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In July 2014, Walsh joined the cast of the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Tracy Metcalfe. [8] [9] She was introduced as the girlfriend of established character Sam Dingle (James Hooton) and made her first appearance in the show on 7 July 2014. [10] Walsh had previously auditioned for the role of Rachel Breckle, which ultimately went to Gemma Oaten ...
Oct 29, 2022 · Tracy Metcalfe recently made a welcome, yet brief, return to the Emmerdale village. The character, played by Amy Walsh, was written back into the ITV soap during her maternity leave so she could ...
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Tracy Sharon Robinson (née Shankley; previously Metcalfe) is the daughter of Frank Clayton and Evette Shankley, the half-sister of Vanessa Woodfield, the mother of Frankie Robinson and the estranged wife of Nate Robinson. She is named after her aunt Tracy Shankley Sr..
1989-2014: Early life
Tracy Sharon Shankley was born on 9th September 1989 to Evette Shankley and Frank Clayton. One day, Frank left Evette and Tracy, and Tracy lost contact with her father. Frank's departure also caused Evette to begin developing a drinking problem. When Tracy tries to stop her, Evette throws her out, but still demands money for rent. Tracy becomes a prostitute, a regular client being Phil Webb, whom of which she re-encounter in 2018. Tracy later gave up prostitution and moved onto adult chat lines, and lost contact with her mother.
2014: Arrival and departure
Tracy comes to Emmerdale in July 2014, to meet Sam Dingle, after they began talking via an adult chat line. Tracy, going under the name of Colleen met up with Sam who was thrilled to meet her but thrown off when she revealed her real name. Sam asks Tracy to stay with him, but his step-mother, Lisa, kicks Tracy out when she becomes suspicious of her. Sam and Tracy eventually move into Brook Cottage with Robbie Lawson. In September, Tracy cons Sam out of money and leaves.
2015-2016: Return, David's cancer and long lost family
In January 2015, Sam is shocked when he finds Tracy sleeping in the barn at Wishing Well Cottage. He also realises that she's the one who has been stealing money and vodka from the house as she's been staying in the barn for a couple of days. She then secretly stays the night at The Grange but is caught by Val Pollard the following morning. She offers to work at the B&B to pay off her debt of a room for the night who agrees as she reminds Val of her foster daughter Amy Wyatt. Val allows her to sleep in the spare room and Tracy pays the Dingles back for the money she's stolen. She works there for a time and with Val's help rekindles her relationship with Sam, only to lose him to Rachel Breckle in February. She falls out with Val and soon begins sleeping and living with Andy Sugden, who'd just lost his wife Katie. Andy can't cope with a relationship beyond sex, and when he accidentally hurts her during an argument, he asks her to leave. She soon comes crawling back to the Grange until she finds a job with Jimmy King and moves in with him. She and Bernice Blackstock clash, with Bernice going so far as to accuse her of stealing jewellery from her but learn to tolerate each other. In July 2015, Jimmy's father-in-law Rodney comes back from Amsterdam with a present for him. It is a DVD, entitled Busty Cream Cake Cafe Girls, and after getting Jimmy alone, Rodney reveals the present with Tracy on the front cover. Jimmy then realises that she used to be a 'specialist' actor. Tracy explains that she was in poverty and desperate to get any money she could. When Jimmy understands, she kisses him, but he pushes her away. They continue to work together until a driver at his haulage firm is hospitalised and it comes out that he is in the country illegally. As Tracy was the one responsible for unknowingly hiring someone who has no papers, Jimmy reluctantly fires her. Tracy then has no choice but to return to the Grange, where Val rehires her, but now makes her pay for her room and board. Val dies soon after, but remembers Tracy in a video goodbye - she tells Tracy to keep her hands off Eric. Tracy tries to help Eric run the B&B as he spirals into grief, and is hurt when Leyla asks if she's taking advantage of him. Tracy continues to live rent-free at the B&B, but when Val's sister Diane takes over part of the business, she questions the arrangement when they could easily rent out the room. Tracy brags to Carly Hope about having Eric wrapped around her little finger, unaware that Diane can hear her. Tracy is soon asked to leave and moves in with Carly and Vanessa Woodfield at Tug Ghyll in May 2016. However, Vanessa is less than happy as she gets tired of Tracy making a mess and not paying rent on time. After Eric's son David is diagnosed with testicular cancer, Eric asks Tracy to keep an eye on him. They end up having sex, but David feels betrayed when he realises Tracy knew about his diagnosis and assumes she only slept with him out of pity. Once they get over this issue, she continues to support the family, convincing David's son Jacob not to leave the village when