Kelly Windsor
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Kelly Windsor is a fictional character
from the British
ITV1
soap opera
Emmerdale
, played by Adele Silva
. The character first appeared on 10 August 1993. Silva portrayed her from August 1993 until November 2000. In February 2005 it was announced that Silva would be reprising her role and she returned in June 2005. Silva left the soap once again in October 2007, and in November 2010 it was announced that Silva would be returning to Emmerdale in February 2011. Silva reprised the role for a period of three months and left again in May 2011.
(Alun Lewis
) and Anne Windsor. Kelly, for a long time, didn't know that Anne had died after catching Vic in bed with Viv Dawson
(Deena Payne
) . Horrified, she ran outside and was hit by a car as she was too upset to look where she was going. As Kelly did not know this, she loved Viv like a mother. Kelly gained a stepbrother, Scott Windsor
(Toby Cockerell
), Viv's son from her first marriage, and a half-sister, Donna
(Sophie Jeffery
), from Vic and Viv's marriage
.
Kelly’s first boyfriend is local teenager, Roy Glover (Nicky Evans
). They date briefly but their relationship does not last and they split up.
Kelly's next relationship is with her teacher, Tom Bainbridge. When their affair is exposed, Kelly denies it but no one believes their story and Tom loses his job. The couple decide to run away together but Kelly returns a few months later, telling Viv that she left Tom after finding him in bed with another pupil. Having been betrayed, she stops trusting men and starts behaving promiscuously. She toys with Roy’s affections, sleeps with Biff Fowler
(Stuart Wade
) and had a brief fling with Will Cairns (Paul Fox
). Discovering she is pregnant by Biff, Kelly tells Chris Tate
(Peter Amory
) that he is the father of her child hoping he would disagree with the pregnancy and pay for an abortion. She begins working at Home Farm and lies to Chris about having the baby when he decides that he wants her to keep it. Kelly secretly plans an abortion but during a fight with Kim Tate
(Claire King
) Kelly falls downstairs and suffers a miscarriage. She threatens to press charges but eventually accepts £1,000 from Steve Marchant
(Paul Opacic
) to keep quiet.
In 1998, Kelly realises that she has romantic feelings for her stepbrother Scott Windsor
(now played by Ben Freeman
). After sleeping with Scott in 1999, Kelly returns to Roy and they get engaged. Whilst planning their wedding, Kelly continues seeing Scott behind Roy’s back but after being enraged by her refusal to leave Roy, Scott exposes their affair but Kelly denied his allegations. After they get married, Kelly and Roy start suffering financial problems and take jobs as cleaners. When Kelly “borrows” jewellery from a client, Miss Curtis, and stages a dinner party at her house, the police are called. In order to protect his wife, Roy accepts responsibility and is imprisoned. Whilst he is away, Kelly sleeps with Scott again after meeting him at a hotel and they confess their love for each other. The guilt sends Kelly into a deep depression. After writing letters to her family and confessing to the affair on tape, Kelly takes an overdose in a suicide attempt. It is also discovered that she is pregnant and loses the baby not knowing if the father was Scott or Roy. Scott burns the letters in order for him to be blamed for what happened but after Kelly confesses to Roy she decides to start a new life in London
, bankrolled by Chris Tate. Although she and Roy have a brief reconciliation, they are unable to make their marriage work and he leaves for Ibiza
without her. After her former step-mother, Viv, gets engaged to Bob Hope
(Tony Audenshaw
), Kelly tries to seduce him. When Viv finds out she and Kelly have a vicious fight and the truth about Scott and Kelly's affair is revealed. With no friends or family willing to talk to her, Kelly leaves for London alone, with her younger half-sister, Donna (now played by Verity Rushworth
), the only person sad to see her go.
Kelly returns to the village in 2005, and it was clear that she had not changed. She throws herself into village life and makes enemies of Zoe Tate
(Leah Bracknell
) and Dawn Woods
(Julia Mallam
)- both ex-girlfriends of her former step-brother Scott. She causes trouble for Dawn when she flirts with Scott, gets him drunk and then drags him into her bed and telephones Dawn so she can hear them talking. Donna catches them in bed together the following day and Kelly implies that they have slept together. When Donna reveals that she intends to tell Viv, Kelly tells her that she and Scott did not sleep together. When Dawn finds out that Kelly has lied, she tracks Kelly down in the village and they have a fight outside the Woolpack and Kelly is soaked in water by a hosepipe.
Kelly sets her sights on a more exciting life, and targets the rich men in the village. She seduces curate Ethan Blake (Liam O'Brien) and they are discovered kissing by Laurel Thomas
(Charlotte Bellamy
) in the church. She then seduces Jimmy King
(Nick Miles
) and they have a brief fling but he ends their relationship when his ex-wife Sadie
(Patsy Kensit
), reveals Kelly's career, whilst she had been away, as a glamour model. Kelly moves on to Rodney Blackstock
(Patrick Mower
) despite a thirty-one year age gap between them. Kelly starts to like Rodney and is delighted when Rodney buys Holdgate Farm for her and his son Paul Lambert
(Mathew Bose
). They plan to turn it into a spa and it initially seems that Kelly’s aspirations were going to come true. However, Rodney's years of overspending cause him to run out of money. The spa is abandoned and Kelly and Rodney split up.
Kelly spends months feeling sorry for herself and takes her frustration out on her family, even during the aftermath of Dawn's death in the King's River showhome explosion. Kelly targets her former lover, Jimmy King, arguing that she was going to bleed him dry to avenge Dawn despite the fact that she had never liked Dawn when she was alive. Kelly soon falls in love with Jimmy and admits that she genuinely wants to be with him and has no intention of blaming him for Dawn's death. Soon after, Kelly is offered a lucrative modelling contract. She also finds out that she is pregnant and eventually decides to have an abortion. Jimmy's half-sister, Scarlett Nicholls
(Kelsey-Beth Crossley
), accompanies her to the clinic and on recognizing her reluctance to go in, suggests that Kelly keeps the baby. Kelly is told by her agent to choose between her baby or her career and she chooses her career. Carrie Nicholls
(Linda Lusardi
), Scarlett's mother, finds a leaflet about abortion in Scarlett's pocket and demands answers, worried that Scarlett is pregnant. Scarlett tells Carrie about Kelly's abortion. Horrified, Carrie threatens to tell Jimmy but agrees to keep her secret, on condition that she stays away from Scarlett.
