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Emmerdale star Susan Cookson revealed that she considered changing her career to become a nurse following the tragic death of her husband.

Emmerdale actress Susan Cookson nearly quit acting before getting Wendy Posner role, as she got the job a few minutes before attending retraining meeting.

“I started to think about changing careers and going into nursing. My husband, who is sadly no longer with us, had been very poorly and I’d nursed him. And I’d played a lot of doctors and nurses over the years, so it was a career I knew a bit about."

Emmerdale star Susan Cookson has admitted she was ready to give up acting altogether to become a nurse after caring for her husband Malcolm Scates through his final months.

“I started to think about changing careers and going into nursing. My husband, who is sadly no longer with us, had been very poorly and I’d nursed him. And I’d played a lot of doctors and nurses over the years, so it was a career I knew a bit about."