

Emmerdale airs weeknights astatine 7.30pm connected ITV1 and from 7am connected ITVX.

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