Robb: 'Emmerdale part was great timing'

Emmerdale newcomer Natalie J. Robb has announced that she is "loving" her role on the soap.

Show producers announced in May that the actress was to take on the part of new Woolpack barmaid and mum-of-three Moira Barton. The character, who forms part of the drama's new farming dynasty, appeared on screen for the first time in July.

Robb told The Mirror: "I love playing Moira - she's a down-to-earth farmer's wife who adores her family. It's great actually because I can be married in the day with three teenage kids and then I can hand it all back and have my single life at night."

Discussing her personal life further, the 34-year-old continued: "I broke up with my long-term boyfriend last December, before I joined Emmerdale.

"He was French and I lived with him in the French Alps for about eight months, but it wasn't working out. Then this job came up and it couldn't have happened at a better time."

Robb was previously best known for playing PC Andrea Dunbar in The Bill.