Mandy Dingle

Mandy Dingle
Emmerdale character
Portrayed by	Lisa Riley
Introduced by	Mervyn Watson
Duration	1995–2001
First appearance	20 July 1995
Last appearance	26 November 2001
Classification	Former; regular
Spin-off appearances	The Dingles Down Under (1997) The Dingles in Venice (1999)
Profile
Date of birth	1 March 1977 (1977-03-01) (age 34)
Family Family Dingle Husband Butch Dingle (1998–99) Paddy Kirk (1999–2001) Father Caleb Dingle Mother Vera-Lynn Dingle Uncles Zak Dingle Shadrach Dingle Albert Dingle Ezra Dingle Zebediah Dingle Cousins Nathan Dingle Ben Dingle Butch Dingle Sam Dingle Cain Dingle Tina Dingle Belle Dingle Marlon Dingle Eli Dingle Chas Dingle Gennie Walker Del Dingle Lilith Dingle

Amanda "Mandy" Rose Dingle (previously Kirk) is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She was played by Lisa Riley. Her large bust served as one of her main attributes and most endearing traits, and she would openly flaunt her huge chest in the direction of men she was attracted to. This aspect of her personality – as well as her looks – gained her a strong, dedicated male following.

Storylines

Mandy arrives in Emmerdale to live with her uncle Zak Dingle, having been disowned by her father Caleb. She finds work as a barmaid at The Woolpack, where her feisty personality makes her an instant hit with the locals. Mandy was initially very promiscuous, sleeping with various men in the village, but the arrival of vet Paddy Kirk in February 1997 proves to be a turning point in Mandy's life. She falls in love with Paddy and is willing to settle down and marry him but their romance suffers problems. Mandy's cousin Butch overhears Paddy ridiculing and making jokes about their family and when he tells Mandy about this, she orders Paddy out of her house and is heartbroken. Paddy leaves for Ireland where he has a job and returns to the village the following month. He and Mandy reconcile after he apologizes to her family.

Paddy's mother Barbara disapproves of Mandy and, convincing her that she will only make Paddy miserable if they marry, pays Mandy to marry her cousin Butch Dingle^[1]) instead. Butch had always been in love with Mandy and readily accepted his cousin's proposal, marrying her in a secret registry office ceremony in Novermber 1998. However, despite trying to make her marriage work, Mandy cannot ignore the fact that she truly loves Paddy and the former couple soon begin an affair behind Butch's back. Butch is livid when he discovers the truth and the Dingle family disowns Mandy for her infidelity, although her uncle Zak and his wife Lisa eventually come round after Paddy delivers their unexpected daughter Belle Dingle on Christmas Day 1998.

Following her divorce from Butch in 1999, Mandy marries Paddy and they live happily in domestic bliss. However, Mandy soon begins to feel inferior to Paddy as he is a university graduate and she is just a barmaid. With Paddy's encouragment Mandy enrols in a college course in Hotten, but this proves to be the downfall in their marriage. Whilst at college Mandy becomes attracted to her lecturer and they eventually embark on an affair. However when her lecturer informs her he is only using her for sex, a distraught and guilt-ridden Mandy comes clean to a devastated Paddy. With their marriage over, Mandy then departs the village to live with her best friend Kelly Windsor in London in December 2000. She returns briefly the following year in order to win Paddy back after realising the mistake she had made but after realising he is happy and settled with post office worker Emily Dingle, Butch's widow, Mandy admits defeat and leaves the village again. Her current whereabouts are unknown.

References

1. ^ http://www.emmerdale.org/emmerdale/dingles/mandy.htm

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