Valerie "Val" Pollard (also Lambert) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Charlie Hardwick. She made her first screen appearance in the episodes broadcast on 1 February 2004. Val was introduced as the sister of established character Diane Sugden (Elizabeth Estensen). She later married Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell). Hardwick took a three-month break from Emmerdale to appear in a play and the character left on 10 February 2012. Val returned in June 2012 and was surprised to learn that Eric had begun in a relationship with Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop). She moved into Diane's pub after her marriage breakdown and helped to run it while Diane was away visiting her daughter.
In 2014, Val was told that she was HIV positive after a holiday fling while she was in Portugal. In 2015, it was announced that Hardwick had quit the soap. Val was killed off on 6 August 2015 in the highly publicised "Summer Fate" storyline, which saw a helicopter crash into the village. She made several appearances afterwards as a ghost to Eric and on a videotape describing her final wishes. Her final on-screen appearance aired on 31 August 2015. She later appeared as a ghost in Robert Sugden's (Ryan Hawley) dream on 25 December 2017. For her portrayal of Val, Hardwick won the award for Best Comedy Performance at the 2006 British Soap Awards.
Valerie "Val" Pollard (also Lambert) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Charlie Hardwick. She made her first...
(born 3 November 1960) is an English actress. She portrayed the role of ValPollard in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (2004–2015, 2017). In 2019, she began...
aspires to lead a normal family life with her foster parents ValPollard and Eric Pollard. As her storylines have developed she has grown close to the...
Eric Pollard (also Pollock) is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Chris Chittell. He made his first appearance in...
according to Val, looked like Crocodile Dundee and gave Jamie his ring back. She also sold her share of the B&B to Eric and ValPollard, much to Terry's...
included a helicopter crash that killed Ruby Haswell (Alicya Eyo) and ValPollard (Charlie Hardwick), and a multi-car pile-up. In 2016, Emmerdale was named...
Susan Georgina "Su" Pollard (born 7 November 1949) is an English actress and singer. Her career has spanned over 45 years; she is most famous for her...
storylines. David's final scenes were broadcast on 30 November 2023. Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell) had never divorced from his first wife, Eileen (Arbel...
provides ValPollard (Charlie Hardwick) with a shoulder to cry on when she discovers that she may be HIV positive. Victoria tries to urge Val to tell her...
tells Kerry. After a heated argument with Amy and her foster mother ValPollard (Charlie Hardwick), Kerry slaps Amy, shocking Andy. Andy's relationship...
Debbie and Pete Barton's Wedding, The Helicopter Crash and Death of ValPollard from August 2015. On 19 September 2022, ITV3 and other ITV digital channels...
her sister Val Lambert's (Charlie Hardwick) son, being held hostage in a siege at the Woolpack, sleeping with Val's husband Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell)...
2013–2017 Shadrach Dingle Andy Devine 2000, 2002–2010, 2017 Matt Sutton Emma Barton Gillian Kearney 2015–2017 ValPollard Charlie Hardwick 2004–2015, 2017...
Chrissie White (Louise Marwood) crashes into the village hall, killing ValPollard (Charlie Hardwick) and Ruby Haswell (Alicya Eyo). Debbie is found under...
for him. When ValPollard berates David for allowing her husband to begin a new relationship, Alicia becomes angry and punches Val. Val reports her to...
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