English actress Eden Taylor-Draper is a series regular in popular ITV soap opera Emmerdale. Based in Yorkshire in the North of England, Eden is skilled in Ballroom Dancing, as well as contemporary and modern dance, Northern Soul dancing and singing. She currently plays Belle Dingle in Emmerdale and has had the role for ten years. She is involved in plenty of key story lines and these include things like falling down a mineshaft on Christmas Day 2005. She has won awards for her role including the 2006 Spectacular Scene of the Year gong at the Births Soap Awards that year. She has also picked up praise for her part in the 2014 storyline involving the death of her character’s best friend Gemma. On top of this, Gemma has been nominated for the ‘Best Young Actor’ award at the 2006 Inside Soap awards, then won the award in 2007. Best Young Performance awards also came in 2013. Eden has also starred in short films like Young tree Doctor and was in ITV show For Richer For Poorer. As well as acting, Eden has lots of time for charity and has previously taken part in the Great North Run to raise money for Bloodwise with Emmerdale co-star Matthew Woldenden. She has a big social media following and is a regular in the British press. Available for charity events, public functions and appearances, she is great presence on camera, a natural in front of an audience and can act as animal handler or auctioneer for the right occasion.
