ITV Emmerdale: Real life of Mandy Dingle actress Lisa Riley - rarely seen fiance, going sober and tragic loss
manchestereveningnews.co.ukShe has played Mandy Dingle for the best part of 27 years but there's way more to Lisa Riley than leopard print and the Dingle clan.
Lisa joined Emmerdale as Mandy, the daughter of Caleb and Vera-Lynn Dingle, in 1995 where she soon finds herself living with her uncle Zak and working at The Woolpack.
She then falls in love with local vet Paddy Kirk but is paid to marry her cousin, Butch, instead but ends up having an affair with Paddy and is disowned by her family when it was discovered.
And a leopard appears not to change its spots when, after eventually divorcing Butch and marrying Paddy, Mandy had another affair. READ MORE: ITV Coronation Street: Real life of Chesney Brown actor Sam Aston - Corrie siblings, teenage split and future on soap Her infidelity soon leads to her first exit from the village in September 2000.
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