“It’s been ten whole years,” smiles Jennifer Ellison , as she sits across from us, looking at least a decade younger than her 43 years in a simple baseball cap and tracksuit. She’s referring to the last time she graced our screens in an acting role, which feels crazy given how famous she was in the early 00s, thanks to her iconic role as Emily Shadwick in Brookside. But it’s hard out there for actors these days, as Jennifer openly acknowledges. “I stepped away for a bit to raise my children, I