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Sally Dexter praised for Emmerdale performance as Faith Dingle faces terminal cancer

Sally has played Faith since 2017

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Emmerdale fans are saying Sally Dexter, who plays Faith Dingle, deserves lots of awards for her recent performances.

Earlier this year Faith was told her cancer had returned and was terminal.

Faith’s cancer began to spread to her brain, causing her to become confused.

And fans have been full of praise for Sally Dexter for her moving performance in this storyline, saying she should win every award going.

Faith looking shocked in Emmerdale
Faith was told her cancer had returned (Credit: ITV)

Emmerdale: Sally Dexter in Faith’s storyline

Earlier this year it was confirmed that Faith’s cancer would return and she would eventually die.

Over the last few months viewers have seen Faith come to terms with her diagnosis.

But as the cancer spread to her brain, Faith began to get confused.

Her children Cain and Chas have been trying to plan for Faith to go into a hospice, but it’s clear that’s not wants.

Knowing she would get worse, Faith made the decision that she would end her life so she could have some form of control.

The only person she told about her plan is her daughter-in-law, Moira.

This week, Faith wanted to have one final day out with her family at the beach.

But when Cain learnt she was too ill to go, the Dingles and Faith’s friends made a beach in the village for her.

Cain and Faith shared emotional scenes (Credit: ITV)

Sally Dexter deserves ‘all the awards’ in emotional scenes, say fans

In last night’s episode (Wednesday, October 12) Faith was thrilled with the surprise and spent the day with her family.

However everyone had planned one more surprise for Faith.

Her good friend Diane flew back from Portugal to see her.

Towards the end of the episode, Cain asked his mother to dance with him.

Emmerdale Chas, Faith, Moira and Cain happy outside
Faith spent a final day with all her friends and family (Credit: ITV)

They reminisced about the times they had danced together before.

Faith got emotional as she told her son that she loved him.

But soon the music cut out and Cain became emotional.

Later Rodney gave Faith a picture he had found of her with her loved ones.

Faith told Zak that nothing could top her day and that if she were to die tomorrow, she would die happy.

Fans have been left heartbroken by the storyline, but are praising Sally Dexter’s performance, saying she deserves all the awards.

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Spoilers: Faith dies with Cain by her side

In spoilers for tonight’s episode (Thursday, October 13), Faith makes the decision to end her life.

Cain is by her side as she takes her final breath.

Faith’s family and friends are devastated as they learn that Faith has died.

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Emmerdale usually airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV, with an extra episode at 8pm on Thursdays.

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Charlotte Rodrigues
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Charlotte Rodrigues joined Entertainment Daily in April 2018, as Audience Engagement Executive. A huge soap fan, Charlotte then became Senior Soap Writer, delivering the latest storylines and spoilers to our followers.