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Real life of Emmerdale's Lydia Dingle actress Karen Blick including real age fans 'can't believe'

Emmerdale actress Karen Blick has been a firm fixture on the ITV soap for nearly nine years, playing the iconic Lydia Dingle - but what is known of the star's life away from the screen?

Over the past nine years, Lydia has become a beloved character among fans, thanks to her marriage to Sam Dingle (James Hooton) and her central role in numerous dramatic storylines, including a recent harrowing rape incident. Lydia's romantic history includes brief flings with Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) and Rishi Sharma (Bhasker Patel), before she found stability with Sam and became a cherished member of the Dingle family. Sporting blonde hair instead of her now-iconic red locks and fringe, Karen portrayed a completely different character and then, ten years later, she returned to the Dales as Lydia, bringing with her a whirlwind of drama, reports Leeds Live.

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