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20-08-2005, 22:37
Vicky hits the Street to join soap rivals
26 July 2005 by Jon Harris
FORMER Emmerdale favourite Vicky Binns is making a return to TV - in rival soap Coronation Street. And the 22-year old actress is to earn her dough - as oddball baker Diggory Compton's daughter Holly.
Vicky, who played policewoman's daughter Ollie Reynolds for four years in the Yorkshire sex and sheep soap, quit Emmerdale in 2003 saying she wanted to "try something else". Her first job when she bowed out was in pantomime at Christmas as `Goldilocks' in Swindon, Wiltshire.
But the actress was persuaded to join the Street after speaking to best pal Jenni McAlpine, who plays Fiz Brown in Corrie. Her character will be a dog lover who gets a job at Kirk Sutherland's kennels. Ironically Holly's sworn enemy will be Fiz who used to bully her at school and the pair will lock horns in an on-screen feud.
An insider on the ITV1 soap said: "Vicky is very please to be joining the soap and we're all convinced she will be a big hit with the viewers. She was immensely popular in Emmerdale and I'm sure she will just as popular in Corrie. "The fact she and Jenni and such big pals will help Vicky find her feet. Like Jenni, she is a very talented actress indeed."
26 July 2005 by Jon Harris
FORMER Emmerdale favourite Vicky Binns is making a return to TV - in rival soap Coronation Street. And the 22-year old actress is to earn her dough - as oddball baker Diggory Compton's daughter Holly.
Vicky, who played policewoman's daughter Ollie Reynolds for four years in the Yorkshire sex and sheep soap, quit Emmerdale in 2003 saying she wanted to "try something else". Her first job when she bowed out was in pantomime at Christmas as `Goldilocks' in Swindon, Wiltshire.
But the actress was persuaded to join the Street after speaking to best pal Jenni McAlpine, who plays Fiz Brown in Corrie. Her character will be a dog lover who gets a job at Kirk Sutherland's kennels. Ironically Holly's sworn enemy will be Fiz who used to bully her at school and the pair will lock horns in an on-screen feud.
An insider on the ITV1 soap said: "Vicky is very please to be joining the soap and we're all convinced she will be a big hit with the viewers. She was immensely popular in Emmerdale and I'm sure she will just as popular in Corrie. "The fact she and Jenni and such big pals will help Vicky find her feet. Like Jenni, she is a very talented actress indeed."