Katie Sugden
Katie Sugden | |
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Emmerdale character | |
Jack Sugden (2014–2015) | |
Stepdaughters | Sarah Sugden (2005–2007, 2014–2015) |
Katie Sugden (also Addyman and Macey) is a fictional character from the British
Casting
On 10 July 2001, Rick Fulton of the Daily Record reported that Winward had joined the cast as Katie alongside Raine Davison, who played Eve Birch.[1] Fulton said the girls would "set pulses racing among Emmerdale's teenage bratpack."[1] Katie was introduced to the soap as the first love interest for Andy Sugden (Kelvin Fletcher).[1] Winward was fifteen when she joined the cast and she said "It is fantastic to start in Emmerdale with Raine. It is a great coincidence because we trained together at drama school. I can't wait to start."[1][2] A show spokesperson said there would be some "real eye-opening storylines" for the two girls and the rest of the teenage characters, dubbed the "village bratpack."[1] The spokesperson added "We launched them together because we want to show our viewers that we already have very strong teenage storylines to complement our strong teenage following."[1]
Winward took maternity leave in 2005 after becoming pregnant with her first child. Katie departed in May and returned in the following February.[3]
Storylines
Katie is first seen when she meets Andy Sugden when they are in detention together and soon begin dating. Andy's brother, Robert (Karl Davies), is jealous and tries to come between them by telling Katie that he cannot afford to take her out for dinner. However, Andy is given counterfeit money by Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) and takes Katie for a romantic meal at Chez Marlon restaurant, ruining Robert's plan.
In September 2001, Katie, Andy, Robert, Eve Birch (Raine Davison),
Whilst their friends enjoy their youth and freedom, Katie and Andy settle down and decide to prove that they are old enough to have an adult relationship by having a baby, Katie falls pregnant but miscarries before leaving to stay with her mother,
In February 2006, Katie and Brian are involved in a car accident and the police inform Andy as he is her next of kin. Brian is killed but Katie survives and she stays with Andy until she recovers. Her mother, Caroline, tries to convince Katie to move to Greece but she decides to give her marriage another go. Angry with Katie about the way she treated Andy in the past, Daz is unhappy with Andy and Katie's reconciliation and tries to convince Andy that she will be unfaithful again, even trying to seduce her himself. Sadly, they are seen by lodger Jo Stiles (Roxanne Pallett), who blackmails Katie and begins an affair with Andy. Katie struggles to cope with looking after Andy's daughter, Sarah, and Katie later thinks she is pregnant but it is a false alarm. Andy eventually tells Katie about his affair with Jo and she throws them out but she has to move out as Andy holds the lease. Katie later sleeps with David Metcalfe (Matthew Wolfenden) which ends his relationship with Del Dingle (Hayley Tamaddon). In April 2007, Andy and Katie separate.
Katie goes into business with Perdita Hyde-Sinclair (Georgia Slowe) and develops feelings for Perdita's husband, Grayson Sinclair (Christopher Villiers). Grayson's mother, Rosemary King (Linda Thorson), is delighted and encourages Katie, hoping for grandchildren as Perdita can't have children. Katie offers to be a surrogate mother for Perdita but regrets it when she realises how unstable Grayson and Perdita's marriage is. However, Katie gets pregnant but threatens to have an abortion when Perdita leaves Grayson for Sadie's ex-lover and their brother-in-law Matthew (Matt Healy). Katie stays with Grayson and their relationship becomes more intimate. When Perdita finds out, she attacks Katie and fears that she has caused Katie to miscarry and she gets medical help. Perdita then tells Katie that Grayson is bisexual and had had an affair with Paul Lambert (Mathew Bose) causing Katie to doubt her relationship. When Katie learns that Grayson has been supporting Perdita and lying to her, she cons money from him. Katie gives birth to a baby boy in the back of Matthew's car and after signing parental rights over to Perdita, she gives Perdita the money she had conned from Grayson, in order to start a new life in London. Grayson is enraged when he finds out and holds Katie at gunpoint, demanding Katie tell him where Perdita is. Katie refuses to tell him, even when Grayson ends up taking Matthew and his brothers hostage; Grayson ends up shooting Matthew's youngster brother Carl (Tom Lister), but their older brother Jimmy (Nick Miles) helps Matthew overpower Grayson – who is consequently arrested.
In November, Katie grows close to Andy again after Jo, his ex-wife, throws him out after he has been subjecting her to domestic violence. Katie takes pity on Andy and gives him a job at the stables but he later attempts to kiss her. When he reacts aggressively to her rejecting him, she sacks him. Katie visits Jo and the two women make peace over their differences and Katie convinces Jo to leave the village in order to escape from Andy.
In December, Katie helps Matthew with his ill-fated wedding to her friend Anna De Souza (Emma Davies). However, the ceremony is ruined when Carl – upon discovering that Matthew is partly the reason why their family's company is now under liquidation – confronts him and exposes his brother's involvement in the death of Anna's father Donald (Michael Jayston), who recently died of a heart attack. This prompts Anna to flee, and Katie follows her to comfort whilst Matthew and Carl end up fighting each other shortly afterwards. As Anna struggles to come with the terms of discovering how her father died, Katie urges her to talk to go back to Home Farm and talk to Matthew about it. She reluctantly does on, only to run into Carl upon arriving there. In the moment Anna confronts Carl with demands to know how her father died, they are interrupted by Matthew as the latter attempts to run down Carl in revenge for destroying his wedding and killing their father. However, Matthew – upon seeing Anna standing with Carl – swerves the vehicle and ends up injuring himself as a result; despite Jimmy calling an ambulance with Katie's phone, Matthew dies in Anna's arms. The following day, the Kings are kicked out of Home Farm after being declared bankrupt; Anna later departs the village after attending Matthew's funeral and bidding Katie farewell in respect of their friendship.
When she reappears at Home Farm in January 2009, Katie is escorted off the premises by security. New owners,
After he investigates the theft of two horses from her stables, Katie begins a relationship with police officer Nick Henshall (Michael McKell), despite Andy's reservations. When Andy interferes in their relationship causing Katie to dump him, Nick makes silent calls to Katie's house phone and burgles her home, stealing a bracelet her father had given her. Andy is blamed for the incidents and following another confrontation with Andy in the street following a romantic meal with Katie, Nick tries to frame Andy further by starting a fire that kills Terry Woods (Billy Hartman) and Viv Hope (Deena Payne). Nick ensures that Andy is blamed due to his previous conviction for arson and manslaughter and convinces Katie that Andy was responsible. When Nick discovers that his colleagues are onto him, he convinces Katie to come away with him. Katie learns that Nick started the fire when she discovers her stolen bracelet at his house. She also finds newspaper clippings revealing that his wife died in similar circumstances. Nick explains that he was unable to save his wife after their house was petrol bombed by some criminals he had imprisoned. He then tells Katie that he had started the fire and committed the burglary and silent phone calls because he had wanted her to need him to rescue her and keep her safe. When Katie tries to escape Nick panics and takes her hostage at gunpoint. Nick considers killing Katie and himself but she convinces him to spare her and he commits suicide, shooting himself allowing Katie to flee the house unharmed. Katie is traumatised by the events and feels guilty that she ignored Andy's warnings. She asks him for a reconciliation but he turns her down, hurt that she had believed that he was responsible for the fire. Katie leaves to stay with her mother in Greece whilst she recovers from her ordeal.
After briefly dating
When the couple return from their honeymoon, Katie falls out with her friend Gennie when she reveals that Chas, her half-sister, had been having an affair with
Katie returns the following week, hoping to mend her marriage, unaware that Declan had slept with
When the body of
Katie later tells Chas that she felt in the way as Andy had enough problems involving his ex-girlfriend Debbie Dingle (Charley Webb) and their children. Adam Barton (Adam Thomas), Andy's housemate, then invites Katie to move back in with him and Andy. They begin flirting and when Declan enters the pub and sees them together, he calls them pathetic when they toast to being "young, free and single." They go home, late and drunk, but Adam sleeps on the sofa. In the morning, they continue their flirting until Adam leaves and Andy warns Katie, telling her to tell Adam they are just friends as he had just come out of a relationship with Victoria. Katie later runs into Declan who tells her that he believes she will learn to forgive him. After meeting Adam at the pub again, they continue to flirt. They later left the pub together and return home. Katie calls Declan and tells him to come to Andy's so that they can talk. Declan walks in on Katie and Adam, having sex on the sofa. Katie reveals that she had set it up to prove to Declan that they were finished and that there was no future for them. Adam is angry with Katie for using him to hurt Declan.
Declan is devastated by this and threatens to evict Andy for helping Katie hurt him. Andy tells Katie that she had changed and she had to do what she could to help him and his children. Katie goes to see Declan and convinces him to give her another chance, explaining that the only thing keeping them apart was the dead body on the estate. She tells him that for them to stand a chance of a reconciliation, he had to tell the police about the discovery. Andy remains unsure of Katie plan. Katie meets Declan before the launch of the festival, and confesses that there was no hope of a reconciliation for them, that she had never wanted him back and had lied to him about wanting another chance. Declan admits that he had not told the police about the body and had no intention of doing so.
Katie threatens to report Declan and the body discovery to the police herself, but decides against it, knowing Declan could afford to bribe the workers to cover up the incident. Despite this, Declan is still suspicious of Katie and fears that she will reveal his secret and he later tells Megan that she had been right about Katie all along. Katie is shocked to discover Declan had ordered his secretary
Victoria (now
Katie returns for
Katie flirts with Ross Barton (Michael Parr) after meeting him at Home Farm. Declan sees the together and accuses Katie of helping Ross when he discovers that Ross had been stealing cars from guests at a wedding event he was hosting. Ross later meets Katie again and she tells him that she knows he had stolen Declan's car and the others, but she doesn't care as Declan deserved it. They flirt and have a drink together but it doesn't go any further.
Katie goes on a date with Adam and Victoria admits that she is okay with them seeing each other. However, when two men invite Katie and Victoria to go to a casino night at Home Farm, Diane convinces Katie to go and look out for Victoria. Whilst there, Katie and Robbie witness Declan hit Megan. Katie goes to Butler's Farm to make sure Adam is unhurt after being beaten up by some loan sharks at the farm. Katie continues to be pursued by Ross until he eventually bets Adam that he can't seduce Katie. Adam accepts the bet and buys Katie a drink, later taking her home where he listens to her concerns about Declan lashing out at Megan. Accepting his comfort, she kisses him, and they sleep together. Afterwards, Ross walks in on them, paying Adam and revealing the bet to Katie. Disgusted with Adam, she leaves. Adam later finds Katie in the Woolpack where she forgives him as she had used him to hurt Declan and now he had used her, making the quits. Adam insists that he likes her and Andy encourages Adam to ask Katie out. She turns him down, indifferent. Katie later clears the air with vet
Adam and Katie begin dating, but Adam is jealous when he discovers Katie flirting with his cousin
When Adam discovers that James is his father, he goes on a downward spiral. After getting drunk, he causes an accident on the farm in which Andy is injured. Katie looks after Andy whilst he recovers and Sarah. Andy is unable to forgive Adam for causing his injury and when Adam accuses Andy of using his injury to gain sympathy and reminds of his previous nervous breakdown and his domestic violence towards Jo, Katie is angered by Adam's insensitivity and demands that he apologize. Adam refuses and accuses Katie of still having feelings for Andy. Katie then finishes with him, calling him childish and pathetic.
Andy and Katie grow close once more as she helps him recover from his injuries. They end up kissing, witnessed by Andy's current girlfriend Bernice Blackstock (Samantha Giles). Bernice attacks Katie in the street and Andy finishes with her. Andy tracks Katie down and asks if they can get back together. Katie agrees but decides on keeping it a secret initially. On Katie's 28th birthday Andy proposes to her and she accepts.
In October, Robert (now
On Christmas Day 2014, Andy and Katie marry, for the second time. During the wedding ceremony, Katie discovers that Robert had engraved insults on the rings, referring to Andy as "village idiot" and Katie as "village bike". Enraged Katie orders Robert, who had been attending the wedding after calling a truce with Andy, to leave the church with Chrissie. When he tries to apologise for sabotaging the rings, Katie swears revenge on him. She later tells Andy that she wants rid of Robert from their lives but he tells her not to let him get to her and that they should focus on their future together and moving into Wylie's Farm.
Katie is later suspicious when she discovers that Robert had left Chrissie's son
When Andy and Katie visit Chrissie and Robert in order to finalise the purchase of Wylie's Farm, Chrissie attempts to clear the air with Katie, telling her that they could be friends but Katie warns her that Robert is cheating on her and that he will never change. She also warns Robert that she is keeping an eye on him. When Katie overhears Robert making a phone call for a hotel booking, she is convinced that he is arranging a night away with his secret lover and convinces Chrissie to follow Robert with her to the hotel to catch him in the act. When Chrissie confronts Robert, he tells her that he had been arranging a romantic night away for the two of them. Chrissie is furious with Katie and warns her to stay away from them. Andy also asks Katie to give up her vendetta against Robert, but Robert later visits Katie and threatens her, warning her that she will "get burnt if she plays with fire". When Katie threatens to befriend Chrissie again and get close to him so she can find out what he is up to, an enraged Robert torches the caravan Andy and Katie are staying in whilst awaiting the move to Wylie's. Katie accuses Robert of starting the fire but he laughs off her concerns and she is forced to back down. Andy grows despairing of Katie and considers ending their marriage and she begs him for another chance, and apologizes to Robert for her behavior. Despite this Robert convinces Chrissie to back out of the deal with Wylie's Farm and Robert takes pleasure in informing Katie of this. When Katie attempts to talk to Chas about her suspicions and frustrations over Robert, Chas is skeptical and she and Katie fall out when Katie makes a remark about Gennie. Chas' son Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller) then tells Katie that he knows Robert is having an affair and tells her to come to Wylie's Farm the next day, the day of Robert and Chrissie's wedding.
When Andy discovers that Robert and Chrissie have pulled out of the farm deal, he furiously confronts Katie and tells her not to attend the wedding and considers moving out and ending their marriage. Katie goes for a ride on her horse and receives a text message from Aaron telling her to go to Wylie's Farm. Katie arrives to discover Robert and Aaron kissing and is shocked to discover that Aaron is the person Robert has been having an affair with. Katie takes a picture of them on her mobile phone. Aaron leaves and Katie confronts Robert, happy to have the upper hand on him. He pleads with her not to tell Chrissie and offers to give her and Andy the farm again for free but she refuses his offer and makes to leave, telling him that she intends to tell Chrissie about him and Aaron and show her the picture. Robert turns aggressive and snatches Katie's phone off her but the keypad is locked. Robert refuses to let her leave until she agrees not to tell Chrissie about his affair. Katie charges at him and he pushes her to the ground forcefully. The floor gives way and Katie falls to her death.
Robert checks the body and calls Aaron back to the scene. Aaron is horrified to find Katie dead and Robert tells him that it was an accident. Robert convinces Aaron to help him cover up what happened. Andy later comes to the farm to look for Katie and finds her dead. He breaks down in tears and cradles her.
Development
Relationships
In one storyline Katie was paired with Adam Barton portrayed by Adam Thomas following the end of Katie's relationship with Declan Macey portrayed by Jason Merrells, speaking about Katie and Adam's pairing, Winward told Digital Spy: "I enjoyed it because I thought it was a good contrast from the Declan relationship, which was so intense and heavy. So much went wrong with Declan, so when Katie started dating Adam he was young, good-looking and very fun-loving. The contrast for her was the enticing thing."[4]
Katie is known for her on and off relationship with Andy Sugden portrayed by Kelvin Fletcher. In July 2014, Winward backed an Andy and Katie upcoming reunion stating: "I think Katie and Andy always end up going back to each other, so it wasn't a surprise at all. It's quite nice actually, because I think they've both grown up a lot since the last time they were together. They're almost like new people."[5]
Mineshaft accident
On 6 November 2012, it was announced that an upcoming storyline would see Katie fall into a mineshaft after having an argument with husband Declan.[6] Jason Merrells who plays Katie's husband Declan Macey commented on the storyline saying: "Declan is absolutely in bits – he's a complete mess. He realises that he was being silly by arguing so much with Katie, and now he could have lost her completely. He goes into a meltdown about it." Winward also revealed: "At first, Katie thinks there's a possibility of getting out because Declan throws a rope down and also tries to pull her up with his coat. But Declan's attempts to rescue her don't work and then she actually falls deep down into the mine. After that, Katie realises that she doesn't have much hope of getting out unless she takes action herself."[7]
Departure
After thirteen years in the role, Winward chose to leave Emmerdale in 2014 to pursue other acting projects. Her departure was announced on 28 November 2014 and her exit was scheduled for the following year. Show bosses teased that Katie would depart in a "sensational, not-to-be missed storyline".[3] One of the character's final stories features her remarrying Andy as part of the show's Christmas episodes.[3]
Reception
For her portrayal of Katie, Winward earned a nomination for Most Popular Newcomer at the
References
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- ^ a b c Harris, Jamie (28 November 2014). "Emmerdale actress Sammy Winward quits her role as Katie Addyman". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Dainty, Sophie (26 June 2014). "Emmerdale's Sammy Winward on Katie, Adam split: 'He's turned nasty' – Emmerdale News – Soaps". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (8 July 2014). "Emmerdale's Sammy Winward on Katie, Andy reunion: 'It's no surprise' – Emmerdale News – Soaps". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (6 November 2012). "'Emmerdale' Katie to have shock mineshaft accident – Emmerdale News – Soaps". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (20 November 2012). "'Emmerdale' Sammy Winward talks Katie mineshaft horror – interview – Emmerdale Interview – Soaps". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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