Kelly argues with Carrie again when she realises Carrie has feelings for Jimmy. Concerned Carrie might make a move on him, she confronts her and harsh words are exchanged between the two women. Kelly loses her temper and slaps Carrie across the face. Furious, Carrie reports her to the police for assault. The police question Kelly but she denies assaulting Carrie. Jimmy lies and claims Kelly had acted in self-defence in order for her to not be prosecuted. When Carrie and Kelly are alone, Kelly apologizes but Carrie tells her to stay away from her and Scarlett and warns her that she would tell Jimmy about her abortion if she ever crossed her again. Kelly gets her revenge by warning Carrie that if she told Jimmy about the abortion, she would tell Scarlett that Carrie was Lexi Nicholls
's (Sally Oliver
) mother and not her sister. Carrie had given birth to Lexi aged just 14. At that point only Carrie, Kelly, Lexi and Jimmy know that Carrie is Lexi's birth mother.
Debbie Dingle
(Charley Webb
) blackmails Kelly after she kisses Debbie's first cousin once removed Eli Dingle
(Joseph Gilgun
) as she has photographs of them. In light of her deception, Kelly does not know if she can go through with marrying Jimmy and is jealous about the amount of time he is spending with Carrie, much to Carrie's delight. Initially the wedding goes well, however Debbie reveals the truth to Scarlett about Kelly kissing Eli. Jimmy forgives Kelly for her drunken kiss with Eli but jilts her at the altar when Eli tells him about the abortion. Viv disowns Kelly again and Jimmy is too angry to speak to her. Kelly steals some money. Despite Donna and Paul's efforts to reunite them, Jimmy claims that Kelly has broken his heart and he can never be with her again. Heartbroken, Kelly steals Debbie's car, a gift given to her by Eli, and leaves Emmerdale again.
On 18 February 2011, Jimmy meets Kelly in Peterborough
after she contacts him and asks him for money. She also suggests they reconcile but Jimmy's anger and resentment at Kelly's abortion boil over into an argument. As Jimmy is about to leave Kelly jumps into the cab of his van and refuses to leave. Jimmy tries to eject her and fearing Jimmy was going to attack her, Kelly lashes out, grabbing a torch from the dashboard and hitting him over the head, knocking him unconscious. Thinking that she has killed him, Kelly panics and flees the scene.
Kelly arrives in the village on 16 March to apologize to Jimmy for attacking him. When she realises that he has amnesia and does not remember who she is or what happened to him, Kelly takes advantage of Jimmy's memory loss by telling him that she was once the love of his life. Jimmy is intrigued and later telephones Kelly and arranges to meet her, believing that she is the key to getting his memory back. Jimmy's brother Carl (Tom Lister
) finds out and goes to the café where she is supposed to be meeting Jimmy. Carl warns Kelly to stay away from Jimmy but she refuses and tells Carl that she would only leave if Jimmy told her too. Kelly leaves her mobile in the cafe and Carl goes to the hotel where she is staying to return it to her. Carl threatens Kelly and again repeats his demand to stay away from Jimmy but she refuses again and orders Carl to leave.
Kelly returns to the village at the end of the week and visits her former stepfather Bob Hope. Kelly asks Bob if she can stay with him and he agrees and she tells him that she would have somebody with her. The following week Kelly moves into Bob's house and introduces Bob and his housemate Marlon Dingle
(Mark Charnock
) to her son Elliott.
Jimmy's wife Nicola (Nicola Wheeler
), Rodney's daughter, whom Jimmy had married during Kelly's absence, is shocked when she sees Kelly in the village. Kelly introduces Rodney and Nicola to Elliot. Kelly then explains to Jimmy that Elliot is his son and she shows Jimmy and Carl a paternity test to prove her claims. Nicola visits Kelly and demands to know why she has returned but Kelly claims that she had returned to the village as a result of Viv's death in a fire the previous January, and that she wanted to spend time with Bob and his and Viv's twins.
Jimmy begs Kelly to keep it a secret that Elliot is his son in order to not cause trouble with Nicola and she agrees to do so. Kelly goes for a drink with Rodney in The Woolpack in order for them to catch up with each other and she tells him of her life since leaving the village and Rodney works out that Elliot is Jimmy's son. Rodney then informs Nicola of his discovery and she demands to know if he had been having an affair with Kelly. When Kelly intervenes, Nicola loses her temper and attacks her and has to be pulled away. Jimmy then escorts Kelly home.
Kelly then starts manipulating Jimmy and claims that they had been having an affair and that he had been going to leave Nicola for her before he lost his memory. Kelly also befriends Eve Jenson
(Suzanne Shaw
) who helps strengthen Kelly's claims by forging hotel receipts and faking a photograph of Kelly and Jimmy together in Peterborough. Kelly spends the following week trying to help Jimmy get his memories of her back and takes him to the spot where he had proposed to her four years earlier. Kelly tells Jimmy that she still loves him and wanted them to get back together but Jimmy tells her that he does not want to hurt Nicola and turn his back on their daughter Angelica. He offers to support Kelly financially in order to provide for Elliot's upbringing.
