Woman's Own

‘People forget how GIGANTIC I was!’

‘I don’t need a designer handbag to make me happy’

Not many actors would jump up mid-interview and invite you to feel their taut thighs, but then again, there really aren’t many actors like Lisa Riley.

Frank, funny and fabulously loud, Lisa has been keeping the nation’s viewers entertained for years with her hilarious portrayal of Emmerdale’s larger-than-life Mandy Dingle. Like her character, Lisa, 43, lives life at 100mph. Who

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