I was one of Emmerdale’s sexiest stars in the early noughties but I’ve quit fame to be a teacher

EX-EMMERDALE actress Adele Silva was named as the “sexiest soap star” but she turned her back on fame to share her acting smarts with the next generation.

Adele, now 43, played the role of Kelly Windsor for 19 years but is now a mum and a teacher.

She is best remembered for being at the centre of a number of saucy affairs on ITV’s Emmerdale from 1993 to 2011.

Her character romped with Ethan Blake, Jimmy King and Rodney Blackstock – and even had an affair with her on-screen step-brother Scott, played by Ben Freeman.

However, 14 years on from departing her glam life and the Yorkshire Dales, Adele looks unrecognisable.

The star beams in photos with her eight-year-old daughter Sienna on Instagram, and blends in with her colleagues at the National Film and Television School.

The soap star previously told The Celeb Report she wouldn’t rule out making a comeback to Emmerdale.

Speaking last year, she said: “I’d definitely go back if they asked me. Obviously Kelly’s son is there and she’s not seen him for years.

“Then there’s little April. You can imagine Marlon’s face if her auntie Kelly turned up. He’d be horrified.”

Kelly left her son Elliot with his dad Jimmy, played by Nick Miles, when she left in 2011 and her niece April is also in the village.

Adele continued: “Mandy was Kelly’s best friend and there’s the history she has with Kim Tate. I just love Kim, you always know she’s going to be at the heart of an incredible storyline.

“She pushed me down the stairs when I was pregnant with her stepson Chris Tate’s baby and I had a miscarriage. I was so lucky with the storylines they kept giving me.”