he feels hurt over David lying to him. In spite of this, she still feels like she isn't truly a part of their family. Diane catches Tracy booking flights to Ibiza in The B&B. She calls David round, lying to him by saying that she urgently needs to see him. When David arrives, Diane locks him in a room with Tracy, but then quietly unlocks it again without them knowing. Tracy hangs out the window and screams like mad for help. Tracy fells back from the window and lands on David; they share a kiss. Tracy then gets in a taxi to get to the airport, but they soon have a flat tyre. Finn Barton and David call Ross over the radio. David asks to speak to Tracy. Tracy tells Ross to drive back to the village. She meets David in The Woolpack with everyone watching. Unexpectedly, David proposes to Tracy. Tracy accepts but feels uneasy about marrying him while he's seriously ill. David agrees to wait, but keeps proposing in hopes she'll change her mind. She slowly does change her mind, but they decide to keep waiting until he gets his test results back. Tracy encounters resistance from the people in David's life, especially his ex and Jacob's mother Leyla Harding, who assumes she is a golddigger. In August 2016, when Tracy overhears Leyla and friend Vanessa talking about her, Tracy snaps at Vanessa, leading the two women to have a fight. Meanwhile, David tries to track down Tracy's father after she gives his absence as a reason why she's waiting to marry. He finds Frank Clayton in prison, visiting him and having a conversation about "Teeny." Tracy is hurt that David went behind her back, and even more hurt to realise the girl Frank is talking about can't be her, as he never called her that name. After Frank is attacked in prison Tracy visits him in hospital where she finds pictures of a young Frank and her as a child. Tracy begins to warm to Frank and asks David if he can stay with them upon his release. However, Vanessa and Leyla get the wrong idea and think the man she's in contact with is a fling, leading to more tension between them. Things get even tenser when, during a visit to see Frank, Vanessa and Tracy learn they are half-sisters. After another fight, they try to make amends, but a hurt Tracy decides she'd rather Frank not stay with her. He moves in with Vanessa instead. David throws Tracy a big birthday party, and Vanessa gives Tracy a gift. Her good intentions are marred when Tracy realises that when she was a little girl Frank took one of her toys and gave it to Vanessa for a birthday present. David tries to convince Tracy to give him another chance, but she overhears Frank telling Vanessa he only cares about her. Tracy, wanting revenge, makes it look like Frank stole Eric's bank card. David is disturbed by her actions and tells her he now wonders whether it's a good idea to get married after all. David's test results show that he is clear of cancer, and he and Tracy move toward a wedding day. Tracy manages to get the charges against Frank dropped, but still wants nothing to do with him. On the day of the wedding, Frank kidnaps Tracy to make her change her mind, leaving an unaware David to assume she's stood him up. Vanessa finds them and they make peace, but their cars don't work, nor do their phones. They manage to get a ride back on a tractor and Tracy makes it to the church just in time to marry David with both her father and new-found sister by her side.
After being kicked out by her mother at a young age, Tracy turned to prostitution and later adult chat-lines to support herself. Once she arrived in the village she quickly found work at the local B&B where she, as well as having a few other positions, has worked since returning to the village in January 2015. She was also a self-published author o...
•The idea to make Tracy and Vanessa half-siblings was presented to producer Iain MacLeod by the actresses, Michelle Hardwick and Amy Walsh. Michelle and Amy felt they looked similar and pointed out their characters both had an unknown father in prison.
Sep 30, 2024 · Emmerdale viewers were taken aback to learn that Amy Walsh, who portrays Tracy Metcalfe, isn't the only member of her family to have graced the Yorkshire-based soap. While most fans are aware that ...
Amy Victoria Walsh (born 27th March 1987 in Bradford, West Yorkshire) is an English actress who has portrayed Tracy Metcalfe in Emmerdale since July 2014. She is one of four talented sibling, her sister Kimberley Walsh, is a singer is pop group Girls Aloud and her eldest sister Sally Walsh is also an actress who played Lyn Hutchinson in Emmerdale from 1997 to 2000. Prior to being cast in the ...
Dec 27, 2023 · Emmerdale star Amy Walsh has played the role of Tracy Metcalfe on the ITV soap for nearly a decade. The 36-year-old's character has been caught up in some gripping plots since she arrived in 2014, including her recent scandalous affair with Caleb Milligan (William Ash).
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Jan 14, 2022 · Emmerdale continues to air on ITV and the much-loved soap waved off a fan-favourite resident. In tonight's (January 14) episode, Tracy Metcalfe (played by Amy Walsh) was offered a new job ...
