Rachel Hughes

Rachel Hughes is a fictional character and primary protagonist of the ITV British soap opera Emmerdale. 
She debuted on 7th September 1988 and became one of the show's central protagonists up until her departure on 12th May 1999, after which she became a mentioned/posthumous catalyst in the early 2000s of the show.
The character was portrayed by .
==Biography==
Rachel Hughes first came to Emmerdale in 1988 and became to settle herself in the village.
Over the following years, Rachel befriended local resident Kathy Brookman and the two became close friends with each other. But their friendship was threatened when Kathy's marriage with her husband Chris Tate broke down and he turned to Rachel for support. She gave him swimming lessons to help with his paralysis and the two had an affair behind Kathy's back. Eventually Kathy found out and was devastated, but steadily came to terms with it and remained on good terms with Rachel.
Soon enough, Rachel got pregnant and gave birth to her and Chris' son Joseph. But their relationship was tested when Rachel began opposing Chris' family in their plans to evict the Dingle Family from their home. Chris soon joined forces with Rachel to profess his love for her and soon proposed to her; she accepted and they got married. However, trouble occurs when Rachel reunited with her old acquaintance Steve Marchant and the pair grew close with each other. Rachel felt committed to Chris but then they divorced over various problems between them.
In 1997, Rachel became close with her longtime neighbour Jack Sugden and the two had a fling behind the back of his wife Sarah. But that ended in disaster and soon Rachel began dating school teacher Graham Clark. At first Rachel was smitten with Graham, but he soon began controlling her and even pressured her into looking similar to his late wife. Then the couple went on a picnic near a quarry. It was then Rachel became unsettled with Graham's controlling behaviour and fled, but he chased her and cornered Rachel into the edge of the quarry. Rachel then deduced that Graham killed his previous wife and called him out on it. Graham reacted by shoving Rachel off a cliff, and she fell to her death.
Following her death, Graham seemingly got away with Rachel's murder until months later in early 2000 when he tried to seduce Kathy and she found out the truth. Graham eventually got killed and Kathy survived, but nonetheless mourned for Rachel in the end.
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*She made a total of 833 appearances throughout her time on the show.
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