Duncan Lindsay
Published December 4, 2025 8:00pm
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Celia could destroy Mary forever (Picture: ITV)
We have many favourites in Emmerdale, but few as loved universally as Mary Goskirk, so when evil Celia Daniels (Jaye Griffiths) comes for her, we riot!
Acclaimed actress Louise Jameson – whose career spans three decades – joined me for a chat recently to share her appreciation for the soap tackling the issues of grooming and slavery head on – and confirmed that her alter-ego would soon be caught in the crossfire.
Is there anyone Celia won’t target!?
Viewers have recently feared the worst as April Windsor’s (Amelia Flanagan) family have fallen into Celia’s grips, with the wicked villain warning that throats will be cut and houses will be burned if anyone crosses her.
Given Mary’s close proximity to her loved ones, she arrives home oblivious to the huge danger afoot. But she soon clocks the weird atmosphere.
Rhona (Zoe Henry) knows that, along with everyone else in the clan, Mary will be fair game for Celia.
And the realisation will lead to a heartbreaking scenario for poor Mary that could divide the family forever.
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Celia has Mary’s family in her grips (Picture: ITV)
‘Nobody has texted her, nobody has told her while she was away,’ former Doctor Who and EastEnders star Louise told Metro.
‘So she comes in going, “What’s going on?” She comes in with that journalist curiosity – which was her profession, of course. So she comes in with that and then it just goes from bad to worse.
‘What the show has cleverly done is a device that Shakespeare uses, putting the audience in possession of the secret…’
But while Mary doesn’t have the insight that we do, an event is triggered that has devastating consequences. And while I can’t divulge specifics just yet, Louise describes what happens as ‘hurtful on an enormous scale’.
It’s certainly been a rollercoaster of a storyline, and Louise has watched it with as much tension as the rest of us.
‘I think they’ve really pushed the boat out, the writers, ;s said. ‘It’s an epic story along Greek tragedy lines. Soap is sometimes disparaged but this really is an ongoing drama, as soap is often called, and I think some of the acting has just been sensational – so convincing and really quite difficult to watch.
Mary has become a fan favourite (Picture: ITV)
‘Impressed is probably the wrong word, but certainly carried along with and I’ve felt my heartbeat go up and I’ve cried along with characters, which is ridiculous because sometimes I’ve seen the scenes shot.
‘Once it’s edited together it really moves me and it’s such a pertinent, dangerous issue and really important that it’s depicted on television safely, thereby opening debate and raising consciousness of what happens to these poor young women.
‘For many viewers, soap characters are not family but for some people it’s as near as damn it. We’re in their living room five nights a week, they get to know us intimately.
‘I’ve been vaguely known since the mid 70s because of Doctor Who sort of shot me up there, but it wasn’t until I was in EastEnders and, later, River City and now this, there’s a soap fandom that treats you in a very different way from other areas.
‘It’s very intimate, it’s like they know you, they’ve met you, they feel like they can go, “Your hair looks very nice today,” like you would with a friend. It’s really interesting to see how gentle the fanship is.’
Will Mary and Rhona find a way back? (Picture: ITV)
In particular, Mary being so loved fills Louise with pride. While she stays away from social media feedback, she is delighted with the knowledge that fans have taken her character to heart.
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‘As a rule I don’t read reviews or look too much at social media but when something’s really lovely, inevitably someone puts it under your nose and goes, “Hey, read this.” So I have seen some lovely remarks.
‘I like Mary. What I love about her is the lack of censorship between her brain and her mouth. As Louise I wish I had a bit more of that. I like the fact she doesn’t give a damn about upsetting anybody. If what she believes is right she’ll just come out and say it.
‘I love the fact that Mary’s so complex. She’s rude and vulgar and caring and intelligent and daring and empathetic and vicious, sometimes. I love it that she’s got all those things, so I do think there’s a lot to explore there and I’m very up for doing that.’
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That, of course, is if Mary isn’t utterly destroyed by what comes next…
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