Whilst in the church, Jimmy regains some of his memory when he remembers his and Kelly's wedding day. He then visits Kelly and tells her that he remembered how he had felt about her and that he knew that he wanted to be with her. Jimmy and Kelly then have sex and this helps Jimmy regain some more of his memory. Jimmy has reservations about his decision, not wanting to hurt Nicola but Kelly tells him to tell her about their relationship and get a divorce. Jimmy then moves Kelly into Mill Cottage, much to Carl's discomfort, and they resume their relationship. As Jimmy continues to regain his memory, Carl warns Kelly that he would soon remember everything about her and what she was really like.
In April 2011, whilst Jimmy and Kelly are having a play fight with a cushion, Kelly hits Jimmy over the head. Jimmy has a flashback and remembers that it was Kelly who had attacked him in Peterborough. Jimmy later tells Nicola that he remembers Kelly being there when he suffered the injuries which caused his memory loss and she urges him to call the police but he refuses for Elliot's sake. Kelly moves back into Bob's house and she later confesses to Eve that she had lied about her and Jimmy having an affair and Eve advises Kelly to tell Jimmy the truth. Jimmy later visits Kelly and demands that she tell him the truth. After claiming that she would never deliberately hurt him, Kelly finally confesses that she had attacked Jimmy and caused his memory loss. She begs Jimmy for forgivness but he leaves in shock. Kelly later confides in Bob that she is scared of Jimmy hating her.
In May 2011, Kelly discovers that Jimmy is trying to win back Nicola. Kelly continues to cause problems for them by arranging for Jimmy to spend time with her and Elliot at a time when Nicola had arranged for him to see Angelica in the park. Jimmy buys Elliot some new clothes and Kelly then hugs Jimmy in gratitude. Nicola, who had just arrived at the park with Rodney and Angelica, witnesses this and storms off.
Jimmy offers to buy Kelly a house and support Elliot financially. He also tells her that he does not want her back as he had remembered how their previous relationship had ended and her abortion. Kelly later arrives unexpectedly at Mill Cottage with Elliot at a time when Jimmy is looking after Angelica. When Nicola arrives to pick Angelica up, she is furious to discover Kelly there. Kelly then lies to Nicola, claiming that Jimmy had told her that he would leave Nicola and would start a new life away with her, Elliot and Angelica. Nicola is outraged and attacks Kelly again leaving her with a bloody nose. Kelly then threatens to report Nicola to the police for assault. As Nicola had been on probation at the time, this meant that she would face a possible prison sentence.
In order to get Nicola out of trouble, Jimmy threatens to tell the police that Kelly had started the fight and Nicola had acted in self-defence. Jimmy also tells Kelly that he thought it would be best if she left the village. Kelly agrees and tells him that she and Elliot would be going as far away from Emmerdale as they could. Kelly gives Jimmy an ultimatum that either he left with her and Elliot or he would never see him again. Wanting Nicola back, Jimmy reluctantly bids a tearful goodbye to Elliot and resigns himself to the fact that he would never see his son again. Kelly then gets into her car and drives out of the village with Elliot.
for the role of Kelly. Among them were Viv
(Deena Payne
), Kelly's father Vic Windsor
(Alun Lewis
), Scott
(Toby Cockerell
), and Kelly’s half-sister Donna
(Sophie Jeffery
).
(Tony Audenshaw
). After that Viv threw Kelly out of the family home she was then seen in a taxi heading for London. . In February 2005 it was announced that Adele Silva would be returning to Emmerdale, after a five-year break to reprise her role of Kelly. . Speaking of her return to Digital Spy [...] "I'm very excited and can't wait to start filming," Adele revealed, [..] "It will be interesting to see what Kelly has been up to in the past years, and I'm looking forward to catching up with old friends at Emmerdale. [...].
Silva couldn’t wait to go back to the show," Silva told The Sun. [...] I've done quite a lot since leaving but it was difficult at first because I was a bit typecast. "I look quite young and everyone thought of me as being Kelly the schoolgirl. I struggled to get away from the little girl image. I've grown up a lot, though, and I'm looking forward to going back and showing the cast and crew that I'm now a sexy woman. I'm hoping Kelly will be really badly behaved. It would be fun if she had a few flings, too. I want to really show them what I'm made of. It'll be great to catch up with the actors there too - I can't wait to see them again." [...] . When the show's producers approached Silva, she said she'd only come back if they would promise not to make her character nice," Silva told the Sunday Mirror
Kelly is still nasty as ever Kelly’s return storyline saw her at the bedside of her half-brother Scott (Ben Freeman
) who had been injured by Zoe Tate
(Leah Bracknell
). .
(Nick Miles
) after he found out that she had their unborn child aborted, in order to sign a modelling deal. On November 5 2010 it was announced that Adele Silva would be reprising the role of Kelly for a second time, after a three year break at the beginning of 2011. Silva told the Daily Mail
: [...] "I absolutely loved playing Kelly. She's going to be three years older but probably not three years wiser! Whenever Kelly is around she's always caught up in something which makes her a lot of fun. I'm really looking forward to working with the new, talented cast as well as catching up with old friends. The chance to come back was just too good an opportunity to turn down."[...] It is expected that Kelly's return will come at a cost for Jimmy, now living with his wife Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler
) and their daughter Angelica. Emmerdale's series producer Gavin Blyth added: [...] "Kelly is as manipulative and destructive as ever and there will be no going back from the damage she looks set to cause to Jimmy. The story will ensure an explosive start to 2011 for Emmerdale.[...] . Although later Silva confirmed she would be exiting Emmerdale once again to the conclusion of Jimmy's amnesia storyline. She made her final appearance on 27 May 2011.
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Emmerdale
Emmerdale
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, played by Adele Silva
Adele Silva
Adele Silva is an English actress and television personality who has been on stage and television since she was a young girl. She is best known for playing the role of Kelly Windsor in the television soap opera Emmerdale....
. The character first appeared on 10 August 1993. Silva portrayed her from August 1993 until November 2000. In February 2005 it was announced that Silva would be reprising her role and she returned in June 2005. Silva left the soap once again in October 2007, and in November 2010 it was announced that Silva would be returning to Emmerdale in February 2011. Silva reprised the role for a period of three months and left again in May 2011.
