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Emmerdale's off screen couple Jeff Hordley and Zoe Henry and their real family life

Emmerdale stars Zoe Henry and Jeff Hordley are rarely spotted on-screen together but away from the ITV soap the pair are happily married and even practise their lines together.

Actress Zoe plays Rhona Goskirk who is currently going through an emotional storyline as on screen partner Marlon is recovering from a stroke and the pair are planning their wedding.

While her husband Jeff plays bad boy Cain Dingle who has just found out that her mum's Faith is battling cancer. While the real life couple rarely cross paths in the Yorkshire village at home the pair are inseparable.

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How did Zoe Henry and Jeff Hordley meet?

The Emmerdale stars met at drama school together way back in 1994. Opening up about her relationship, Zoe said: “We got together at drama school. We've been together for 28 years.

“With the connection on set, we were together for 10 years before that as well. We got together in 1994.” Jeff also previously said: "We met at drama school in 1994. I saw Zoe and realised she was the girl for me."

When did Zoe Henry and Jeff Hordley get married?

Jeff proposed to Zoe on the day she won an award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Manchester Evening News' theatre awards.

Jeff proposed to Zoe on the day she won an award for Best Actress (BBC)

The pair tied the knot in a low key ceremony back in 2003 in front of their nearest and dearest. Speaking about why their Emmerdale characters don’t have much to do with each other on the soap she told ITV's Lorraine: "It just means we have a very separate existence at work and I think we both appreciate that and like that."

How many children do Zoe Henry and Jeff Hordley have?

The couple have two children, daughter Violet Percy, who was born in 2005, and son Stan Percy, who was born in 2008.

Whilst their children were still young, Cain and Rhona's storylines were filmed at different times so they could share childcare duties.

Speaking about sharing parenting duties, Zoe told Lorraine: "We often do line learning together. This time, Jeff's been amazing. He's just taking the weight of what's going on at home.

"Obviously we've got two kids, two dogs, we've got an allotment and he's just managing all of that. He's about to get busy as I sort of quieten down so we'll swap the baton then."

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