DOB: 20 December 1979
Marital Status: Divorced
Address: Wishing Well Cottage
Occupation: Barmaid at The Woolpack

First arrived  
16 October, 2002, when Chas turned up in a blaze of glory as a strippergram dressed as a nun at cousin Marlon’s stag night.
 
Character reference  
Despite her mouthy comments and slutty outfits, Chas is far brighter than most of the Dingles. She might act tough but she’s got a good heart. She is divorced and son Aaron lives with her ex-husband Gordon Livesey.

Love life  
When Chas met Carl King it was lust at first sight but their relationship developed into something much deeper. However, when Carl had a fling with Chloe Atkinson, it was the end of the line for Chas and Carl.

She then got together with policeman Denzil Calburn but in her heart she still loved Carl. Heartbroken and angry after she found out that Chloe had deliberately split up her and Carl, Chas left Emmerdale to join the army. While she was away, Carl realised he loved her and wanted her back. He ran after her as she was driving off to a wedding reception and declared his love for her in front of her fellow officers. Chas was furious, not least when Carl fell over while carrying her and broke her leg.

Carl proposed to Chas but she procrastinated and he promised to do a wing walk in order to prove his devotion. Stunned by the lengths he would go to in order to win her heart, Chas agreed to marry him. However, Chas found out that Carl had slept with her cousin Del while she’d been in the army. Del told her not to throw the relationship away and Chas and Carl moved into Home Farm.

It was when the show home collapsed that Chas moved out, she couldn't bear that the village thought she was condoning the negligence of Carl's family. She didn’t stay away long though and soon moved back in with Carl. It was then that she met her nemesis Rosemary King, the two women hated each other and Rosemary went all out to make life hard for Chas.

The King family finally blackmailed Chas to cancel her wedding plans to Carl. Carl was furious when he found out, but after his father’s death – and his confession to his brothers that he was the murderer – Carl distanced himself from Chas as he didn’t want her to find out the truth. After a huge argument, where he said some awful things to her, the two split for good.

Memorable scene  
When she woke up next to a dead body after she bedded gangster Colin McFarlane and then received a pay-off from his wife.

What next?   
Will Chas be lead even further astray by bad influence Lexi Nicholls? Will Chas and Carl get back together again?

About the actress  
Lucy Pargeter has appeared on TV in shows including Crossroads, Soldier, Soldier and Dalziel and Pascoe. In the late nineties, Lucy was one third of all-girl band Paper Dolls and toured with top boyband Boyzone. She has appeared in the film Anita and Me. In 2006 she came third in ITV’s singing competition Soapstar Superstar.