Chastity "Chas" Dingle (previously Spencer and Livesy) is a fictional
character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Lucy
Pargeter. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast
on 16 October 2002. Chas returned on 21 September 2003. Chas was
absent for six months in 2005, when Pargeter took maternity leave. She
left temporarily on 5 June 2005, and returned full-time from 13
December 2005. In 2013, Pargeter announced that she would be taking a
short break from the show in order to appear in I'm A Celebrity... Get
Me Out of Here!. Pargeter was briefly recast for one episode on 20
December 2016 to provide an alternative physical appearance to the
character through the eyes of dementia patient Ashley Thomas (John
Middleton). Chas departed temporarily once again on 31 March 2017 when
Pargeter took a second maternity leave. Pargeter confirmed her return
to filming on 31 August 2017. Chas returned on 25 October 2017.Chas'
main storyline focused on her turbulent relationship with Carl King
(Tom Lister), discovering she has a half-sister Gennie Walker (Sian
Reese-Williams), rebuilding a relationship with her son Aaron Livesy
(Danny Miller) who she abandoned as a child, her relationship with
Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt), her affair with her niece Debbie Dingle's
(Charley Webb) sadistic ex-partner Cameron Murray (Dominic Power),
being held hostage in The Woolpack siege, her grief over the loss of
her father Shadrach Dingle (Andy Devine), sister Gennie and best
friend Katie Sugden (Sammy Winward), developing PTSD, discovering her
son's childhood abuse at the hands of his father Gordon Livesy (Gary
Mavers), reuniting with her and Cain's mother Faith Dingle (Sally
Dexter), discovering she is pregnant with Paddy's child, who won't
survive birth, and losing her daughter, Grace and becoming pregnant
again, with their second daughter, Eve.Chas first appears when she
arrives in Emmerdale dressed as a nun for her cousin Marlon's (Mark
Charnock) stag night. She is hired by her father, Shadrach Dingle
(Andy Devine), and ends the evening locked in the back of a van with
Ashley Thomas (John Middleton). She moves in with the Dingles and gets
a job as barmaid at The Woolpack. Chas has a son, Aaron Livesy (Danny
Miller), with her ex-husband Gordon (Gerard Fletcher), whom she
allowed custody. Aaron hates his mother, feeling that she had
abandoned him. Aaron rejects Chas's attempts to make amends for this
and after he deliberately tells her about Carl and Delilah's fling,
she ceases contact in order for Gordon, Aaron and his new wife,
Sandra, to become a proper family.
character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Lucy
Pargeter. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast
on 16 October 2002. Chas returned on 21 September 2003. Chas was
absent for six months in 2005, when Pargeter took maternity leave. She
left temporarily on 5 June 2005, and returned full-time from 13
December 2005. In 2013, Pargeter announced that she would be taking a
short break from the show in order to appear in I'm A Celebrity... Get
Me Out of Here!. Pargeter was briefly recast for one episode on 20
December 2016 to provide an alternative physical appearance to the
character through the eyes of dementia patient Ashley Thomas (John
Middleton). Chas departed temporarily once again on 31 March 2017 when
Pargeter took a second maternity leave. Pargeter confirmed her return
to filming on 31 August 2017. Chas returned on 25 October 2017.Chas'
main storyline focused on her turbulent relationship with Carl King
(Tom Lister), discovering she has a half-sister Gennie Walker (Sian
Reese-Williams), rebuilding a relationship with her son Aaron Livesy
(Danny Miller) who she abandoned as a child, her relationship with
Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt), her affair with her niece Debbie Dingle's
(Charley Webb) sadistic ex-partner Cameron Murray (Dominic Power),
being held hostage in The Woolpack siege, her grief over the loss of
her father Shadrach Dingle (Andy Devine), sister Gennie and best
friend Katie Sugden (Sammy Winward), developing PTSD, discovering her
son's childhood abuse at the hands of his father Gordon Livesy (Gary
Mavers), reuniting with her and Cain's mother Faith Dingle (Sally
Dexter), discovering she is pregnant with Paddy's child, who won't
survive birth, and losing her daughter, Grace and becoming pregnant
again, with their second daughter, Eve.Chas first appears when she
arrives in Emmerdale dressed as a nun for her cousin Marlon's (Mark
Charnock) stag night. She is hired by her father, Shadrach Dingle
(Andy Devine), and ends the evening locked in the back of a van with
Ashley Thomas (John Middleton). She moves in with the Dingles and gets
a job as barmaid at The Woolpack. Chas has a son, Aaron Livesy (Danny
Miller), with her ex-husband Gordon (Gerard Fletcher), whom she
allowed custody. Aaron hates his mother, feeling that she had
abandoned him. Aaron rejects Chas's attempts to make amends for this
and after he deliberately tells her about Carl and Delilah's fling,
she ceases contact in order for Gordon, Aaron and his new wife,
Sandra, to become a proper family.
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