Samantha Giles admits that working on Emmerdale ‘is not as glamorous as you think’

Emmerdale star Paige Sandhu has opened up about filming an “embarrassing” socially-distanced kissing scene alongside her co-star Jay Kontzle, who plays Billy. Speaking exclusively to OK! about filming the segment that left the pair red-faced, the actress, who plays evil murderer Meena, explained that strict on-set Covid measures meant they had to lock lips with a tennis ball.

After only four months in the job, Tottenham Hotspur have sacked manager Nuno Espirito Santo.

Emmerdale’s evil murderer Meena (played by Paige Sandhu) is currently front and centre of the ITV show, killing anyone and everyone that gets in her way. And while many soap fans are worried about who Meena’s next innocent victim could be, actress Lisa Riley has revealed her character, Mandy Dingle, is safe from Meena’s temper.

Emmerdale fans have been treated to a week to remember on the ITV soap, as the village’s survival event spiralled out of control at the hands of evil Meena.The action-packed scenes that aired across the week - dubbed Super Soap Week - have kept viewers on the edge of their seats, as they watched with bated breath to see who would make it through.

Emmerdale star Samantha Giles has recently brought out a new book, but she is best known for playing Bernice Blackstock in the long-running ITV soap. However, in spite of how it may seem, Samantha admitted that being an actress isn't all red carpets and sparkly ballgowns.

She’s currently front and centre of Emmerdale’s Super Soap Week as nurse turned serial killer Meena Jutla. But as viewers wait with bated breath to see if Meena will exact her revenge on Victoria (Isabel Hodgins) for her blossoming relationship with David (Matthew Wolfenden), actress Paige Sandhu has opened up about where she’d like to see her character if it were in her hands.

We’re used to seeing her on the small screen playing Bernice Blackstock in Emmerdale, but Samantha Giles has more than one talent up her sleeve. Her debut children’s novel about a family of witches was a best-seller and has been translated into other languages – and she’s just released the second instalment, Rosemary And The Book Of The Dead.

Emmerdale actress Paige Sandhu has revealed that her scheming character Meena Jutla has actually killed twice before taking up residence in the Dales.The news comes as viewers prepare to watch the psychopathic murderer kill again in Super Soap Week.

Most of us know Emmerdale actresses Paige Sandhu and Rebecca Sarker as on-screen sisters Meena Jutla and Manpreet Sharma. Between Meena sleeping with Manpreet's first husband and her meddling tendencies, it's fair to say their characters' relationship hasn't been the smoothest of sibling stories.

Meena Jutla, played by Paige Sandhu, has caused quite the stir in Emmerdale since she arrived in the village last autumn (September 2020). She's managed to manipulate multiple villagers – including her sister Manpreet Jutla (Rebecca Sarker) – into believing she's innocent while being a coldhearted killer behind the scenes.

We know and love (or sometimes love to hate) their characters on screen, but now it’s time to discover all the behind-the-scenes secrets from our favourite soap stars. In our exclusive interview, Soap Stars Coming Clean, OK!'s finding out all the juicy gossip about what happens when the cameras stop rolling, as well as the actors’ favourite memories with their co-stars so far.

It's survival week in the village and the team at Emmerdale are pulling out all the stops in order to make it an event to remember. Meena Jutla (Paige Sandhu) has got more murder in mind as the village’s survival challenge takes a deadly turn.The event gets a little too literal when the killer decides to strike again – before she’s seen lying motionless in a maze in a flash-forward scene.