Emmerdale’s Emily Head ‘lands new role in The Syndicate alongside Corrie stars Kym Marsh and Katie McGlynn’
She left the countryside soap, Emmerdale in 2018.
And now Emily Head is set for a return to screens as she has reportedly landed a new role in The Syndicate.
The Sun reports the actress, 31, will now embark on a new role in the lottery-based drama alongside fellow soap stars, Kym Marsh, Gaynor Faye and Katie McGlynn.
New challenge: Former Emmerdale actress Emily Head is set to take on a new role as kennel worker Colette in the lottery drama The Syndicate, according to reports
Emily played the feisty multi-millionaire Rebecca White in Emmerdale, but in 2018, her character made a shocking exit from the village with Ross Barton and never returned.
In contrast, actor and screenwriter Kay Mellor’s drama follows the story of five workers in a Leeds supermarket whose lives change forever when they jointly win the lottery.
The website reports Emily will now play a kennel worker called Colette in The Syndicate.
Soap star: The English actress, 31, left Emmerdale in 2018 where she played the feisty millionaire Rebecca White (pictured right in 2017 alongside actress Emma Atkins)
Writer Kay Mellor told the website: ‘This series is a brand-new story about a syndicate of low paid kennel workers who think they’ve won the lottery but have been robbed of their ticket.
‘The chase to confront the culprit takes us to the wealthy French Riviera where the young syndicate find themselves well out of their depth.’
Emily’s former co-star, Gaynor Faye, is believed to be joining the show too after leaving Emmerdale in 2019, and she also happens to be The Syndicate writer, Kay’s daughter.
Co-stars: Gaynor Faye who starred in Emmerdale until 2019 is said to be joining The Syndicate and she also happens to be The Syndicate writer, Kay’s daughter.
Soap star cast: Former Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh is rumoured to be joining the star-studded cast which begins filming later on this year
They will reportedly be joined by Corrie stars Kym Marsh and Katie McGlynn for filming of the fourth series of the BBC drama which begins later this year.
Acting veteran Neil Morrissey is said to be joining the cast as a newsagent who has dreams of living the high life.
Strictly Come Dancing favourite, Joe Sugg was reportedly announced as a new addition to the cast on Monday.
New role: Kym’s former Corrie co-star Katie McGlynn is said to be joining the cast on the fourth series of the BBC drama
He is said to be playing a budding musician named Sam who is struggling to make it official with his one-and-off girlfriend Roxy, who is played by Taj Atwal.
Lenny Henry, Timothy Spall and Alison Steadman have all graced The Syndicate stage in past series.
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Emily Head, Neil Morrissey, Kym Marsh and Katie McGlynn for comment.
Dancing to acting: Strictly Come Dancing favourite and YouTube star, Joe Sugg has apparently landed his first major acting role as a budding musician named Sam in the show
Joining the team: Acting veteran Neil Morrissey is also said to be joining the cast as a newsagent who has dreams of living the high life