Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Carolina Piras For Mailonline Published: 13:12 EDT, 22 September 2024 | Updated: 13:57 EDT, 22 September 2024

An iconic Emmerdale and Coronation Street star looked barely recognisable after a major career change.Jacqueline Pier, 48, swapped the cobbles for a desk as she embarked on a new career path and revealed that is she now writing novels.The beloved actress – who shot to fame in the role of Tina Dingle when she joined Emmerdale in 1994 – took to X, formerly Twitter, sharing a headshot of herself alongside the cover of her latest book called In The Still.She captioned: ‘#APsychicToldMe to change jobs. Now I write novels.’Jacqueline quickly became a soap favourite and nevertheless a 90s sex symbol after joining Coronation Street in 1998, where she played the iconic factory machinist Linda Sykes. Jacqueline Pier swapped the cobbles for a desk as she embarked on a new career path and revealed that is she now writing novels (pictured left at the BAFTAs in 2000) The beloved actress took to X, formerly Twitter, sharing a headshot of herself alongside the cover of her latest book called In The StillHer epic storyline included an affair with Mike Baldwin (played by Johnny Briggs) before the star officially left the soap in 2001.The British star is now living in Victoria, Canada, according to her X account and goes by the name of Jacqueline Chadwick, hence her social handle @jackiechaddy.After a successful acting career, it seems Jacqueline has left many things behind and has been dedicating her time to writing equally successful crime novels.   She is the author of the Ali Dalglish series published by Fahrenheit Press, which includes In The Still as well as Briefly Maiden and Silent Sisters – and she often keeps her followers updated with her writing process.Her novels follow the story of her ex-pat character Ali Dalglish, who is an ex-forensic psychologist turned housewife and eventually finds herself embroiled in a twisted series of murder cases.Jacqueline’s character was referenced again last year on Emmerdale when fans narrowed down the list of suspects as to who Nicky Milligan’s mother is.After it was revealed that Nicky (Lewis Cope) is actually the son of Caleb (Will Ash), viewers speculated on the identity of his mother.Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) and Tina (Jacqueline) have emerged as top of the suspect list while others have speculated Kerry Wyatt or Faith Dingle may be his mother. The soap alum shot to fame in the role of Tina Dingle when she joined Emmerdale in 1994 (pictured in 1996) Jacqueline quickly became a soap favourite and nevertheless a 90s sex symbol after joining Coronation Street in 1998, where she played the iconic factory machinist Linda Skyes (pictured on Corrie marrying Mike Baldwin)Nicky had previously lied about his past, claiming his mother died when he was a teenager and he helped raise his younger siblings.However, after it emerged that Caleb is really his father, and the late Frank Tate is grandfather, his true family history is now up in the air.Nicky confirmed his mother wasn’t really dead when he threatened to tell his mother about Caleb sleeping with Leyla Harding. 

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Iconic Emmerdale and Coronation Street sex symbol looks unrecognisable after revealing MAJOR career change