Emmerdale's Lydia Dingle star Karen Blick has fans saying 'no way' after 'no faff' age update

Emmerdale star Karen Blick has left fans saying 'no way' after she revealed her age as she celebrated her birthday. The actress is known for playing Lydia Dingle in the ITV soap, joining back in 2016. She was then known as Lydia Hart but was actually born Jennifer 'Jenny' Finn.

Lydia was first seen on screen as the leader of the bereavement support group held in the village hall that Jimmy King inadvertently attended in September 2016. A few months later, Lydia turned up at Emmerdale Veterinary Surgery with her depressed parrot Steve and she and vet Paddy Kirk decided to go for a drink in The Woolpack and the rest, as they say, is history.

Karen's character has since married Emmerdale stalwart Sam Dingle, played by James Hooten, but the pair have since found themselves at the forefront of a new major storyline after Lydia was shockingly raped by childhood acquaintance Craig Reed before he was recently found dead after being beaten by Sam before being kicked by Kim Tate's horse.

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But away from the horror and drama playing out on-screen, Karen was seen enjoying her birthday. The soap star took to Instagram with a smiling selfie as well as some pictures of birthday cards and a special gift from her daughter, Ruby.

She said: "Last year of my 40’s! Had a great day so far and feeling very grateful, morning walk, lovely cards, messages, homemade gifts and cake!" Karen then added in the comments section: "No make up no filter no faff!" with a crying laughing emojis.

But as fans were quick to share their birthday wishes to Karen, they also