Dales Anderson: 'I'm not like Alicia'

Natalie Anderson has insisted that she is nothing like her Emmerdale character Alicia Gallagher.

The former West End actress joined the ITV soap last month as Lleya Harding's (Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi) sister.

"She's brazen and quite spiteful and I'm really not like that at all, I hope," she told The Mirror. "She says what she thinks and there are no airs and graces about her whatsoever.

"But while she comes across as bold as brass with a hard exterior, there is a softer side to her. She's a devoted mum and a loving wife with very strong morals."

Anderson also revealed her husband's reaction to a photograph of her in character.

"She's brassy and trashy and wears miniskirts, low-cut tops, padded bras, hair extensions and lots of fake tan and massive jewellery," she said. "I showed James the first picture of myself done up as Alicia and he said he didn't quite know whether he fancied her or wanted to give her a good wash.

"Make of that what you will."

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