‘It won’t last forever’: Emmerdale’s Verity Rushworth on healing from two life-changing events

Caption: Verity Rushworth aka Donna Windsor, Emmerdale (Picture: ITV/Metro)

Actress Verity Rushworth is part of a cohort of soap stars who grew up on screen. She arrived in ITV soap Emmerdale as Donna Windsor back in 1998, and played the character as she navigated her teenage years and transitioned into a young adult. 

The actress says her time there featured ‘many different phases’ of her life. When Verity was younger, she received countless letters from audience members on a range of subjects, including how they no longer felt embarrassed to have braces because Donna Windsor from Emmerdale had them.

During the final chapter of Donna’s life, the comments Verity received were about her a...