Chloe Atkinson
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Chloe Atkinson is a fictional character
in the British soap opera Emmerdale
, played by Amy Nuttall
. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 4 December 2000. Nuttal quit the serial in order to pursue a singing career after performing at a football event.
Whilst interviewed by the Metro, Atkinson has stated that she didn't get Chloe's maneater label, adding: "It's funny because all my headlines include the word 'maneater' and I have only snogged two, no three, members of the cast on-screen. [...] I'm a bit fed up of being called a soap siren."
(Mark Charnock
), Kathy Glover (Malandra Burrows
) and Rodney Blackstock
(Patrick Mower
). Tricia Stokes (Sheree Murphy
) wasn’t happy at Chloe’s arrival, jealous that Marlon liked the pretty waitress. Chloe started making friends instantly and got on well with Charity Dingle.
Chloe soon became Charity Tate
’s (Emma Atkins
) confidant, and Chloe was amazed when Charity told Chloe about her affair with Zoe Tate
(Leah Bracknell
). Charity and Chloe soon moved in together and Chris Tate
(Peter Amory
) annoyed Chloe, as he tried to find out the identity of Charity’s secret lover, but Chloe didn’t reveal anything.
Chloe and Scott Windsor
(Ben Freeman
) started going out together and moved in together during 2002. Chloe was delighted to learn than Scott was jealous of her and Marlon, even though there was nothing going on between them.
When Syd Woolfe
(Nathan Gladwell) moved in with Scott and Chloe, he started causing trouble between the two. He slept with Chloe, leading to Scott breaking up with Chloe after finding out. She moved into Home Farm, but got back with Scott in early 2003 after she felt sorry for Scott having to drink with Viv Windsor (Deena Payne
). Viv was unhappy about Scott reconciling with Chloe and sacked Chloe from the cafe. She later moved back in with Scott and Syd.
Meanwhile Syd had started seeing Yolanda, a lap dancer from a club he’d been to with Scott and Robert Sugden
(Karl Davies
) while Chloe was away. Chloe was jealous of Syd and Yolanda's relationship. She still fancied Syd, and tried to resume their affair, despite being back with Scott. After Syd and Yolanda split up, Chloe started flirting with him. Syd, however, wasn’t sure about having an affair with his best mate’s girlfriend again and rejected Chloe initially. She later did a lap dance for Syd.
He turned up at Home Farm, while she was looking after Jean Tate (Megan Pearson
), and they got passionate on the sofa, leaving Jean unattended. Jean fell to the floor, and hurt herself. Chloe and Syd found her, but Chloe didn’t want to risk her job by going to the hospital. She hid Jean's injuries instead and lied to Syd about going to the hospital. Syd and Chloe’s affair continued, but Zoe was worried about her daughter’s constant crying while on holiday. Chloe said it was probably just teething. An accident at Home Farm, however, led to some shocking secrets being revealed. Debbie Jones, who was babysitting Jean, left her unattended and soon she was injured for the second time in weeks. This accident was more serious and Jean was taken to the hospital. It looked like she might not pull through. Scott and Chloe's relationship ended for good when Scott came forward as Jean's father. Chloe was devastated that Scott hadn't told her and, in revenge, kept quiet when Zoe was questioned about how Jean broke two ribs. Syd, however, felt guilty and made a statement about Jean falling to the floor because Chloe hadn't strapped her into her car seat properly. Zoe was cleared and promptly sacked Chloe, warning her not to ask for a reference.
Her relationship with Syd didn't last as she craved better things - a wealthy man. She drove Syd away with her behaviour and, in spite, told everyone that he hit her. Syd begged her to tell the truth but she refused.
Chloe moved in with Carl King
(Tom Lister
), and they had a one night stand when Carl and his girlfriend Chastity Dingle (Lucy Pargeter
) had a row. Chloe thought she and Carl were now an item and was horrified when he returned to Chas. Chloe pretended her night with Carl had meant nothing but secretly began a campaign to get Carl back by pretending to be Chas's friend. She soon started causing trouble when she convinced Chas that Carl was seeing another woman and Carl's ex-wife, Colleen, was sending her poison pen letters. This culminated in Chas punching Colleen and in return, Colleen told Carl not to let Chas anywhere near their children.
