Emmerdale icon Karen Blick’s first role on soap unearthed and she’s unrecognisable Emmerdale fans were left in shock last week when they recognised a nurse in a classic episode of the ITV soap as none other than Lydia Dingle star Karen Blick.
But it turns out that Lydia isn’t actually Karen’s first role, with the soap star having previously appeared in the long-running serial drama back in 2006 in the role of a nurse who offered support to Viv Hope.
Karen has proven herself a powerhouse actress time and again in Emmerdale, with Lydia taking centre stage in a number of stories over the years, such as her romance with Sam (James Hooton), with whom she helmed a lockdown two-hander episode.
Two years ago, Lydia was raped by boss Craig, who was subsequently killed as part of a whodunit storyline and she also offered support to Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper) during her abusive marriage to Tom King (James Chase).
Karen, as viewers know, has played mainstay and Dingle matriarch Lydia for nine years, having made her debut as the character in 2016.
