DOB: 19th February, 1957
Marital status: Married to Eric
Address: Farrer's Barn
Occupation: Co-owns the Woolpack and Pollard and Pollard
First arrived
1 February, 2004, when she turned up in the Dales with a black eye. She told Diane she’d been hit by her boyfriend when really she’d scammed the poor bloke into paying for her nose job.
Memorable scene
- At Jack and Diane’s wedding when she turned up with a hunky toy-boy but it was revealed that she’d paid him to pretend to be her man.
- Her wedding day to Eric, when she was kidnapped by the Dingles.
About the actress
Charlie Hardwick won the Best Comedy Performance award at the 2006 British Soap Awards for her performance as Val Lambert. Her TV work includes appeareances on Byker Grove, Our Friends in the North, Casualty and The Royal. She also appeared in the films Billy Elliot and Purely Belter. In 1998 she won the Best Actress Award at the Monte Carlo International TV Festival for her performance in The Scar.
