Emmerdale's Vanessa Woodfield star has shared a series of throwbacks from her time on the ITV soap Emmerdale's Vanessa Woodfield actress Michelle Hardwick (Image: PA)

Emmerdale's Michelle Hardwick has celebrated 13 years on the ITV soap.

The 49-year-old actress has played the role of Vanessa Woodfield since her debut in 2012, when she was hired by Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry), an old friend from university, to work as a temporary vet.

During her time in the Dales, there has always been unfinished business between Vanessa and her ex-partner Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) , and it seems the pair could grow closer again this Christmas .

It could go either way on Christmas Day when the two women are forced to spend the day together. Pregnant Charity is left panicked and fire-fighti

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