Patsy Kensit set for 'top secret Emmerdale return' as villain Sadie King - 20 years after her dramatic exit
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Patsy Kensit is reportedly preparing for a 'top secret' return to Emmerdale, 20 years after her character's dramatic exit.
The actress, 58, who played villain Sadie King on the ITV soap for two years until 2006, is said to be 'delighted' after being approached by bosses to reprise the role.
Sadie, who memorably arrived in the village via helicopter, was first introduced as the former wife of Jimmy King (Nick Miles).
She later embarked on a romance with Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) who eventually double crossed her and escaped with the £2M ransom after the pair kidnapped her former father-in-law Tom King (Kenneth Farrington).
A source said: This signing has been kept a top secret as bosses want Patsy's return to shock fans.
'She is apparently delighted to be get her teeth back into the meaty role.
Patsy Kensit is reportedly preparing for a 'top secret' return to Emmerdale , 20 years after her character's dramatic exit.
They went on to tell The Sun: 'Scriptwriters want to keep the show going with explosive plots and divisive characters.'
The Daily Mail have contacted ITV and Patsy's representatives for comment.
Following her Emmerdale exit Patsy went on to play Faye Morton in Holby City and later Emma Harding in EastEnders.
The news comes after the star admitted that her trauma isn't about 'having sons from two failed relationships' as she opened up on self-discovery.
Patsy, has two sons, James Kerr and Lennon Gallagher, from her marriages to musicians Jim Kerr and Liam Gallagher, respectively.
In a new interview, the actress, who appears on BBC's documentary Pilgrimage, opened up about how the series made her come face-to-face with her trauma.
The star, who has been married four times, told Country Living UK: 'I came into the pilgrimage with a lot of anger, which I had always attributed to failing in my marriages.
'I have a noisy mind, which is man's worst enemy.
The actress, 58, who played villain Sadie King on the ITV soap for two years until 2006, is said to be 'delighted' after being approached by bosses (pictured in the soap)
'All that time outdoors taught me how to quieten it, which allowed me to come to terms with the fact that the trauma I've been carrying was actually from childhood.
'My trauma isn't about having sons from two failed relationships; this is about my whole life.
'I can be quite hard on myself, but being able to recognise that helped me to not feel like a failure.'
Thrust into the spotlight at the age of four, when she appeared in a commercial for Birds Eye peas, Patsy has worked in the industry ever since but suffered a traumatic childhood.
Patsy spent the best part of it worrying her mother, Margie, who was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was five years old, wouldn’t be there. So much so, she lost count of the times she went to the hospital to say goodbye.
She previously recalled: 'It was horrible. I had that constant fear of her dying from the age of five until she passed on when I was 22. From the age of seven or eight, I was on a quest to work and make money so I’d be able to pay to make her healthy. I’d think, “If I can make everything around us okay, it means she’ll be here".'
Meanwhile, Patsy's father Jimmy died from leukaemia when she was 17. He was an associate of the Kray twins, and spent her childhood in and out of prison.
He was jailed twice, once when she was six for 18 months, then again at the age of 11 for five years. On both occasions he was jailed for long firm fraud - where a fraudster sets up a bogus business, says he will pay for goods on account then disappears after the goods are delivered without paying.
Patsy only learned this when taking part in an episode of BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? At the time she believed he was an antiques dealer.