Backstory
Kelly is the daughter of VicVic Windsor
Victor "Vic" Windsor is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Alun Lewis for a period of five years, from 1993 until 1998. Vic was the second husband of shopkeeper, Viv Hope then Windsor, and also father of Kelly Windsor and Donna Windsor-Dingle...
(Alun Lewis
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) and Anne Windsor. Kelly, for a long time, didn't know that Anne had died after catching Vic in bed with Viv Dawson
Viv Hope
Vivienne "Viv" Hope was a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Emmerdale. Portrayed by Deena Payne, the character first appeared on 10 August 1993, and remained until 13 January 2011, becoming one of the longest serving characters, after nearly 18 years in the show.In November...
(Deena Payne
Deena Payne
Deena Payne is an English actress and former singer who is best known for playing Viv Hope in ITV's Emmerdale.Payne was born in Orpington, Kent. She used to tour with ex-Animals keyboard player Alan Price as a backing singer and she was a member of the novelty girl band Cats U.K....
) . Horrified, she ran outside and was hit by a car as she was too upset to look where she was going. As Kelly did not know this, she loved Viv like a mother. Kelly gained a stepbrother, Scott Windsor
Scott Windsor
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(Toby Cockerell
Toby Cockerell
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), Viv's son from her first marriage, and a half-sister, Donna
Donna Windsor-Dingle
Donna Windsor Dingle is a fictional character that appeared in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She was originally played by Sophie Jeffery, and later replaced by Verity Rushworth in 1998. Donna was the third longest running character on Emmerdale at the time of her departure. She made her first...
(Sophie Jeffery
Sophie Jeffery
Sophie Jeffery is an English actress known for her part as Donna Windsor in ITV's Emmerdale which she played from 1993–1997, when she was replaced by Verity Rushworth.-References:...
), from Vic and Viv's marriage
Marriage
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.
1993–2011
Kelly arrives in the village in August 1993 with her father Vic, half-sister Donna, stepmother Viv and Viv's son Scott.Kelly’s first boyfriend is local teenager, Roy Glover (Nicky Evans
Nicky Evans
Nicky Evans, is an English actor who currently plays the role of Shane Maguire on channel 4's Shameless. He was also known for his role as Roy Glover in the popular British soap Emmerdale, where he played the part for six years from early 1994 until leaving in the summer of 2000 whereupon he...
). They date briefly but their relationship does not last and they split up.
Kelly's next relationship is with her teacher, Tom Bainbridge. When their affair is exposed, Kelly denies it but no one believes their story and Tom loses his job. The couple decide to run away together but Kelly returns a few months later, telling Viv that she left Tom after finding him in bed with another pupil. Having been betrayed, she stops trusting men and starts behaving promiscuously. She toys with Roy’s affections, sleeps with Biff Fowler
Biff Fowler
Brian Ian Francis "Biff" Fowler is a fictional character in the British ITV soapEmmerdale, played by Stuart Wade from 1994 until 1999. Biff later returned for Seth Armstrong's Funeral in October 2005.-Casting:...
(Stuart Wade
Stuart Wade
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) and had a brief fling with Will Cairns (Paul Fox
Paul Fox
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). Discovering she is pregnant by Biff, Kelly tells Chris Tate
Chris Tate
Christopher Francis "Chris" Tate is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He was played by Peter Amory.-Early storylines:...
(Peter Amory
Peter Amory
Peter Amory is an English actor best known for playing the role of Chris Tate on ITV's soap opera Emmerdale. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England.-Personal life:...
) that he is the father of her child hoping he would disagree with the pregnancy and pay for an abortion. She begins working at Home Farm and lies to Chris about having the baby when he decides that he wants her to keep it. Kelly secretly plans an abortion but during a fight with Kim Tate
Kim Tate
Kimberly Jane 'Kim' Tate is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. who appeared between 1989 and 1999, She was played by actress Claire King. Kim Tate is seen as one of the most iconic characters in the history of British soap opera, having been dubbed The Soap Superbitch...
(Claire King
Claire King
Claire King is a popular English actress, best known for playing the roles of Kim Tate in the ITV Soap Opera Emmerdale from 1989 to 1999 and Karen Betts in Bad Girls from 2000 to 2004.-Biography:...
) Kelly falls downstairs and suffers a miscarriage. She threatens to press charges but eventually accepts £1,000 from Steve Marchant
Steve Marchant
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(Paul Opacic
Paul Opacic
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) to keep quiet.
In 1998, Kelly realises that she has romantic feelings for her stepbrother Scott Windsor
Scott Windsor
Scott Windsor is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale.From 1993-1996, Scott Windsor was played by Toby Cockerell...
(now played by Ben Freeman
Ben Freeman
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). After sleeping with Scott in 1999, Kelly returns to Roy and they get engaged. Whilst planning their wedding, Kelly continues seeing Scott behind Roy’s back but after being enraged by her refusal to leave Roy, Scott exposes their affair but Kelly denied his allegations. After they get married, Kelly and Roy start suffering financial problems and take jobs as cleaners. When Kelly “borrows” jewellery from a client, Miss Curtis, and stages a dinner party at her house, the police are called. In order to protect his wife, Roy accepts responsibility and is imprisoned. Whilst he is away, Kelly sleeps with Scott again after meeting him at a hotel and they confess their love for each other. The guilt sends Kelly into a deep depression. After writing letters to her family and confessing to the affair on tape, Kelly takes an overdose in a suicide attempt. It is also discovered that she is pregnant and loses the baby not knowing if the father was Scott or Roy. Scott burns the letters in order for him to be blamed for what happened but after Kelly confesses to Roy she decides to start a new life in London
London
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, bankrolled by Chris Tate. Although she and Roy have a brief reconciliation, they are unable to make their marriage work and he leaves for Ibiza
Ibiza
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without her. After her former step-mother, Viv, gets engaged to Bob Hope
Bob Hope (Emmerdale)
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(Tony Audenshaw
Tony Audenshaw
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), Kelly tries to seduce him. When Viv finds out she and Kelly have a vicious fight and the truth about Scott and Kelly's affair is revealed. With no friends or family willing to talk to her, Kelly leaves for London alone, with her younger half-sister, Donna (now played by Verity Rushworth
Verity Rushworth
Verity Rushworth is an English actress who is best known for her role as Donna Windsor-Dingle in the ITV1 soap Emmerdale, having taken over the role from Sophie Jeffery in 1998.- Life and career :...
