Angelica King’s character has made a dramatic return to Emmerdale, but behind the role lies a heartbreaking story that viewers may not know. While Rebecca Bakes currently plays Angelica, she isn’t the only actress to have stepped into the part.

Back in 2009, a little girl named Sophie Firth appeared as Jimmy and Nicola King’s daughter Angelica for three months. Sadly, Sophie’s life was cut short in December 2012 when she was just three years old.

She had been at her grandmother’s home in South Yorkshire, proudly trying on her angel costume for an upcoming nursery nativity play. In a tragic twist, her dress caught fire from a nearby gas heater. What should have been a sweet family moment turned into horror as flames engulfed her tiny frame, reports the Mirror .

Her devastated family l

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