Emmerdale barmaid Fiona Wade signs new contract

OHMYGOSSIP — Emmerdale’s Fiona Wade has signed a new one-year contract with the soap. The 33-year-old actress has played racy Priya Sharma since November last year, when the character reappeared to meet brother Jai’s fiancée Charity Dingle.

“I’ve just signed a one-year contract, which I’m absolutely delighted about,” Wade told the Daily Star Sunday. “It means they can plan lots of things for me, which is very exciting.”

Teasing the development of her character, she added: “There’s lots more coming up involving her brothers which I’m really looking forward to.

“That’s the thing about Priya. She lives her life exactly how she wants and is a bit of a whirlwind for them. They can’t control what she does and she’s incredibly feisty.”

The former Where the Heart Is star also revealed that producers are plotting a “love interest” for Priya in the near future, adding: “She had that thing with Cain Dingle the last time she was in the village, which really didn’t go down too well with her brothers.”

Priya Sharma was first seen in Emmerdale in 2009, being played initially by Effie Woods.