), the only person sad to see her go.
Kelly returns to the village in 2005, and it was clear that she had not changed. She throws herself into village life and makes enemies of Zoe Tate
Zoe Tate
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(Leah Bracknell
Leah Bracknell
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) and Dawn Woods
Dawn Woods
Dawn Woods is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Julia Mallam.-Storylines:Dawn came to Emmerdale in early 2003 as the fiance of Terry Woods. It was revealed that she is Bob Hope's daughter but she had not seen much of him since he left her, her mother Jean,...
(Julia Mallam
Julia Mallam
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)- both ex-girlfriends of her former step-brother Scott. She causes trouble for Dawn when she flirts with Scott, gets him drunk and then drags him into her bed and telephones Dawn so she can hear them talking. Donna catches them in bed together the following day and Kelly implies that they have slept together. When Donna reveals that she intends to tell Viv, Kelly tells her that she and Scott did not sleep together. When Dawn finds out that Kelly has lied, she tracks Kelly down in the village and they have a fight outside the Woolpack and Kelly is soaked in water by a hosepipe.
Kelly sets her sights on a more exciting life, and targets the rich men in the village. She seduces curate Ethan Blake (Liam O'Brien) and they are discovered kissing by Laurel Thomas
Laurel Thomas
Laurel Thomas is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Charlotte Bellamy. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 3 September 2002. Laurel has been off-screen at various times while Bellamy has taken maternity leave.-Casting:In 2004, Bellamy announced she...
(Charlotte Bellamy
Charlotte Bellamy
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) in the church. She then seduces Jimmy King
Jimmy King (Emmerdale)
James Frederick "Jimmy" King is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Nick Miles. He made his first appearance on 19 February 2004 and has appeared on the show ever since.-Backstory:...
(Nick Miles
Nick Miles
Nick Miles is an English actor well known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as businessman Jimmy King. He also appeared in the music video of Embrace's 1998 hit "Come Back to What You Know" as a policeman....
) and they have a brief fling but he ends their relationship when his ex-wife Sadie
Sadie King
Sadie Jacqueline King , was a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She was played by Patsy Kensit...
(Patsy Kensit
Patsy Kensit
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), reveals Kelly's career, whilst she had been away, as a glamour model. Kelly moves on to Rodney Blackstock
Rodney Blackstock
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(Patrick Mower
Patrick Mower
Patrick Mower , whose original name was Patrick Archibald Shaw, is an English actor well known for his many television and occasional film roles, often as a detective or secret agent.-Life:...
) despite a thirty-one year age gap between them. Kelly starts to like Rodney and is delighted when Rodney buys Holdgate Farm for her and his son Paul Lambert
Paul Lambert
Paul Christopher Lambert is a Scottish football manager and former player who is the manager of Norwich City. He won numerous trophies as a player, winning the Scottish Cup with St...
(Mathew Bose
Mathew Bose
Mathew Bose is an English actor, best known for his role as Paul Lambert in the television series Emmerdale.-Biography:Mathew Bose was born 3 July 1973 in south east London. He has an older brother, Shuvro, who lives in London, and a sister, Shuva, who lives in India. When he was young, Mathew's...
). They plan to turn it into a spa and it initially seems that Kelly’s aspirations were going to come true. However, Rodney's years of overspending cause him to run out of money. The spa is abandoned and Kelly and Rodney split up.
Kelly spends months feeling sorry for herself and takes her frustration out on her family, even during the aftermath of Dawn's death in the King's River showhome explosion. Kelly targets her former lover, Jimmy King, arguing that she was going to bleed him dry to avenge Dawn despite the fact that she had never liked Dawn when she was alive. Kelly soon falls in love with Jimmy and admits that she genuinely wants to be with him and has no intention of blaming him for Dawn's death. Soon after, Kelly is offered a lucrative modelling contract. She also finds out that she is pregnant and eventually decides to have an abortion. Jimmy's half-sister, Scarlett Nicholls
Scarlett Nicholls
Scarlett Mary Nicholls is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She is played by Kelsey-Beth Crossley and made her first appearance on 2 March 2007. It was announced on 8 May 2011, that Crossley was leaving the show. She made her final appearance on 28 July...
(Kelsey-Beth Crossley
Kelsey-Beth Crossley
Kelsey-Beth Crossley is an English actress from Fleetwood, Lancashire, who plays the part of Scarlett Nicholls, the secret teenage daughter of deceased millionaire Tom King and Carrie Nicholls on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale...
), accompanies her to the clinic and on recognizing her reluctance to go in, suggests that Kelly keeps the baby. Kelly is told by her agent to choose between her baby or her career and she chooses her career. Carrie Nicholls
Carrie Nicholls
Caroline "Carrie" Nicholls is a fictional character in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Her first episode was broadcast on February 20, 2007. She was introduced as the former nurse of Tom King's wife Mary. It was subsequently revealed that she was the mother of his illegitimate daughter...
(Linda Lusardi
Linda Lusardi
Linda Lusardi is an English actress, television presenter and former Page Three Girl. She is married to the actor Samuel Kane; they have two children, both born in Enfield, London: Lucy Anne and Jack Francis ....
