Jacqueline Chadwick is best known for her roles in Coronation Street and Emmerdale , however, has embarked on a different career since turning her back on acting. Famed for her stint as Linda Baldwin between 1998 and 2001, and previously as Tina Dingle in Emmerdale , the actress has since chosen a quieter life away from the soap scene. Jacqueline, 48, became welcomed a daughter named Alexandra in 1997, which influenced her decision to step out of the public eye.
The father, Christopher Stone, was Birmingham's infamous gang leader whom Jacqueline was determined to distance from their child. Despite his role as Alexandra's father, Jacqueline kept Christopher's name off the birth certificate, assuring friends at the time: "Chris and I are finished. I know he's Alexandra's father but there's no way he'll be playing daddy.
" However, she admitted that having her first child turned her into a "recluse". Speaking to The Mirror, she said: "I doted on her too much. There was nothing else in my life.
I was so in love with her I didn't go out for a year. I didn't even go out for my birthday. "I became a recluse and suddenly I didn't want to do anything but be with her.
It was unhealthy for her and me. Before she was born I used to love having a drink and partying but I changed overnight. Jacqueline continued: I would say, 'Oh no, the baby needs me'.
It was stupid. The baby was sick of me by the time she was a year old. She didn't want to look at me.
My mum would go, 'Will you leave that .
