Emmerdale's Rhona star shares 'awful' loss as she prepares for new arrival with co-star husband

Emmerdale star Zoe Henry has shared how she and her co-star husband shared a sad loss earlier this year and are now preparing to welcome a new arrival into their family and home.

The actress, known for playing Rhona Goskirk in the ITV soap, was speaking about her latest storyline with Lorraine Kelly when the presenter quizzed Zoe on elements of her personal life.

Fans of the soap star may know that Zoe is married to Emmerdale legend Jeff Hordley, famed for playing Cain Dingle in the Dales. The pair have actually been together for 30 years this year having met way before finding fame in the Dales.

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The couple are drama sweethearts as sparks flew back in 1994 when Zoe and Jeff attended the Manchester Metropolitan University School of Theatre. They later married in 2003 and now share two children together, daughter Violet who was born in 2005, and son Stan who was born in 2008.

Zoe and Jeff tend to keep their private life out of the spotlight with their paths also not regularly crossing on-screen, despite Rhona marrying into the Dingle clan when she tied the knot with loveable chef Marlon.

But that suits the pair. Speaking to Lorraine on her self-titled show, Zoe said: "In the nicest possible way I think we both enjoy that. When our kids were younger of course it afforded us to each be at home in rotation with the children which is absolutely paramount and the most important thing to us as a family but also it's quite nice.

"We've got the shared environment of working with the same people and same teams but we can come home and talk about