), Scarlett's mother, finds a leaflet about abortion in Scarlett's pocket and demands answers, worried that Scarlett is pregnant. Scarlett tells Carrie about Kelly's abortion. Horrified, Carrie threatens to tell Jimmy but agrees to keep her secret, on condition that she stays away from Scarlett.
Kelly argues with Carrie again when she realises Carrie has feelings for Jimmy. Concerned Carrie might make a move on him, she confronts her and harsh words are exchanged between the two women. Kelly loses her temper and slaps Carrie across the face. Furious, Carrie reports her to the police for assault. The police question Kelly but she denies assaulting Carrie. Jimmy lies and claims Kelly had acted in self-defence in order for her to not be prosecuted. When Carrie and Kelly are alone, Kelly apologizes but Carrie tells her to stay away from her and Scarlett and warns her that she would tell Jimmy about her abortion if she ever crossed her again. Kelly gets her revenge by warning Carrie that if she told Jimmy about the abortion, she would tell Scarlett that Carrie was Lexi Nicholls
Lexi Nicholls
Alexandra "Lexi" Claire King is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Sally Oliver. She appeared from 2007 to 2009.-Character's history:...
's (Sally Oliver
Sally Oliver
Sally Oliver is an English actress who has been appearing in British soap opera Emmerdale since July 2007, playing the character of Lexi, the daughter of Carrie Nicholls and the sister of Scarlett Nicholls...
) mother and not her sister. Carrie had given birth to Lexi aged just 14. At that point only Carrie, Kelly, Lexi and Jimmy know that Carrie is Lexi's birth mother.
Debbie Dingle
Debbie Dingle
Deborah "Debbie" Dingle is a fictional character in the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale. She is portrayed by Charley Webb...
(Charley Webb
Charley Webb
Charley Webb is an English actress. She is best known for portraying Debbie Dingle in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale.- Career :...
) blackmails Kelly after she kisses Debbie's first cousin once removed Eli Dingle
Eli Dingle
Eli Dingle is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Joseph Gilgun. He first appeared on screen in the episode which aired on 13 July 2006 and made his last appearance on 30 April 2010.-Casting:...
(Joseph Gilgun
Joseph Gilgun
Joseph William Gilgun is an English actor best known for playing Eli Dingle in ITV's Emmerdale, Woody in the film This Is England and Rudy Wade in series 3 of E4's Misfits.-Biography:...
) as she has photographs of them. In light of her deception, Kelly does not know if she can go through with marrying Jimmy and is jealous about the amount of time he is spending with Carrie, much to Carrie's delight. Initially the wedding goes well, however Debbie reveals the truth to Scarlett about Kelly kissing Eli. Jimmy forgives Kelly for her drunken kiss with Eli but jilts her at the altar when Eli tells him about the abortion. Viv disowns Kelly again and Jimmy is too angry to speak to her. Kelly steals some money. Despite Donna and Paul's efforts to reunite them, Jimmy claims that Kelly has broken his heart and he can never be with her again. Heartbroken, Kelly steals Debbie's car, a gift given to her by Eli, and leaves Emmerdale again.
On 18 February 2011, Jimmy meets Kelly in Peterborough
Peterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
after she contacts him and asks him for money. She also suggests they reconcile but Jimmy's anger and resentment at Kelly's abortion boil over into an argument. As Jimmy is about to leave Kelly jumps into the cab of his van and refuses to leave. Jimmy tries to eject her and fearing Jimmy was going to attack her, Kelly lashes out, grabbing a torch from the dashboard and hitting him over the head, knocking him unconscious. Thinking that she has killed him, Kelly panics and flees the scene.
Kelly arrives in the village on 16 March to apologize to Jimmy for attacking him. When she realises that he has amnesia and does not remember who she is or what happened to him, Kelly takes advantage of Jimmy's memory loss by telling him that she was once the love of his life. Jimmy is intrigued and later telephones Kelly and arranges to meet her, believing that she is the key to getting his memory back. Jimmy's brother Carl (Tom Lister
Tom Lister
Tom Lister is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Carl King on the British soap opera Emmerdale.-Background:...
) finds out and goes to the café where she is supposed to be meeting Jimmy. Carl warns Kelly to stay away from Jimmy but she refuses and tells Carl that she would only leave if Jimmy told her too. Kelly leaves her mobile in the cafe and Carl goes to the hotel where she is staying to return it to her. Carl threatens Kelly and again repeats his demand to stay away from Jimmy but she refuses again and orders Carl to leave.
Kelly returns to the village at the end of the week and visits her former stepfather Bob Hope. Kelly asks Bob if she can stay with him and he agrees and she tells him that she would have somebody with her. The following week Kelly moves into Bob's house and introduces Bob and his housemate Marlon Dingle
Marlon Dingle
Marlon Sebastian Dingle is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Mark Charnock. -1996–:...
(Mark Charnock
Mark Charnock
Mark Charnock is an English actor best known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as lanky chef Marlon Dingle.-Biography:...
) to her son Elliott.
Jimmy's wife Nicola (Nicola Wheeler
Nicola Wheeler
Nicola Wheeler is an English actress, best known for playing the role of Nicola King in ITV's Emmerdale.She was born Nicola Hodge, but raised with the name Nicola Palmer...
), Rodney's daughter, whom Jimmy had married during Kelly's absence, is shocked when she sees Kelly in the village. Kelly introduces Rodney and Nicola to Elliot. Kelly then explains to Jimmy that Elliot is his son and she shows Jimmy and Carl a paternity test to prove her claims. Nicola visits Kelly and demands to know why she has returned but Kelly claims that she had returned to the village as a result of Viv's death in a fire the previous January, and that she wanted to spend time with Bob and his and Viv's twins.
