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Samantha Giles Returns to Emmerdale as Bernice Blackstock for Gabby and Vinny's Wedding

Profiles of the comeback spotlight her long TV career alongside her on-record Wicca practice.

Overview

  • The actress is reprising her role after a two-year absence, with her return set to air in upcoming episodes.
  • Bernice’s 2023 exit followed her taking out a loan in sister Nicola King’s name, prompting bailiffs and a threatened police call before she left for a new start in Portugal.
  • Coverage says she is back in the village in time for Gabby Thomas’s marriage to Vinny Dingle, with specific storyline details not disclosed.
  • Giles’s television credits include an early stint on Coronation Street, a role in Where the Heart Is, and playing Valerie Holden in Hollyoaks from 2008 to 2012.
  • She has publicly said she follows Wicca and cast a love spell before meeting her husband, and she has authored two children’s books: Rosemary and The Witches of Pendle Hill and Rosemary and the Book of the Dead.