Emmerdale star Charley Webb has spoken candidly about her mother's heartbreaking dementia diagnosis as she seeks to raise awareness of the condition. The actress, 37, portrayed Debbie Dingle in the popular ITV soap from 2002 to 2021, departing after welcoming her third child with then-partner and Emmerdale colleague Matthew Wolfenden . Since her exit from Emmerdale , Charley has been forthcoming about her personal life and last year, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with ADHD and autism.