Adele Silva (born 19 November 1980) is an English actress and television personality who has been on stage and television since she was a young girl. She is best known for playing the role of Kelly Windsor in the television soap opera Emmerdale.
Silva was born in Norbury, Greater London and was educated at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. Her first television appearance was as Squeak in the 1989 Doctor Who story Survival. She also appeared in Mr Majeika, The Bill and EastEnders.
Silva is most famous for playing the role of Kelly Windsor in the television soap opera Emmerdale, which she first played this role from 1993 to 2000 before returning to the soap in 2005. Her plotlines have been amongst the most daring in the soap opera, including a relationship with her stepbrother and running off with one of her school teachers. When Silva returned in 2005, she promised to be the “biggest bitch” in British soap.
During her period away from Emmerdale, Adele Silva appeared on Is Harry on the Boat?, Mile High, The Courtroom and the independent film Jam. Silva has appeared in men’s magazines like Front, FHM and Maxim. Silva has also made appearances in the reality television shows Celebrity Fear Factor, The Salon, I'm Famous and Frightened! and Celebrity 5 Go Dating.
Michelle Elizabeth Keegan (born 3 June 1987) is an English actress who currently plays Tina McIntyre in the soap opera Coronation Street.
Keegan was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester Her parents separated when she was 13 and she went to live with her mother and stepfather. Her grandmother is from Gibraltar and Keegan has stated this is where her "exotic" looks come from.
She attended St Patrick's RC High School in Salford and, later, the Manchester School of Acting. Before she became Tina McIntyre in Coronation Street, she was turned down for a part in Hollyoaks. Keegan worked at Selfridges in the Trafford Centre shopping mall and as a check-in agent at Manchester Airport. She also had a small cameo appearance in Red Dwarf: Back to Earth.
On 14 June 2009 Keegan made her radio debut co-hosting the BBC Radio 1 programme The Official Chart with Reggie Yates.
Keegan was on the cover of FHM Magazine in January 2011, and placed #30 and #26 in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll for 2010 and 2011 respectively.
Verity Rushworth (born 12 August 1985 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English actress who is best known for her role as Donna Windsor-Dingle in the ITV1 soap Emmerdale, having taken over the role from Sophie Jeffery in 1998.
Verity went to St. Mary's Catholic High School, Menston. Rushworth trained at the SLP College, Leeds. In 1997 Rushworth had minor roles in ITV programmes such as Heartbeat.
In 1998, at the age of 12, she went on to play her most notable role of Donna Windsor in the ITV1 soap Emmerdale, having taken over the role from Sophie Jeffery who played the part from 1993–1997. In an interview, she stated that Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle) is her closest friend from the show.
In December 2006, she appeared in a Emmerdale edition of Family Fortunes, with other members of the Windsors.
In January 2007 she was a contestant on the celebrity singing contest, Soapstar Superstar, in which she came 9th. Whilst on the show she performed the following songs:
In September 2007 she appeared on Ghosthunting With The Dingles alongside other members of her on-screen family.
Kelly Windsor (previously Glover) is a fictional character from the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, played by Adele Silva. The character first appeared on 10 August 1993. Silva portrayed her from August 1993 until November 2000. In February 2005 it was announced that Silva would be reprising her role and she returned in June 2005. Silva left the soap once again in October 2007, and in November 2010 it was announced that Silva would be returning to Emmerdale in February 2011. Silva reprised the role for a period of three months and left again in May 2011.
Kelly is the daughter of Vic (Alun Lewis) and Anne Windsor. Kelly, for a long time, didn't know that Anne had died after catching Vic in bed with Viv Dawson (Deena Payne) . Horrified, she ran outside and was hit by a car as she was too upset to look where she was going. As Kelly did not know this, she loved Viv like a mother. Kelly gained a stepbrother, Scott Windsor (Toby Cockerell), Viv's son from her first marriage, and a half-sister, Donna (Sophie Jeffery), from Vic and Viv's marriage.