Emmerdale star Lisa Riley reunites with soap legend sparking hopes of a comeback
Fans flooded Lisa's comments section with hopes of her former co-star returning
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EMMERDALE star Lisa Riley reunited with a soap legend - sparking hopes of a comeback.
Lisa, 48, originally played Mandy Dingle from 1995 to 2000 before returning from 2019 onwards.
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Emmerdale's Lisa Riley - aka Mandy Dingle - shared a reunion snap with a former co-star
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She shared a snap with former Emmerdale co-star Adele Silva
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Adele played feisty Kelly Windsor on and off from 1993 to 2011
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Taking to Instagram, the actress shared a snap with former Emmerdale co-star Adele Silva.
Adele, 44, portrayed the feisty Kelly Silva on and off from 1993 to 2011.
Lisa captioned the photo: "After work at @emmerdale today I had the most wonderful afternoon with this beauty @silvaliningx .
"Thanks so much for such a lovely day-friends for life. Gorgeous late lunch at @sancarlorestaurants #leeds
'Flying Pizza' lots and lots and lots to chat about- still smiling."
One of Lisa's followers commented: "Such a natural beauty she is too bring Kelly back really miss all the oldies."
Another added: "Awe wow, would love to see you both on Emmerdale. Hope Adele comes back - causes some trouble for Jimmy.
"I think we need to marry her with a Dingle - Kelly Dingle sounds much better."
A third wrote: "Kelly was my absolute favourite back in the day. She looks just the same. She has no business not aging."
While a fourth simply remarked: "Bring back our Kelly."
Mandy Dingle shouts out for Vinny as she's about to get married
Kelly arrived alongside dad Vic (Alun Lewis), adoptive mother Viv (Deena Payne) and stepbrother Scott (Ben Freeman).
During her time in the village, Kelly had a relationship with Jimmy King (Nick Miles), which originally began as a fling.
Her other notable storylines include sleeping with her stepbrother Scott and an affair with her teacher, Tom Bainbridge (Jeremy Turner-Welch).
She left in 2011 alongside her and Jimmy's son Elliot - although the latter returned to the soap in 2016.
Aside from Emmerdale, Adele has also appeared in programmes such as Hollyoaks, EastEnders and The Bill.
Adele co-created and teaches drama workshops for children with Youth Screen Collective.
The star also works in casting and has taught at the National Film and Television School.
Emmerdale airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
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