Charity Dingle

Charity Dingle is a fictional character and central protagonist of the British Soap Opera Emmerdale.
She is a member of the Dingle Family and the mother of Debbie Dingle along with her three brothers - Noah, Ryan, and Moses. She is also the cousin of Chas Dingle and Cain Dingle as well as the latter's ex-lover.
The character is portrayed by .
==Biography==
Charity Dingle first came to Emmerdale at the end of March 2000 for the funeral of her late cousin Butch Dingle after his death a few days ago.
From then onwards Charity became involved in numerous high-profile storylines during her time on the show, such as her marriage to Chris Tate; a romantic tryst with Chris' sister Zoe; the arrival of her long-lost daughter Debbie Dingle; an affair with her estranged cousin and Debbie's biological father Cain Dingle; being framed by Chris for his death; giving birth to her and Chris' son Noah; having a relationship with millionaire Tom King; a feud with Tom's daughter-in-law Sadie; a failed wedding with Debbie's ex-boyfriend Michael Conway; an on-off relationship with Cain that involved embarking on get-rich-quick schemes and nearly getting married until she jilted him at the last minute; working for Cain's love rival Jai Sharma and later marrying him before they eventually divorced after he cheated on her; a one-night stand with mechanic Ross Barton that led to the eventual birth of their son Moses soon afterwards; a romantic partnership with Jai's friend-turned-enemy Declan Macey which led to the getting married until Declan later tried to murder Charity in revenge for aborting their unborn child behind his back; getting kidnapped by Jai and held captive by him for several days; being sent to prison for her illict activities during her marriage with Declan; clashing with her enemies such as Declan's sister Megan and also Cain's wife Moira Barton; a passionate relationship with lesbian Vanessa Woodfield and later being engaged to her; a newfound relationship with Moira's brother Mackenzie Boyd that led to the pair getting married; breaking up with Mackenzie after finding out that he slept with her granddaughter's best-friend Chloe Harris and got her pregnant with their son Ruben; reconciling with Mackenzie after a car crash in which he rescues her instead of Chloe; and saving Mackenzie from a hostage situation in which she ends up killing his kidnapper Harry, also Chloe's father, in self-defence.
In 2018, Charity's biggest storyline occurred when it was revealed that she had been sexually abused by police detective Mark Bails back when she was a teenager. This was originally transpired in 2014 following Bails' stint on the show amid Charity's maternity leaving storyline, but the matter was revisited in 2018 following Bails' reappearance on the show. It later turned out that Bails got Charity pregnant with their son Ryan Stocks, and he eventually helped Charity ensured that Bails was convicted for his atrocities to the point where the latter was sentenced to life imprisonment in the end.
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==Trivia==
*Emma Atkins (the actress who played Charity Dingle) had received nominations for Best Actress at the British Soap Awards.
*Mica Proctor played a young Charity Dingle in a flashback episode about the character's past, which aired on 29 May 2018.
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