AN ex-Emmerdale star has landed a TV position alongside a Hollywood star two years after quitting the cleaning soap.
Fiona Wade, 45, exited the Dales in 2022 after 12 years enjoying Priya Sharma.
Leary, who has starred in The Thomas Crown Affair and voiced the character of Diego in animated smash Ice Age, performs grouch Military Colonel Patrick Quinn, who will get banished to the Netherlands after launching into an ill-thought rant.
Asserting the information on Instagram, Fiona wrote: “This was an absolute pleasure to be part of.. working with these fantastic people!
“The model new sitcom for @foxtv ‘Going Dutch’ is out now on @comedyclubfox & @hulu.”
She shared snaps of herself in character carrying full US army apparel and having a blast.
Former co-star Michelle Hardwick commented: “We’ve been excited for this without end.”
Natalie Anderson mentioned: “Sure my magnificence!!!”
Whereas a fan mentioned: “Can’t wait to look at!”
Talking final yr, Fiona mirrored on leaving Emmerdale and her choice to take to the stage in 2:22.
She instructed OK!: “I knew that my first job out of Emmerdale needed to be the proper one, after which this got here up. It is actually been the very best choice ever.
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“Whenever you go away a cleaning soap, I feel some folks assume you made the choice yesterday, however these choices are taken over years. It was a scary choice but it surely was the proper one.”
She added: “Theatre can really feel extra scary and in tv you are barely protected by the actual fact you are able to do one other take, and I used to be very snug in Emmerdale, however I needed a change, I needed to develop, and I needed to do one thing that challenged me.”
Upon leaving Emmerdale, Fiona had a star-studded leaving bash the place she obtained the possibility to wave goodbye to all of her co-stars.
She mentioned: “It was one of many hardest choices I’ve needed to make. Leaving my Emmerdale household is an enormous factor and it wasn’t straightforward filming my final scenes.
“Whenever you’ve been someplace for that lengthy and that is your day-after-day, it is arduous and feels unhappy.
“However as each actor is aware of, you might want to problem your self and that is crucial too.”
