Emmerdale actress Katie Hill is currently part of one of the soap’s biggest storylines, which is edging towards an explosive climax. Hill’s character Sarah Sugden is preparing to become a first-time mum with husband Jacob Gallagher, except there are some massive complications.
Sarah, who was previously treated for cervical cancer, is unable to carry a child, so her grandmother Charity Dingle stepped in to act as her surrogate.
However, Charity later found out that the baby she is carrying is not Sarah and Jacob’s, instead it is her and Ross Barton’s, who she had a one-night stand with last year.
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Charity is not only having to keep the secret from Sarah and Jacob but also from her husband Mackenzie, who believes the baby is his.
Speaking to The Mirror Hill, who has played Sarah since 2017, shared that she initially believed the baby storyline might put her off being a mum but instead it’s had the opposite effect.
Hill explained: “I thought beforehand this was going to go one of two ways. It could have been a case of, ‘Oh no, I am not ready, I don’t want this now’.
“But in fact it’s gone the opposite way. I have always wanted to be a mum and this storyline has definitely made me even more broody. One hundred per cent, I have wanted to be a mum since I was five.
“I always used to love playing mums and dads in the playground. I used to fold up a cardigan to use as a fake baby, as we couldn’t have toys in our school playground.”
Hill added that she’s still only 23 and she acknowledges that having a baby now would be a huge life change for her and her boyfriend of six years.
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“I need to live my youth a little bit longer. I can also hear my dad in my head going ‘I am not ready to be a grandad just yet,'” Hill added.
Speaking about the storyline Hill, who joined the soap when she was just 14, said: “As an actress, to be part of it all is incredible.”
Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 8pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.
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