ITV Share By Jade Brown May 27 2025 By Jade Brown May 27 2025 The Bill legend cast as feuding farmer Celia - and she’s out to get Moira Celia means business Emmerdale Moira Dingle Share By Jade Brown May 27 2025 By Jade Brown May 27 2025 Emmerdale has announced that former The Bill star Jaye Griffiths is joining the soap as new farmer Celia – and it means trouble for Moira Dingle. Celia and Moira do not get off on the right foot and it soon becomes clear that Celia means business. Jaye has a string of esteemed roles under her belt, but is excited to play this ‘different’ character. Celia will be played by Jaye Griffiths (Credit: ITV/Mark Bruce) There’s a new farmer on the block Celia will first be seen on screen at the end of June when she calls on neighbouring Moira to enquire if she can rent two of her fields. However, despite being in a bad financial position herself, Moira is aware of Celia’s reputation. article continues below Read all the latest spoilers Moira is reluctant to deal with Celia and quickly shrugs her off. But she may soon come to regret that as Celia clearly means business. Soon, village vet Paddy Kirk ends up in hospital after being brutally attacked by one of Celia’s guard dogs. And, we start to get the measure of Celia’s true colours from her reaction to the attack. Celia is renting a neighbouring farm from Kim Tate, but with the Bartons and Sugdens as farming families already well established within the community, we can expect more conflict to follow. Celia is “different” to anyone Jaye has played before (Credit: ITV/Mark Bruce) Jaye Griffiths on playing Celia in Emmerdale On landing the part of Celia in Emmerdale, esteemed actress Jaye Griffiths said: “I was delighted to get this role. Without giving the game away she is very different to anyone I have played before. I can’t wait to really get into the heart of her storyline.” Producer Laura Shaw added: “We are absolutely delighted to have Jaye Griffiths joining us to play the role of Celia. Having recently taken over a nearby farm, not much is known about mysterious Celia’s past before arriving on the outskirts of the village. “While Celia has a tough edge with an air of respectability, the audience, and our villagers, will soon start to see what this woman is truly capable of.” Prior to Emmerdale, Jaye was best known for playing DI Sally Johnson in The Bill and Ellie Gardner in Casualty. She also played Dr Elizabeth Croft in Doctors. Read more: Who’s leaving Emmerdale? All the cast exits, arrivals and returns Emmerdale usually airs weeknights on ITV at 7.30pm, with an early release on ITVX at 7am. Classic Emmerdale usually airs every weekday on ITV3 at 6am and 6.30am, plus 1.40pm and 2.10pm. Visit our Facebook page @emmerdaleinsider for all the latest Emmerdale news, gossip and spoilers and let us know what you think! Or find us on Twitter@emmerdaleinside Share Good to Know Share By Jade Brown May 27 2025 By Jade Brown May 27 2025
