Emily Symons starred in both Emmerdale and Home and Away (Image: ITV)
Former Emmerdale star Emily Symons migrated to Britain and was prepared to settle here after falling in love with a Premier League captain and icon after a chance panto encounter
Emily Symons is perhaps best known for her appearance on TV soaps.
However, some might remember her better for her short-lived romance with Matt Le Tissier - who turns 56 on Monday (14 October). Le Tissier was banging in goals for Southampton when a chance encounter at a panto would lead to romance.
Le Tiss had recently divorced his childhood sweetheart who he had two children with when Emily caught his eye starring in a Goldilocks pantomime in his hometown.
Emily herself was also coming off the back of a divorce after being married to Nick Lipscombe between 1992 and 1994. And according to LeedsLive, Emily and Le Tissier were so enamoured by each other that they got engaged after just six months of dating.
But at the turn of the century Le Tissier reportedly dumped the actress just one year before they were due to get married.
Emily Symons met the Premier League star while at a panto (Image: WENN)
It didn’t take long for the former Sky Sports pundit to find the love of his life after meeting Angela Nabulsi in a nightclub in Southampton. He even appeared alongside her on the ITV quiz show Mr and Mrs where he said she was incomparable to his other lovers.
“There was a very strong instant connection,” he said. “There were no mobile phones in those days. I knew her name and that she was a Southampton Football Club season ticket holder.
“So I went to the office, wrote a note and left it on her seat for her to find when she came to the next home game.” He added: “I’ve never met anyone else that I would want to spend the rest of my living days with.”
An equally besotted Angela added: “I love Matthew so much. He is my world. He is an amazing father and my best friend.” The pair had a daughter together, Ava, and remain happily married to this day, but what about his ex-fiancée Emily?
After moving on from Le Tissier, she declared that she was “happy being single” before a brief romance with Emmerdale co-star Matt Healy who she duetted with in Stars In Their Eyes before things fizzled out. She also married for a second time, this time to Lorenzo Smith, but they split after two years in 2005.
Emily later returned to Australia in 2010 to continue playing Marilyn in Home and Away. She began dating Paul Jackson and had a miracle son, Henry, via IVF, who she regularly now shares on Instagram where she has almost a quarter of a million followers.
Emily and Paul, a Nova Entertainment group programming director, split after the birth of their son.
It is unknown whether Emily, who is now 54, found love again but she regularly shares family photos on Instagram where she gives fans an insight into her glamorous life.
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