Recognise the detective who arrested Cain in Emmerdale tonight? Isobel Middleton has been in EastEnders and has a famous soap star wife
Her wife works on rival soap, Coronation Street
In Emmerdale tonight (Thursday, February 12), a detective arrested Cain Dingle – and this detective was played by actress Isobel Middleton.
Cain was arrested by DI Roberts on suspicion of knowing something about Anthony Fox’s disappearance.
But, who is actress Isobel Middleton? And, who is her famous soap star wife?
Who is Isobel Middleton?
Isobel Middleton is an English actress, writer and producer with a huge number of shows under her belt.
She’s definitely no stranger to soap, appearing as DI Roberts in Emmerdale tonight.
Isobel Middleton as Detective on Emmerdale
Isobel Middleton actually first starred in Emmerdale back in 2014 as character Dr Lane, a doctor who treated Andy Sugden.
She again appeared as a Prosecution Barrister later on in 2018, before returning once more to play the character of Jean Rawson in 2020.
Tonight, she returns five years later as new character DI Roberts.
The Detective arrested Cain Dingle as the police continued the investigation as to what happened to Anthony Fox.
With Steph fearing that her grandad is missing (as always), Cain was questioned over the scrapping of Anthony’s car and his late night work at the garage.
DI Roberts and her team then searched the garage but failed to find any evidence, letting Cain go. However, she made it clear that she’d most likely need to speak to Cain again and the police would be asking more questions until Mr. Fox turned up (which we know he isn’t going to…)
Isobel Middleton in EastEnders
Isobel has also appeared in rival soap, EastEnders, in 2002. She starred in 16 episodes of the soap as character, Sadie Banks.
Sadie was the ex-wife of Tom Banks and mother of Charlotte Davies, appearing from August – September of that year.
During her short stint in the Square, Sadie was responsible for holding Sharon Watts hostage after Sharon got into a relationship with Tom. She threatened her, hoping her plan would work to win her husband back.
She tried to use her daughter to get her back in touch with Tom, then trying to make Sharon think that she was having an affair with her man. But, Sharon saw through this.
In the end, after attempting to take her own life, Sharon and Tom encouraged Sadie to get some psychiatric help.
What else has Isobel Middleton been in?
Other soaps Isobel has starred in include Doctors, Coronation Street, Hobby City, Casualty and more notably, the radio soap The Archers.
On the show, Isobel appeared in 42 episodes as Anna Tregorran.
She’s also appeared in Mr Bates vs the Post Office as Kay.
Isobel Middleton Coronation Street star wife
Away from screen, Isobel has been married to her famous Coronation Street star wife Jane Hazlegrove since 2015.
Soap fans may know Jane best for playing the character Bernie Winter. The couple have actually been in a relationship for around 30 years and their love is still going strong.
They like to keep their relationship private although Jane occasionally shares photos of Isobel on her Instagram page.
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