Chloe went to work for the Kings, and despite flirting with Jimmy King
(Nick Miles
), tried again with Carl, who was now single. Carl's dad Tom King
(Ken Farrington
) approved of her, particularly when she announced her "pregnancy". Unfortunately, she wasn't pregnant - she had just said she was to trap Carl - but soon sensed he wasn't happy and wanted to get back with Chas. Worse still, Chas realised Chloe was responsible for the poison pen letters that broke them up. Chas humiliated Chloe, half drowning her in a fountain to make her tell Carl and his family the truth - she wasn't pregnant and never had been - before punching her and half drowning her in a violent showdown and warning her never to return. Disgraced, Chloe left the village on Good Friday 2005.
. Radio Times
included Chloe on their feature profiling their favourite bunny boilers in soap opera. Of her duration they opined: "Mercenary and malicious, conniving Chloe caused mayhem in the Dales by having an affair with her boyfriend's best friend, endangering a baby's life, sending poison pen letters to herself and faking a pregnancy to ensnare a man." They also added: "With as much contempt for women as she had lust for men, Chloe was the very model of a treacherous woman." Victoria Kennedy of the Daily Mirror branded Chloe a "bitchy sex kitten". James Ellis of the Metro brands Chloe as a "man-eating character". Evening newspaper Yorkshire Evening Post
brand Chloe a "gold digger" after her story lines involving the King brothers. Lorna Cooper of MSN TV
listed Chloe of one of Soap Opera's "forgotten characters" and brand her love life as complicated because of her many unsucsessful relationships.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in the British soap opera Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
, played by Amy Nuttall
Amy Nuttall
Amy Nuttall is an English actress and singer most notable for playing the role of Chloe Atkinson in the long-running ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 2000 until 2005.-Early life:...
. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 4 December 2000. Nuttal quit the serial in order to pursue a singing career after performing at a football event.
Character casting and development
Nuttall was eighteen when she was cast in the role. In 2004 Nuttall quit the serial in order to pursue a singing career and expand her acting profile. Her decision to quit came after performing in front of 35,000 football fans and Manchester United's home ground, Old Trafford, during the Vodafone Cup. Speaking of her decision to leave the serial Nuttal stated: "The decision to leave is something I have been thinking about for a long time. I will have been playing Chloe for four years this Christmas and although Emmerdale has been a fantastic experience, I feel that it's time for something new."Whilst interviewed by the Metro, Atkinson has stated that she didn't get Chloe's maneater label, adding: "It's funny because all my headlines include the word 'maneater' and I have only snogged two, no three, members of the cast on-screen. [...] I'm a bit fed up of being called a soap siren."
Storylines
Chloe arrived in December 2000 for an interview at Chez Marlon, run by Marlon DingleMarlon Dingle
Marlon Sebastian Dingle is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Mark Charnock. -1996–:...
(Mark Charnock
Mark Charnock
Mark Charnock is an English actor best known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as lanky chef Marlon Dingle.-Biography:...
), Kathy Glover (Malandra Burrows
Malandra Burrows
Malandra Elizabeth Burrows is an English actress and singer.-Early life:Burrows' first name, Malandra, is a portmanteau of her parents' names, Malcolm and Sandra. Her mother encouraged her at an early age to begin dancing; she initially trained under Billy Pearce's mother Jean...
) and Rodney Blackstock
Rodney Blackstock
Rodney Blackstock is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Patrick Mower.-2000–:When Rodney Blackstock turned up in Emmerdale, no one was more surprised to see him than his ex-wife Diane...
(Patrick Mower
Patrick Mower
Patrick Mower , whose original name was Patrick Archibald Shaw, is an English actor well known for his many television and occasional film roles, often as a detective or secret agent.-Life:...
). Tricia Stokes (Sheree Murphy
Sheree Murphy
Sheree Murphy is an English actress and television presenter. A former student of the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Murphy placed second on the fifth series of the Reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!...
) wasn’t happy at Chloe’s arrival, jealous that Marlon liked the pretty waitress. Chloe started making friends instantly and got on well with Charity Dingle.
Chloe soon became Charity Tate
Charity Tate
Charity Tate is a fictional character on the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She is played by Emma Atkins.The character was involved in numerous high-profile storylines during her first stint on the show, such as her marriage to Chris Tate, lesbian affair with Zoe Tate, the arrival of her...
’s (Emma Atkins
Emma Atkins
Emma Atkins is an English actress best known for the role of Charity Tate in the ITV1 Soap Opera Emmerdale from 2000 to 2005 and from 2009 to the present, which was her first role on British Television.-Television:...
