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Emmerdale star Lisa Riley reunites with soap legend sparking hopes of a comeback
EMMERDALE star Lisa Riley reunited with a soap legend - sparking hopes of a comeback.
Lisa, 48, originally played Mandy Dingle from 1995 to 2000
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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
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
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'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."
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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.
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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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Adele has pursued other ventures since leaving the soap - including working in casting
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