Faith Dingle

Faith Dingle (née Miligan) was the ex-wife of Shadrach Dingle and the mother of Cain Dingle, Caleb Miligan and Chas Dingle.
==Biography==
===1957-2016: Turning her back on her family===
Faith Milligan was born on 16th June 1957. On Valentine's Day 1974, 16 year old Faith had a fling with Zak Dingle, her partner Shadrach's brother, and later gave birth to a son that she named Cain. Zak and Shadrach thought Cain was Shadrach's son and she married Shadrach in 1975. Faith ends up in prison and in the summer of 1975 she became pregnant with her second child but Shadrach or any Dingle men wasn't the father, the father was actually local haulage company owner Frank Tate. She gives birth to another son named Caleb in April 1976 and put him to foster care. In February 1978, Faith gave birth to a daughter, Chas. After Faith left the family in 1986, Chas took her place and made sure that Cain went to school often enough not to cause trouble and cleaned up after Shadrach after his many benders.
On Cain's twenty-sixth birthday, Faith shocked Zak by telling him that he was Cain's father. Four years later in October 2004 she returned to help celebrate the Dingles ten years in Emmerdale. She tried to build bridges with Cain's daughter Debbie Dingle, but Cain would not allow it. Faith then left the village again.
Faith married a man named Brian Roberts. She didn't get along with Brian's daughter Eileen who thought Faith was only after her father's money. Faith and Brian were only together for a few years when Brian passed away. In 2016, Faith was diagnosed with breast cancer. In July, Faith had a double mastectomy but went into cardiac arrest on the operating table. Faith was resuscitated but the surgeons couldn't put in the breast implants at that time.
===2017-2018: Return and helping Sarah===
In January 2017, Faith donated £20,000 to a fundraising page set up to fund proton beam therapy for Debbie's daughter, Sarah. The following month, skint and homeless Faith came to Emmerdale but got locked in a barn at Wishing Well Cottage. Sarah found Faith and secretly began bringing her food and medicine. She also stole a donation tin and gave the contents to Faith. Faith used the money to book in the B&B but collapsed in her room and an ambulance was called. Cain, Chas and their family were shocked to see Faith and were stunned to learn that she had donated the £20,000. The Dingles were grateful for the donation and Cain paid for another night in the B&B, making Chas unhappy. Cain's estranged wife Moira agreed to let Faith stay at Butlers Farm with her, Debbie, and Debbie's children Sarah and Jack.
Debbie got a fake passport so she could travel to Prague with Sarah during her treatment but Cain insisted Debbie should not break her bail conditions so Faith went with Sarah. Faith returned a few weeks later and Moira allowed her to stay at Butlers Farm. Debbie persuaded Chas to sit down and talk to Faith. Faith accepted that she shouldn't have left Cain and Chas with Shadrach and asked Chas if she could start making things up to her and Chas agreed as she was tired of hating her mother. Unfortunately, when Chas went to hug Faith, Faith pulled away because of her mastectomy but Chas felt rejected again. Faith told Moira about her mastectomy and Moira encouraged her to tell Chas everything. Faith couldn't so Moira told Chas. Faith decided not to get breast implants, not wanting to chance having another cardiac arrest.
===2018-2019: Pushing Kim Tate and departure===
Faith was revealed to be the one who pushed Kim Tate off the balcony. After Kim found out, she swore revenge on Faith. 
===2021-2022: Return and death===
Faith returns to the village in February 2021. In 2022, Faith gets diagnosed with terminal cancer that would lead to her eventual death. Faith dies in Episode 9491/9492 (13th October 2022), when she dies peacefully in Cain's arms. She makes her final appearance on screen in Episode 9506 (28th October 2022) during her funeral.
==Personality==
'Live and let live, that's my mantra.'
Faith is described as "a wonderfully wicked addition" and "fun, frivolous and feisty".
==Hobbies and interests==
Faith loved to be the life and soul of the party, and she was regularly more hungover than most people after parties. She once mentioned that she had made several sex tapes.
Faith was always interested in the afterlife. In mid-2017, she began doing readings for the villagers. However, it was later revealed that she had taken detail's from late Edna's diary and it had also been an excuse to torment Emma Barton who had played a part in her husband's death.
==Residences==
Address 	Duration
Barn at Wishing Well Cottage (temporary) 	6th February 2017 to 8th February 2017
The Grange (temporary) 	8th February 2017 to 10th February 2017
Butlers Farm 	10th February 2017 to 6th March 2018
Sleeping rough/Emmerdale Village Institute (temporary)	6th March 2018 to 12th March 2018
Wishing Well Barn 	12th March 2018 to 1st July 2019
Jacobs Fold 	1st July 2019 to 13th August 2019
Wishing Well Cottage 	13th August 2019 to 16th August 2019
Jacobs Fold 	16th August 2019 to 25th October 2019
Hearse 	25th February 2021 to 25th March 2021
Tug Ghyll 	25th March 2021 to 9th April 2021
Hearse (temporary) 	9th April 2021 to 12th April 2021
The Woolpack 	12th April 2021 to 29th June 2021
The Grange (temporary) 	29th June 2021 to 30th June 2021
Wishing Well Barn 	30th June 2021 to 23rd July 2021
The Woolpack 	23rd July 2021 to 25th December 2021
Apartment One, Mill Cottage 	26th December 2021 to 25th March 2022
The Woolpack 	25th March 2022 to 13th October 2022
==Background information==
*Brigitte Coles was used as Faith's body double in Episode 7785 (29th March 2017) when Faith revealed her mastectomy scars.
*Fleur Keith portrayed a younger Faith in Episode 7992 (17th November 2017).
==Quotes==
"Hello, boys!" - first line to Cain, Shadrach and Zak Dingle.
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"Valentine's day 1974. He's as much yours as he is mine, Zak" - to Zak Dingle, revealing Zak is Cain's real father.
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"Oh hello" - to Chas and Cain when she reunites with her children after being away for over 12 years.
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"Oh yeah, be afraid everyone. Homicidal great-grandma on the loose" - when Faith is accused of the murder of her late-husband Brian Roberts by her former step-daughter Eileen in The Woolpack.
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"Hate. Hurt. Revenge. Seems like a fitting end to a party at Home Farm. What is it about that big, stupid house? It lulls people into thinking they're gonna be all right. Everything's gonna turn out fine. To half the people round here, it's some kind of dream living in the big house. You get too close, you realise, it's a nightmare. The place is cursed." - Faith during a police interview.
==See also==
*Full list of appearances
Category:Emmerdale characters
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Category:2000 debuts
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