Emmerdale star Amy Walsh has hinted at what the long-term future holds for her character Tracy Metcalfe after her brief 50th anniversary return.
Amy Walsh, 34, left Emmerdale last year on maternity leave to give birth to daughter Bonnie. She’s currently living in London with her baby and partner Eastenders star Toby-Alexander Smith.
Amy’s character Tracy will be back in the village for Emmerdale’s milestone celebrations happening across October. Explaining her return, Amy said: “It was lovely to be invited back for the 50th. When I was going on maternity leave Jane (Hudson), the executive producer, mentioned it was all happening around August and September and said if I wanted to be a part of it to let her know but when it came to it, I just wasn’t ready to come back full-time.
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“She very kindly offered to write me in and back out again so I didn’t have to cut my maternity leave short but I still didn’t miss out on the 50th celebrations so it was win-win!”
Amy got to bring daughter Bonnie up north to show her mum’s work base. She said: “It’s been really lovely seeing everyone again and being able to bring Bonnie into work to meet everyone as we’re based in London now, so haven’t been back before now.
“It’s also lovely to be back with all the covid restrictions finally lifted as it was very different the last time I was here.”
Amy has teased a more permanent return for Tracy Metcalfe in the new year. Offering encouragement to fans, Amy said: “So it’s a brief return for now like I said but a lot happens for Tracy in a small amount of time. She has some news for Nate but when she sees him it’s not as easy to tell him as she may have thought. Her and Vanessa get to spend some quality time together too which has been a long time coming.”
As part of the Emmerdale 50th anniversary celebrations other returning soap legends include Aaron Dingle and Diane Sugden. Both are delighted to be back on a temporary basis.
Danny Miller, who plays Aaron Dingle, said: “It was an honour that they wanted me to come and say, 'happy birthday' to the show. It's been really nice getting back and seeing everyone. There's a lot of new faces and lots of old faces, and it's been nice to get to know them and catch up with people that I've not seen for over a year.”
Elizabeth Estensen, who plays Diane Sugden, added: "I was really pleased to be asked to come back to Emmerdale to celebrate its 50th. It's sort of the same but not the same. There's a lot of people that I still know that I was really pleased to see again. I can't say I have enjoyed having to rush for a train again though. Diane has a great time catching up with people in the village but she has come back especially to see Faith whom she was great friends with. Who knows she may return again one day."
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