) confidant, and Chloe was amazed when Charity told Chloe about her affair with Zoe Tate
Zoe Tate
Zoe Tate is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She was played by Leah Bracknell. She appeared between December 1989 and September 2005.-1989–2001:...
(Leah Bracknell
Leah Bracknell
Leah Bracknell is an English actress, best known for her role as Zoe Tate in the long-running soap opera, Emmerdale.-Career:...
). Charity and Chloe soon moved in together and Chris Tate
Chris Tate
Christopher Francis "Chris" Tate is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He was played by Peter Amory.-Early storylines:...
(Peter Amory
Peter Amory
Peter Amory is an English actor best known for playing the role of Chris Tate on ITV's soap opera Emmerdale. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England.-Personal life:...
) annoyed Chloe, as he tried to find out the identity of Charity’s secret lover, but Chloe didn’t reveal anything.
Chloe and Scott Windsor
Scott Windsor
Scott Windsor is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale.From 1993-1996, Scott Windsor was played by Toby Cockerell...
(Ben Freeman
Ben Freeman
Benedict "Ben" Freeman is an English television actor, best known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as Scott Windsor.-Personal life:...
) started going out together and moved in together during 2002. Chloe was delighted to learn than Scott was jealous of her and Marlon, even though there was nothing going on between them.
When Syd Woolfe
Syd Woolfe
Sydney "Syd" Woolfe was a fictional character in the soap opera Emmerdale, played by Nathan Gladwell.-Character's background:A jack the lad builder who arrived in the village with his workmate Jerry "Mack" MacKinley...
(Nathan Gladwell) moved in with Scott and Chloe, he started causing trouble between the two. He slept with Chloe, leading to Scott breaking up with Chloe after finding out. She moved into Home Farm, but got back with Scott in early 2003 after she felt sorry for Scott having to drink with Viv Windsor (Deena Payne
Deena Payne
Deena Payne is an English actress and former singer who is best known for playing Viv Hope in ITV's Emmerdale.Payne was born in Orpington, Kent. She used to tour with ex-Animals keyboard player Alan Price as a backing singer and she was a member of the novelty girl band Cats U.K....
). Viv was unhappy about Scott reconciling with Chloe and sacked Chloe from the cafe. She later moved back in with Scott and Syd.
Meanwhile Syd had started seeing Yolanda, a lap dancer from a club he’d been to with Scott and Robert Sugden
Robert Sugden
Robert Jacob Sugden is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale. He was played by three different actors: Richard Smith , Christopher Smith and Karl Davies .-Storylines:A character that was born on the show, Robert was notorious for the number of romantic relationships in...
(Karl Davies
Karl Davies
Karl Davies is an English actor, who portrayed Lyle Anderson in the TV series Kingdom. Previously he had portrayed Robert Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.- Biography :...
) while Chloe was away. Chloe was jealous of Syd and Yolanda's relationship. She still fancied Syd, and tried to resume their affair, despite being back with Scott. After Syd and Yolanda split up, Chloe started flirting with him. Syd, however, wasn’t sure about having an affair with his best mate’s girlfriend again and rejected Chloe initially. She later did a lap dance for Syd.
He turned up at Home Farm, while she was looking after Jean Tate (Megan Pearson
Megan Pearson
Megan Pearson is a British actress who is best known for playing Jean Tate in ITV's Emmerdale. She lives in Leeds, England-References:...
), and they got passionate on the sofa, leaving Jean unattended. Jean fell to the floor, and hurt herself. Chloe and Syd found her, but Chloe didn’t want to risk her job by going to the hospital. She hid Jean's injuries instead and lied to Syd about going to the hospital. Syd and Chloe’s affair continued, but Zoe was worried about her daughter’s constant crying while on holiday. Chloe said it was probably just teething. An accident at Home Farm, however, led to some shocking secrets being revealed. Debbie Jones, who was babysitting Jean, left her unattended and soon she was injured for the second time in weeks. This accident was more serious and Jean was taken to the hospital. It looked like she might not pull through. Scott and Chloe's relationship ended for good when Scott came forward as Jean's father. Chloe was devastated that Scott hadn't told her and, in revenge, kept quiet when Zoe was questioned about how Jean broke two ribs. Syd, however, felt guilty and made a statement about Jean falling to the floor because Chloe hadn't strapped her into her car seat properly. Zoe was cleared and promptly sacked Chloe, warning her not to ask for a reference.
