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Zoe Delaney & Kate Lally

Emmerdale Liv star Isobel Steele's real age, hidden talent and soap rivalries

Isobel Steele first appeared as Liv Flaherty in 2016, and Emmerdale fans have loved her ever since.

Liv was introduced to viewers as part of her half-brother Aaron Livesy's (played by I'm A Celeb star Danny Miller) sexual abuse storyline, which saw her realise her father is a sex offender.

Over the years, Isobel has been nominated for and won a number of awards, including winning Best Young Actor at both the British Soap Awards and the Inside Soap Awards in 2016.

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As the Yorkshire-based soap's first asexual character, Liv has been involved in some of the show's biggest issue-led storylines.

Some of these have included her character's alcoholism, and brushes with the law.

Emmerdale wasn't the first time the young actress from Salford appeared on camera, the Mirror reports.

She appeared in adverts for Park Foods, Bernard Matthews Ltd, Iceland and Harveys Furniture between 2008 and 2010.

A few years before taking on the role of troubled Liv, Isobel played Nicky in Lost in 2013, before going on to star in British drama Our Zoo the following year.

Not only is she a great actor, but as Isobel's many social media followers will know, she has a love of music too.

She even has her own Instagram page dedicated to her love of singing and songwriting.

On the profile, the multi-talented star proudly shared her appearance on BBC Radio Leeds as part of the broadcaster's ongoing BBC Music Introducing feature.

"If you missed it (I almost did!) go back and listen to BBC radio Leeds to hear my new song 'Homegrown'," the singer captioned a shot of herself performing besides a piano.

Aged just 18, Isobel released her first ever album, titled Sounds from the Lounge.

Speaking about her love of music in the past, Isobel once told Inside Soap: "It’s just something I have always done. I’ve enjoyed the piano from a young age. I had lessons, and now write songs, so I thought I might as well share them.

"My music taste varies a lot, but from the start someone who has inspired me is Adele. She writes her own music and is brilliant."

Now aged 20, Isobel admits she still isn't used to the spotlight.

The young actress told Inside Soap she prefers being at home to walking the red carpet.

She said: "It’s not my thing at all, I feel more comfortable in joggers. It’s all good fun, though.

"Everyone thinks there’s rivalry between the soaps but when you see people at these dos, we all have a good time."

Emmerdale airs weekdays on ITV at 7pm, with an extra episode on Thursdays at 8pm.

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