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Emmerdale star Samantha Giles has given a health update on Twitter after being taken to hospital with a mystery illness. The actress, who plays Bernice Blackstock on the ITV soap, updated fans about her health scare that saw her spend some time in hospital. She did not reveal any details about her illness, but thanked the NHS and "caring staff" for looking after her.

Samantha Giles has revealed she was rushed to hospital with a mystery illness as she thanked NHS staff on Saturday 19 March.The soap actress, 50, revealed her health issues as she shared a tweet to thank the NHS staff at Liverpool Womens Hospital. She wrote: "Huge thank you to all the wonderfully caring staff at @LiverpoolWomens for looking after me today. #NHS" followed by a purple heart emoji.

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Samantha Giles is best known for playing the character Bernice Blackstock in ITV's Emmerdale.

Emmerdale fans were perplexed while watching the dramatic scene where Gabby Thomas gave birth after her baby boy arrived “clean” with no umbilical cord to be seen.The dramatic moment saw Gabby, played by Rosie Bentham, give birth while surrounded by her mother Bernice Blackstock, played by Samantha Giles and grandmother Diane Sugden, played by Elizabeth Estensen. But some viewers questioned the newborn baby appearing "clean" with no umbilical cord.

Emmerdale star Samantha Giles has recently brought out a new book, but she is best known for playing Bernice Blackstock in the long-running ITV soap. However, in spite of how it may seem, Samantha admitted that being an actress isn't all red carpets and sparkly ballgowns.

We’re used to seeing her on the small screen playing Bernice Blackstock in Emmerdale, but Samantha Giles has more than one talent up her sleeve. Her debut children’s novel about a family of witches was a best-seller and has been translated into other languages – and she’s just released the second instalment, Rosemary And The Book Of The Dead.

Emmerdale actress Samantha Giles confessed that working on the set of the ITV soap is not as it appears.The star admitted that the reality of working on the TV programme is that it’s “so not glamorous.” 50-year-old Samantha explained exclusively to OK!: “It makes it look glamorous doesn’t it when you see people at those awards and things”.

Emmerdale star Samantha Giles has announced that she is taking a break from "vitriolic" Twitter.Tweeting on Sunday night, the actress, 50, who plays Bernice Blackstock on the ITV soap, admitted she was "astounded" by the "nasty people" on the platform and that she needed a "wee break" from her account. Samantha penned: "Having a wee break from the vitriolic place Twitter is today! It astounds me how nasty people are.

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The residents of Emmerdale are in for the shock of their lives when Bernice Blackstock returns to the Dales this Thursday 27 May. Bernice left the village in 2019 to tend to her ex in Australia – father to her daughter Dee Dee – who’d been injured in a car accident.

There'll be drama aplenty in Emmerdale as Bernice Blackstock struts back into the village - just as her ex-fiance Liam has got engaged to his new love Leyla! “As far as Bernice is concerned, he should be falling at her feet,” says actress Samantha Giles. “She can’t believe he’s getting married to Leyla – how dare he?” Samantha - who found fame as Bernice back in 1998 - is delighted to be back on the show, as Bernice stirs up trouble between the soon-to-be-newlyweds in the Yorkshire Dales.

Inside Soap Emmerdale actress turned author Samantha Giles who plays Bernice Blackstock revealed she was disappointed with her character’s exit.‘If she had been killed, perhaps I’d have got a better exit story, as it was a little disappointing,’ the actress-turned-author said.‘I had quite a lot of people on Twitter saying that they felt a bit cheated by the way Bernice left, but it’s done now.

She played ditzy man-eating beautician Bernice Blackstock for almost two decades in Emmerdale, before leaving the soap late last year. Now Samantha Giles opens up to OK! about going in search of pastures new.