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"Chelsea Halfpenny has announced that she is leaving Emmerdale. The actress has played Amy Wyatt on the soap since October 2010.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d just like to say what an amazing experience I&amp;#039;ve had here at Emmerdale,&amp;quot; Halfpenny said of her exit. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve made the best friends and I will carry the memories on through the rest of my career.&amp;quot; She added: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s completely changed my life, as It&amp;#039;s given me confidence and I&amp;#039;m coming out of it having learnt so much. &amp;quot;I now feel ready to move on and play other characters, although playing Amy Wyatt has been more fun than I&amp;#039;d ever imagined.&amp;quot;  Amy has been involved in dramatic scenes recently, with baby son Kyle falling into a river while he was supposed to be under her supervision. Kyle&amp;#039;s adopted grandmother Joanie (Denise Black) has consequently banned her from having any further contact with the youngster. Discussing the river scenes, Halfpenny told Digital Spy: &amp;quot;I absolutely loved it, actually. I know it&amp;#039;s an awful thing to happen, but luckily it turns out okay. The actual filming of it was amazing.&amp;quot; Digital Spy Soap Scoop video - press play below to watch Amie Parker-Williams reveal gossip on the Hollyoaks bomb drama, Emmerdale siege, Coronation Street Platt revelations and Jack&amp;#039;s EastEnders exit.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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