Her relationship with Syd didn't last as she craved better things - a wealthy man. She drove Syd away with her behaviour and, in spite, told everyone that he hit her. Syd begged her to tell the truth but she refused.
Chloe moved in with Carl King
Carl King (Emmerdale)
Carl Thomas King is a fictional character appearing on the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is portrayed by Tom Lister and made his first appearance on 6 February 2004....
(Tom Lister
Tom Lister
Tom Lister is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Carl King on the British soap opera Emmerdale.-Background:...
), and they had a one night stand when Carl and his girlfriend Chastity Dingle (Lucy Pargeter
Lucy Pargeter
Lucy Kate Pargeter is an English actress. She is best known for playing Helen Raven in Crossroads and Chastity Dingle in Emmerdale.-Early years:Lucy trained at the Central Junior Television Workshop...
) had a row. Chloe thought she and Carl were now an item and was horrified when he returned to Chas. Chloe pretended her night with Carl had meant nothing but secretly began a campaign to get Carl back by pretending to be Chas's friend. She soon started causing trouble when she convinced Chas that Carl was seeing another woman and Carl's ex-wife, Colleen, was sending her poison pen letters. This culminated in Chas punching Colleen and in return, Colleen told Carl not to let Chas anywhere near their children.
Chloe went to work for the Kings, and despite flirting with Jimmy King
Jimmy King (Emmerdale)
James Frederick "Jimmy" King is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Nick Miles. He made his first appearance on 19 February 2004 and has appeared on the show ever since.-Backstory:...
(Nick Miles
Nick Miles
Nick Miles is an English actor well known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as businessman Jimmy King. He also appeared in the music video of Embrace's 1998 hit "Come Back to What You Know" as a policeman....
), tried again with Carl, who was now single. Carl's dad Tom King
Tom King (Emmerdale)
Thomas "Tom" Albert King was a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He appeared in the show from February 2004 to December 2006. Ken Farrington played him during the character's run.Tom grew up in Emmerdale and was keen to return...
(Ken Farrington
Ken Farrington
Ken Farrington is an English actor.He first found fame playing the role of Billy Walker, wayward son of publican Annie, in ITV's long running soap opera, Coronation Street...
) approved of her, particularly when she announced her "pregnancy". Unfortunately, she wasn't pregnant - she had just said she was to trap Carl - but soon sensed he wasn't happy and wanted to get back with Chas. Worse still, Chas realised Chloe was responsible for the poison pen letters that broke them up. Chas humiliated Chloe, half drowning her in a fountain to make her tell Carl and his family the truth - she wasn't pregnant and never had been - before punching her and half drowning her in a violent showdown and warning her never to return. Disgraced, Chloe left the village on Good Friday 2005.
Reception
For her portrayal of Chloe, Nuttall was nominated in the category of "Sexiest Female" at the 2005 British Soap AwardsBritish Soap Awards
The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas.The first event took place in 1999 and takes place in May each year. Although it is an ITV production, the events were held at the BBC Television Centre, in London until 2010. The 2011 awards relocated to...
. Radio Times
Radio Times
Radio Times is a UK weekly television and radio programme listings magazine, owned by the BBC. It has been published since 1923 by BBC Magazines, which also provides an on-line listings service under the same title...
included Chloe on their feature profiling their favourite bunny boilers in soap opera. Of her duration they opined: "Mercenary and malicious, conniving Chloe caused mayhem in the Dales by having an affair with her boyfriend's best friend, endangering a baby's life, sending poison pen letters to herself and faking a pregnancy to ensnare a man." They also added: "With as much contempt for women as she had lust for men, Chloe was the very model of a treacherous woman." Victoria Kennedy of the Daily Mirror branded Chloe a "bitchy sex kitten". James Ellis of the Metro brands Chloe as a "man-eating character". Evening newspaper Yorkshire Evening Post
Yorkshire Evening Post
The Yorkshire Evening Post is a daily evening publication published by Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
brand Chloe a "gold digger" after her story lines involving the King brothers. Lorna Cooper of MSN TV
MSN
MSN is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system.The range of services offered by MSN has changed since its...
listed Chloe of one of Soap Opera's "forgotten characters" and brand her love life as complicated because of her many unsucsessful relationships.