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Charlie Hardwick 'chuffed' with Soap Award

Published Thursday, May 25 2006, 13:59 BST | By Kris Green

Emmerdale actress Charlie Hardwick, who plays Val Lambert in the Yorkshire-based soap, revealed how happy she was to win a prestigious soap award for 'Best Comedy Performance'.

She told me: "I feel really chuffed. I think you're supposed to be really humble about these things. I've got no idea what's going to happen with Val, I don't even read the next block of scripts ahead!"

Charlie, who is contracted with the soap until December revealed how much she enjoyed working with the show, adding: "I love my job and I'm so lucky to have such a fantastic character to play."

Rumour has it that there's a big summer disaster planned.

Watch this space...