Isobel Steele in Emmerdale
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Isobel Steele in Emmerdale – her multi-talented life away from the cameras

She's a super-talented singer and songwriter and she's best friends with co-star Bradley Johnson

Isobel Steele in Emmerdale plays troubled Liv Flaherty. She’s the alcoholic half-sister of Aaron Dingle and girlfriend of Vinny Dingle.

She’s played the role since 2016, and has taken Liv from an awkward schoolgirl to a young woman dealing with some pretty serious problems – and she’s won a lot of awards and accolades along the way.

But Isobel is more than just a one trick pony. Who is she and what do we know about her?

Isobel has been in Emmerdale since 2016 (Credit: ITV)

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Isobel Steele in Emmerdale

Isobel was only 15 when she took on the part of Liv Flaherty. But she was already a pretty experienced actress.

She’d started her career as a child and starred in adverts for all sorts of businesses from Iceland to Furniture Village.

Later she played a character called Barbara in the BBC series Our Zoo, and followed that with roles in The Dumping Ground, and a short film called Father’s Day.

She was cast as Liv Flaherty – Aaron’s half-sister – in 2016 and quickly made her mark on Emmerdale.

All before she’d even done her GCSEs!

In fact, talented Isobel took a break from the show in 2017 to concentrate on her exams!

Isobel is a talented singer (Credit: YouTube/Emmerdale)

Isobel Steele in Emmerdale’s singing career

Alongside her acting career, Isobel has another string to her bow. She’s a talented musician and singer and has her own YouTube channel where she posts videos of her music.

She’s not the only talented musician in the Emmerdale cast, so during lockdown the team all began releasing videos of themselves singing under the name The Woolpack Sessions.

Fans were thrilled with Isobel’s cover version of The Winner Takes it All by Abba and stunned by her gorgeous singing voice.

But the sweet songstress doesn’t just record other people’s tracks. She’s also an accomplished songwriter herself.

Liv and Vinny have broken up but Isobel and Bradley are best friends (Credit: ITV)

Isobel and Bradley Johnson

On-screen in Emmerdale Liv has recently reunited with Vinny after being left heartbroken by their split last year.

Vinny is played by Bradley Johnson and off-screen Isobel Steele and Emmerdale co-star Bradley are the best of mates. They’ve even been away on holiday together.

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According to Isobel, there’s no romance in the offing between the pair, despite fans being convinced they were an item.

She told Metro.co.uk that they were “just very good friends who enjoy each other’s company”.

Liv’s struggling to give up drinking (Credit: ITV)

What’s next?

Isobel’s being kept super busy with all Liv’s on-screen antics as has finally been released from prison after being wrongfully accused of murdering Ben Tucker.

But she’s still managing to find time to continue with her songwriting and singing and even squeezing in some fun on the XBox with her younger brother.

We reckon she’s got a glittering future ahead of her!

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Kerry Barrett
Freelance Soap Writer

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