Emmerdale's Lucy Pargeter and Emma Atkins' 19-year friendship: 'We're the same off-screen'
Emmerdale stars Lucy Pargeter and Emma Atkins have sweetly opened up about their 19-year friendship in a stunning OK! shoot – telling us all the behind-the-scenes secrets on the ITV soap, how their children look out for each other and why they are fiercely protective of their privacy. The two actresses, aged 45 and 47, have played on-screen cousins Chas and Charity Dingle for almost 20 years.