65 Facts About Laurel Thomas

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Laurel Thomas is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Charlotte Bellamy.

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Laurel Thomas debuted on screen during the episode airing on 3 September 2002.

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Laurel Thomas is shown to have a thoughtful and caring attitude towards other characters this changed dramatically in 2015 when she developed an addiction to alcohol which often caused her to become violent and aggressive.

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Laurel Thomas arrives at Marlon Dingle and Tricia Stokes's engagement party, dressed as a bumblebee.

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Laurel Thomas starts a career in cleaning and manages to secure many village residents on her books.

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Laurel Thomas becomes best friends with Nicola Blackstock, the aunt of Ashley's daughter Gabby Thomas.

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Laurel Thomas makes it clear Ashley's love life has put his position in question.

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8.

Laurel Thomas makes advances on Laurel but she does not reciprocate and lets him down gently but Ethan tells George that they had kissed.

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Laurel Thomas sells her business to David Metcalfe but clashes with Ashley's niece, Jasmine Thomas.

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However, Laurel Thomas is upset when Jasmine's friends, Debbie Dingle and Daz Eden, accidentally set fire to the vicarage, seeing her lose everything.

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11.

Laurel Thomas is distraught and lashes out at those closest to her.

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12.

Laurel Thomas stays with Betty so she doesn't have to see Ashley and later kisses Greg.

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13.

Laurel Thomas feels like she is betraying Daniel and refuses to believe it.

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14.

Laurel Thomas goes to the police to make a statement about Jasmine, however they charge her with perverting the course of justice.

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15.

Laurel Thomas tries to get her to go home and Sally causes trouble for Laurel Thomas.

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16.

Laurel Thomas later grows tired of Sally's reluctance to find somewhere else to live.

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17.

Laurel Thomas becomes angry with Sally for attempting to take over her role in her domestic life.

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18.

Laurel Thomas survives and realises Sally could be behind the fire and tries to stop Sally from looking after her children.

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19.

Laurel Thomas informs Ashley that she suspects Sally was behind the fire, though he refuses to believe her and calls her a councillor.

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20.

Laurel Thomas finds a shrine of Ashley inside and Sally claims to be pregnant with his child.

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21.

Laurel Thomas sees sense and pulls her back over, which results in Sally being arrested.

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22.

Laurel Thomas refuses to go on strike over Nikhil Sharma while all the other factory girls do.

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23.

Laurel Thomas is later annoyed to find out Charity Tate set Nikhil up.

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24.

Laurel Thomas becomes annoyed with the atmosphere between Ashley and Sandy.

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25.

When out in town with Rhona Goskirk, who is busy looking for painkillers to feed her addiction, Laurel Thomas is violently carjacked by Ross Barton, which leads to Laurel Thomas becoming very paranoid and too frightened to leave the house.

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Laurel Thomas becomes obsessed with trying to find her attacker, and when she does, she threatens him with a pair of scissors.

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27.

Laurel Thomas is mortified when Ross moves to the village and is revealed to be a relative of Moira Barton's.

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Laurel Thomas later feels uncomfortable in early 2014 when Marlon's ex-wife Donna Windsor returns to the village with his secret four-year-old daughter April.

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Laurel Thomas is concerned by how worried Marlon is by Donna's shocking illness, which leads to many arguments and Laurel Thomas moving in with Rhona and Paddy Kirk, but they later reconcile.

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30.

Donna eventually commits suicide by throwing herself from a multi-storey car park when doing illegal dealings with Ross, and Laurel Thomas later discovers that Marlon kissed Donna before she died.

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31.

Laurel Thomas admits that she drunkenly kissed Ashley when she was drowning her sorrows, and the pair forgive one another.

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32.

Towards the end of 2014, Laurel Thomas slowly descends into alcoholism after she realises she cannot cope with everything that has happened to her, Marlon and Donna over the recent months.

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33.

Laurel Thomas manages to keep her addiction secret for a number of months her father Doug eventually uncovers it, leading to Laurel throwing Doug out of the family home.

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34.

Laurel Thomas makes a fool out of herself by drunkenly falling down the stairs while attending Kerry Wyatt's party.

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35.

When Laurel Thomas is discharged the following week, Marlon confronts her and he gives her some harsh home truths, leading to Laurel Thomas punching Marlon in the face.

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36.

Laurel Thomas appears to be fine, but the next day he collapses and claims that he cannot see.

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37.

Laurel Thomas is taken to hospital and told that Laurel has detached his retina in his eye when she punched him.

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38.

Marlon's concerned relative Cain Dingle orders for Laurel Thomas to leave Marlon and the children, but she refuses and gets drunk yet again.

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39.

Laurel Thomas finds a bar in town and flirts with a man in order to get free alcoholic drinks.

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40.

Laurel Thomas later takes on a role at the salon, as a brands ambassador.

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41.

Laurel Thomas is comatised, and Harriet believes that Laurel caused his accident after what she did to Marlon.

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42.

When she later spies Sandy crying to Edna Birch, Laurel Thomas believes that Ashley has died due to Sandy's extreme upset.

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43.

However, Laurel Thomas is informed that her mother, Hilary, has died from heart failure.

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44.

Laurel Thomas later becomes a marketing assistant for Kirin Kotecha and Belle Dingle's new product, Belle's grandmother's cordial.

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45.

Laurel Thomas later tells Nicola that she still has feelings for Ashley and after discovering he has dementia, they reunite.

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46.

At Laurel Thomas's hen do, it comes out that she is pregnant and she falls out with her dad when he fails to make an original speech for her wedding, but they soon make up.

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47.

Laurel Thomas takes Ashley to hospital and she becomes emotional when Ashley can't remember they got married.

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48.

Laurel Thomas arranges for family and friends to stay with Ashley and he is hurt when he finds out the truth why people are staying with him.

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49.

Laurel Thomas gets twinges at the factory and Rishi takes her to hospital, but she is told it's a false alarm.

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50.

Laurel Thomas later goes into labour and their baby is delivered by Ashley.

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51.

Laurel Thomas is diagnosed with pneumonia and Laurel is distraught when she finds that Ashley only has days to live.

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52.

Laurel Thomas was briefly written out while she took maternity leave.

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53.

In 2009, Bellamy announced her final pregnancy to date, which saw Laurel Thomas written out of the serial again for a number of months.

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Lovely Laurel Thomas is not your typical vicar's wife but is very supportive of her husband Ashley.

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55.

Bellamy said Laurel Thomas is not your "typical vicar's wife" because she acts "a bit daft and scatty".

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However, Laurel Thomas is not afraid to speak her mind but would never "intentionally hurt someone".

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57.

Laurel Thomas is often the serial's source for light comic relief.

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Laurel Thomas is initially oblivious to her feelings, though later develops feelings for her too.

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Bellamy said it proved Laurel Thomas had progressed into "her own woman" and became more confident.

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60.

Bellamy opined that Laurel Thomas would want children next and called her a good potential mother figure.

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Laurel Thomas was temporarily written out of the serial while Bellamy took her maternity leave.

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62.

Laurel Thomas said it was strange to then have to wear "a massive fake bump" and be pregnant again.

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Laurel Thomas gives birth to a boy, Daniel, Middleton said they were "thrilled" to have a child of their own together.

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64.

Laurel Thomas opined Laurel remained true to her "unpredictable" nature when she left Ashley without an answer to his proposal.

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65.

Laurel Thomas noted that while Laurel has often been used for comic relief, Bellamy proved to be outstanding in the "moving storyline".

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