Emmerdale’s Natalie J Robb has opened up about her life away from the ITV soap.
The actress, who plays Moira Dingle, doesn’t have any children, but adores looking after dogs.
The 50-year-old soap star is also single, and recently spoke about how she doesn’t really have any intention of settling down and getting married.
‘I don’t have any children, apart from furry animals’, she said.
‘Last year in February, I lost Bronson, my best friend. Never felt grief like it, it doesn’t go away. Now Buddy [her new adopted dog] won’t stop growing. I just love the companionship of an animal’.
Continuing her chat with the Mirror, Natalie, who was previously in a relationship with her co-star Jonny McPherson, went on to reveal that her mum’s divorce seriously impacted her when she was a child.
‘I’ve never been one for marriage. My mum got divorced when I was very young. I think my world shattered when that happened.
‘But I don’t believe people need marriage anymore. A lot of them have children – that’s a marriage in itself. I’m 50 now, I spent a lot of time trying to find love but it wasn’t the right thing for me. I should have just been more single then, rather than find something.’
Natalie’s Emmerdale character Moira has faced a stressful few months. After John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) tampered with the slurry tank, the contaminated liquid damaged some of her farmland. It also flowed into the main water supply, leaving the village without running water for days.
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Butlers Farm was then dealt with a number of fines as a result. Moira has struggled to pay them off, which has caused Kim and Joe Tate (Claire King and Ned Porteous) to try and take advantage.
The Tates are hoping to buy all of the land that surrounds Home Farm so they can become more powerful than ever before.
It means they need to buy Moira’s farm, but whether she’ll give up her livelihood after so long remains to be seen.