Jimmy begs Kelly to keep it a secret that Elliot is his son in order to not cause trouble with Nicola and she agrees to do so. Kelly goes for a drink with Rodney in The Woolpack in order for them to catch up with each other and she tells him of her life since leaving the village and Rodney works out that Elliot is Jimmy's son. Rodney then informs Nicola of his discovery and she demands to know if he had been having an affair with Kelly. When Kelly intervenes, Nicola loses her temper and attacks her and has to be pulled away. Jimmy then escorts Kelly home.
Kelly then starts manipulating Jimmy and claims that they had been having an affair and that he had been going to leave Nicola for her before he lost his memory. Kelly also befriends Eve Jenson
Eve Jenson
Eve Jenson is a fictional character from the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, played by Suzanne Shaw. She made her first on-screen appearance on 31 August 2001. The character was originally played by Raine Davison from 2001 to 2006. In early 2010, series producer Gavin Blyth recast the role and Shaw...
(Suzanne Shaw
Suzanne Shaw
Suzanne Shaw is an English actress, singer and television personality...
) who helps strengthen Kelly's claims by forging hotel receipts and faking a photograph of Kelly and Jimmy together in Peterborough. Kelly spends the following week trying to help Jimmy get his memories of her back and takes him to the spot where he had proposed to her four years earlier. Kelly tells Jimmy that she still loves him and wanted them to get back together but Jimmy tells her that he does not want to hurt Nicola and turn his back on their daughter Angelica. He offers to support Kelly financially in order to provide for Elliot's upbringing.
Whilst in the church, Jimmy regains some of his memory when he remembers his and Kelly's wedding day. He then visits Kelly and tells her that he remembered how he had felt about her and that he knew that he wanted to be with her. Jimmy and Kelly then have sex and this helps Jimmy regain some more of his memory. Jimmy has reservations about his decision, not wanting to hurt Nicola but Kelly tells him to tell her about their relationship and get a divorce. Jimmy then moves Kelly into Mill Cottage, much to Carl's discomfort, and they resume their relationship. As Jimmy continues to regain his memory, Carl warns Kelly that he would soon remember everything about her and what she was really like.
In April 2011, whilst Jimmy and Kelly are having a play fight with a cushion, Kelly hits Jimmy over the head. Jimmy has a flashback and remembers that it was Kelly who had attacked him in Peterborough. Jimmy later tells Nicola that he remembers Kelly being there when he suffered the injuries which caused his memory loss and she urges him to call the police but he refuses for Elliot's sake. Kelly moves back into Bob's house and she later confesses to Eve that she had lied about her and Jimmy having an affair and Eve advises Kelly to tell Jimmy the truth. Jimmy later visits Kelly and demands that she tell him the truth. After claiming that she would never deliberately hurt him, Kelly finally confesses that she had attacked Jimmy and caused his memory loss. She begs Jimmy for forgivness but he leaves in shock. Kelly later confides in Bob that she is scared of Jimmy hating her.
In May 2011, Kelly discovers that Jimmy is trying to win back Nicola. Kelly continues to cause problems for them by arranging for Jimmy to spend time with her and Elliot at a time when Nicola had arranged for him to see Angelica in the park. Jimmy buys Elliot some new clothes and Kelly then hugs Jimmy in gratitude. Nicola, who had just arrived at the park with Rodney and Angelica, witnesses this and storms off.
Jimmy offers to buy Kelly a house and support Elliot financially. He also tells her that he does not want her back as he had remembered how their previous relationship had ended and her abortion. Kelly later arrives unexpectedly at Mill Cottage with Elliot at a time when Jimmy is looking after Angelica. When Nicola arrives to pick Angelica up, she is furious to discover Kelly there. Kelly then lies to Nicola, claiming that Jimmy had told her that he would leave Nicola and would start a new life away with her, Elliot and Angelica. Nicola is outraged and attacks Kelly again leaving her with a bloody nose. Kelly then threatens to report Nicola to the police for assault. As Nicola had been on probation at the time, this meant that she would face a possible prison sentence.
In order to get Nicola out of trouble, Jimmy threatens to tell the police that Kelly had started the fight and Nicola had acted in self-defence. Jimmy also tells Kelly that he thought it would be best if she left the village. Kelly agrees and tells him that she and Elliot would be going as far away from Emmerdale as they could. Kelly gives Jimmy an ultimatum that either he left with her and Elliot or he would never see him again. Wanting Nicola back, Jimmy reluctantly bids a tearful goodbye to Elliot and resigns himself to the fact that he would never see his son again. Kelly then gets into her car and drives out of the village with Elliot.
Casting
In 1993 series producer Nicholas Prosser introduced the Windsor family, Kelly Windsor was first introduced in August 1993, series producer Prosser cast Adele SilvaAdele Silva
Adele Silva is an English actress and television personality who has been on stage and television since she was a young girl. She is best known for playing the role of Kelly Windsor in the television soap opera Emmerdale....
for the role of Kelly. Among them were Viv
Viv Hope
Vivienne "Viv" Hope was a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Emmerdale. Portrayed by Deena Payne, the character first appeared on 10 August 1993, and remained until 13 January 2011, becoming one of the longest serving characters, after nearly 18 years in the show.In November...
(Deena Payne
Deena Payne
Deena Payne is an English actress and former singer who is best known for playing Viv Hope in ITV's Emmerdale.Payne was born in Orpington, Kent. She used to tour with ex-Animals keyboard player Alan Price as a backing singer and she was a member of the novelty girl band Cats U.K....
), Kelly's father Vic Windsor
Vic Windsor
Victor "Vic" Windsor is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Alun Lewis for a period of five years, from 1993 until 1998. Vic was the second husband of shopkeeper, Viv Hope then Windsor, and also father of Kelly Windsor and Donna Windsor-Dingle...
(Alun Lewis
Alun Lewis
Alun Lewis , was a poet of the Anglo-Welsh school, and is regarded by many as Britain's finest Second World War poet.- Education :...
