'Emmerdale' actress praises Wylde trio

Emmerdale actress Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi has predicted that her departing co-stars Alice Coulthard, Amanda Donohoe and Lyndon Ogbourne will all have bright futures after they leave the soap.

Coulthard, who plays Maisie Wylde, revealed back in June that she would be departing the Yorkshire-based show, while her screen family members Donohoe (Natasha) and Ogbourne (Nathan) have also both recently announced their intentions to bow out.

Gwawam-Shahidi - best known for playing Leyla Harding on the ITV1 drama - told DS: "I'll definitely be sad to see them go. Alice Coulthard is a really good friend of mine and she's just an absolutely lovely girl.

"In terms of doing scenes, I didn't really see that much of her because a lot of her storylines didn't have much to do with Leyla. But I'll continue to see her off set and I'm looking forward to that. I think that everything is going to go really well for Alice - she'll have a really good career and I'm quite excited for her!"

She added: "Amanda Donohoe is also brilliant and I'm sure she's going to go on and do some great things, and I think the same about Lyndon Ogbourne as well. They'll all do some good stuff."

The Wylde family will leave screens later this year after their current murder plot reaches its conclusion.

> Click here to read our full interview with Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi