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Emma-Kate Davies (born 7 March 1970) is an English actress. She is the daughter of actor Geoffrey Davies, of the television comedy series Doctor in the House. She is notably recognised for her role of Anna De Souza in the ITV soap Emmerdale and for her portrayal of Diana Mitford-Guinness (later Lady Diana Mosley) in the Channel 4 mini series Mosley. She currently resides in South-West London with her husband Ross Allen, a garden designer, and their daughter Camille. Early life and career Davies' father, the stage and television actor Geoffrey Davies, influenced her choice of career immensely. He would often let her watch his stage performances from the wings as a child. She says that she "watched his plays nearly every night" and "knew all the lines." He also landed Emma her first television role at the age of 18 months on the 1970s sitcom, The Fenn Street Gang. She says, "I was in a pram and had to stuff an ice cream cone into someone's face!". She also appeared in a television advert for Colgate toothpaste when she was 14. She trained at the Corona Theatre School in London, and has been acting in small TV roles since the mid-1980s. In that time she has appeared in television series Heartbeat, Doctors and Sky One's Dream Team. Her first television role was as teenager Jo Daly in Central Television's Midlands-based drama Boon between 1987 and 1989. She later played Juliette Bannerman in the ITV soap Families in 1993. In 1997, Davies portrayed the controversial historical figure Diana Mitford (later Diana Mitford-Guinness and Lady Diana Mosley) in the biographical Channel Four mini-series Mosley. In 2001, she also had a small role in Michael Apted's popular film Enigma. And in 2007 she was cast alongside David Morrissey, Lucy Cohu, and Tristan Gemmill in the short-lived Channel Four drama Cape Wrath, as regular character Abigail York. In June 2008 it was announced that she would join Emmerdale as Anna De Souza. She made her debut on the soap on 8 July. However, on 15 October 2008, it was announced that Davies would be leaving the show at the end of 2008. With the upcoming departures of her onscreen father Donald De Souza (Michael Jayston), and onscreen fiancé Matthew King (Matt Healy) and the axing of her onscreen brother, Miles De Souza, Anna would have been left as a singular character with no family, so it was decided that her contract would not be renewed.In an interview on ITV's chat show Loose Women on 12 December 2008, Davies announced that she would be starring alongside Laurence Fox, Matthew Macfadyen and Sally Hawkins in ITV's version of E. M. Forster's classic novel, A Passage To India. However, less than a week later, ITV confirmed that the adaption had been axed before filming even began due to "financial reasons".Davies made her second appearance in the BBC drama Doctors starring alongside her father in an episode entitled "Toys" in which the pair played an estranged father and daughter.In 2010 she made an appearance in an episode of the medical drama Holby City, playing a distressed lawyer. Filmography The Fenn Street Gang (1971) as toddler in pram Boon (1987–1989) as Jo Daly Never the Twain (1989) as Young Woman Freddie and Max (1990) as Andrea Bergerac (1991) as Amanda Cannon and Ball's Playhouse: Free Every Friday (1991) as Julia Parker Smith Family Pride (1991) as Melissa Families (1993) as Juliette Bannerman Law and Disorder (1994) as Susan Just William (1994) as Clarinda Queen of the East (1995) as Lady Emily Crown Prosecutor (1995) as Sarah Francis Mosley (1997) Diana Mitford as Guinness/Lady Diana Mosley The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (1998) as Hermione Bradley Heartbeat (1998) as Rachel Palmer Bernard's Watch (1999) as Patti Enigma (2001) as Pamela Doctors (2002) as Alice Young Cambridge Spies (2003) as Mrs Angleton Dream Team (2006) as Julie Rose Cape Wrath (2007) as Abigail York Emmerdale (2008–2009) as Anna De Souza Doctors (2009) as Lorna Myers Holby City (2010) as Pippa Robinson Garrow's Law (2010) as Lady Elizabeth Fox Super Eruption (2011) as Tamara Brown Midsomer Murders A Sacred Trust (2011) as Lauren Hendred EastEnders (2015) as Dr. Jo Mount The Hustle as Cathy (2019) The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson (2019–present) as Margaret ThatcherReferences External links Emma Davies at IMDb Emmerdale's New Arrivals – Anna De Souza at the ITV website. Discover the Emma Davies popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Emma Davies books.

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    Under the Mistletoe

    Katie Flynn

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    The Cotton Spinner

    Libby Ashworth

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    Born to Dance

    Jordan Matter

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    Pencil Dog

    Leigh Hodgkinson

    A beautifully told, poignant story about memory, remembrance, and how those we love live on in us. This thoughtprovoking story centres on a little girl who has a pencil dog as a co...

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    A Lancashire Lass

    Libby Ashworth

    THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE INSPIRATIONAL MILL TOWN LASSES SERIES. Perfect for fans of Val Wood and Catherine Cookson.Lancashire, 1832Maids Hannah and Mary find themselves with no jobs...

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    The Frost Goblin

    Abi Elphinstone & Fiona Woodcock

    “The deepest frost has the power to rekindle hope in anyone who’s lost it…” In Bertie CrashWallop's noisy family, it can sometimes feel like there is no room for a quiet boy like h...

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    Drawing Europe Together

    Various Authors

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    The Snow Dragon

    Abi Elphinstone & Fiona Woodcock

    You can be late for many things in life, but you should never keep an adventure waiting... In Griselda Bone's gloomy orphanage, daydreaming is banned, skipping is forbidden an...

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    Sanditon

    Jane Austen

    Jane Austen’s last work, now a PBS limited series adapted by acclaimed screenwriter Andrew Davies.Sanditonan elevenchapter fragment left at Jane Austen’s death completed by an Aust...

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    Cappy and the Whale

    Kateryna Babkina & Hanna Leliv

    Perfect for fans of Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls, and with beautiful colour illustrations throughout, Cappy and The Whale is a unique and wonderful Ukrainian story which Puffin a...