), Scott
Scott Windsor
Scott Windsor is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale.From 1993-1996, Scott Windsor was played by Toby Cockerell...
(Toby Cockerell
Toby Cockerell
Toby Cockerell is an English actor who played the part of Scott Windsor in ITV's Emmerdale from 1993–1996.-External links:...
), and Kelly’s half-sister Donna
Donna Windsor-Dingle
Donna Windsor Dingle is a fictional character that appeared in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She was originally played by Sophie Jeffery, and later replaced by Verity Rushworth in 1998. Donna was the third longest running character on Emmerdale at the time of her departure. She made her first...
(Sophie Jeffery
Sophie Jeffery
Sophie Jeffery is an English actress known for her part as Donna Windsor in ITV's Emmerdale which she played from 1993–1997, when she was replaced by Verity Rushworth.-References:...
).
Personality
Kelly Windsor has been described wild child is a feisty young woman who is not afraid to speak her own mind. "I've got a quite a fierce temper and I won't be pushed around." she says. [...] "It doesn't take much to get Kelly angry but it’s all over very quickly. She’s just a passionate person. [...] .2000 exit and 2005 return
In 2000 it was announced that Adele Silva had quit Emmerdale, her exit storyline involved Kelly trying to seduce Bob HopeBob Hope (Emmerdale)
Robert Reginald "Bob" Hope is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Tony Audenshaw.-Character's background:...
(Tony Audenshaw
Tony Audenshaw
Antony Audenshaw is an English actor best known for his role as Bob Hope on the popular ITV1 soap Emmerdale. In 1995 and 1996, he had a brief appearance as PC Ian Coban in the Channel 4 Soap Brookside...
). After that Viv threw Kelly out of the family home she was then seen in a taxi heading for London. . In February 2005 it was announced that Adele Silva would be returning to Emmerdale, after a five-year break to reprise her role of Kelly. . Speaking of her return to Digital Spy [...] "I'm very excited and can't wait to start filming," Adele revealed, [..] "It will be interesting to see what Kelly has been up to in the past years, and I'm looking forward to catching up with old friends at Emmerdale. [...].
Silva couldn’t wait to go back to the show," Silva told The Sun. [...] I've done quite a lot since leaving but it was difficult at first because I was a bit typecast. "I look quite young and everyone thought of me as being Kelly the schoolgirl. I struggled to get away from the little girl image. I've grown up a lot, though, and I'm looking forward to going back and showing the cast and crew that I'm now a sexy woman. I'm hoping Kelly will be really badly behaved. It would be fun if she had a few flings, too. I want to really show them what I'm made of. It'll be great to catch up with the actors there too - I can't wait to see them again." [...] . When the show's producers approached Silva, she said she'd only come back if they would promise not to make her character nice," Silva told the Sunday Mirror
Sunday Mirror
The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror. It began life in 1915 as the Sunday Pictorial and was renamed the Sunday Mirror in 1963. Trinity Mirror also owns The People...
Kelly is still nasty as ever Kelly’s return storyline saw her at the bedside of her half-brother Scott (Ben Freeman
Ben Freeman
Benedict "Ben" Freeman is an English television actor, best known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as Scott Windsor.-Personal life:...
) who had been injured by Zoe Tate
Zoe Tate
Zoe Tate is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She was played by Leah Bracknell. She appeared between December 1989 and September 2005.-1989–2001:...
(Leah Bracknell
Leah Bracknell
Leah Bracknell is an English actress, best known for her role as Zoe Tate in the long-running soap opera, Emmerdale.-Career:...
). .
2007 departure, 2011 return and exit
In June 2007 it was announced that Silva would be taken a 12-month break. Silva had been thinking about leaving for a while, to try out new things. Silva was also really looking forward to the future. An Emmerdale spokeswoman said: [...] "Adele will be taking a 12-month break at the end of the year to focus on other projects but will return to Emmerdale in 2008.”[...] . Her exit storyline saw Kelly splitting up with Jimmy KingJimmy King (Emmerdale)
James Frederick "Jimmy" King is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Nick Miles. He made his first appearance on 19 February 2004 and has appeared on the show ever since.-Backstory:...
(Nick Miles
Nick Miles
Nick Miles is an English actor well known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as businessman Jimmy King. He also appeared in the music video of Embrace's 1998 hit "Come Back to What You Know" as a policeman....
) after he found out that she had their unborn child aborted, in order to sign a modelling deal. On November 5 2010 it was announced that Adele Silva would be reprising the role of Kelly for a second time, after a three year break at the beginning of 2011. Silva told the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
: [...] "I absolutely loved playing Kelly. She's going to be three years older but probably not three years wiser! Whenever Kelly is around she's always caught up in something which makes her a lot of fun. I'm really looking forward to working with the new, talented cast as well as catching up with old friends. The chance to come back was just too good an opportunity to turn down."[...] It is expected that Kelly's return will come at a cost for Jimmy, now living with his wife Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler
Nicola Wheeler
Nicola Wheeler is an English actress, best known for playing the role of Nicola King in ITV's Emmerdale.She was born Nicola Hodge, but raised with the name Nicola Palmer...
) and their daughter Angelica. Emmerdale's series producer Gavin Blyth added: [...] "Kelly is as manipulative and destructive as ever and there will be no going back from the damage she looks set to cause to Jimmy. The story will ensure an explosive start to 2011 for Emmerdale.[...] . Although later Silva confirmed she would be exiting Emmerdale once again to the conclusion of Jimmy's amnesia storyline. She made her final appearance on 27 May 2011.
External links
- Kelly Windsor at itv.comItv.comitv.com is the main website of ITV plc, the UK's largest commercial television broadcaster which operates 11 out of 15 regions on the ITV network under the ITV1 brand. The website offers on-line streaming, ITV archive, news, sport, entertainment, games, soaps, lifestyle, drama and an interactive TV...