An Emmerdale star has teased her return to the soap with a photograph of a cleverly placed script on Instagram. 

Georgia Jay is best known for her portrayal of Steph Miligan on the ITV soap, but she took a step back from the show last year to welcome a baby.

Now, the actress - who joined the Emmerdale cast in 2024 as the daughter of Caleb and Ruby Miligan - has shared a picture of herself getting her hair coloured and seemingly reading the latest script for the soap as she waited on her foils to set.

She simply captioned the picture: 'Between foils.' 

The script went far from unnoticed by Emmerdale fans and one wrote: 'I hope you're reading [an] Emmerdale script and coming back.'

Steph has been at the heart of some interesting storylines on the show, including a dramatic cheating storyline that played into her exit from the show last August when she left for a yoga retreat in Rome. 

The character decided to temporarily say goodbye to the village after discovering that her ex Ross Barton (Mike Parr) had slept with Manpreet (Rebecca Sarker).

But the door was very much left open for her return and she promised her on-screen mum Ruby that she would be back in time.

After seeing the actress's Instagram post, other fans came to the same conclusion about this return being imminent, writing: 'Is that an Emmerdale script?'

'Can't wait to see you back on Emmerdale soon,' as a second added. 

'That best be an Emmerdale script,' a third chimed in. 

Prior to her departure, Georgia admitted that her baby bump had become visible on screen, however, she did not announce her pregnancy until she gave birth last June. 

Updating fans on Instagram, she wrote: 'As you've probably guessed, I've got some news to share!'

Sharing pictures of her growing belly, Georgia added: 'I know some of you have been wondering if you've been seeing a little bump on screen lately… 

'Well, it's not your imagination… I'm having a baby.  

'We've never been so excited and a little nervous all at once. Thank you for all the love and support.' 

In January, the actress shared a black and white picture of herself and her new addition.

She was congratulated by her co-stars, including Beth Cordingly - best known as her Emmerdale mum, Ruby.

Beth wrote: 'You are perfect and so is she. Love you x.' 

Laura Norton - AKA Kerry Wyatt - wrote: 'Yay congrats gorgeous.'

Emmerdale airs on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.