Veteran Viv for Emmerdale Xmas exit

Deena Payne is to be axed from 'Emmerdale' after 18 years.

Veteran Viv for Emmerdale Xmas exit

Deena Payne is to be axed from 'Emmerdale' after 18 years.

The 56-year-old actress - who joined the rural soap in 1993 as village gossip Viv Hope - is set to leave the rural soap after almost two decades as the show's longest serving female star.

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