Emmerdale actress Paige Sandhu is nothing like her character Meena in real life – RSVP Live

Emmerdale actress Paige Sandhu first appeared in the soap back in September 2020 as the estranged sister of Manpreet Sharma and certainly got people talking with her constant meddling.

The dangerous and violent character has sent shivers down the spines of viewers.

Supervillain Meena is the first major professional acting job Paige has landed and the relatively unknown actress has certainly been thrown in at the deep end with her explosive storylines.

Unlike her character, however, Paige lives a sleek and stylish life, although she doesn't share much with the public.

Although Paige doesn't have much of a social media presence, she does post occasionally on her Instagram page.

Her uploads offer a glimpse of her private life through her stunning selfies and she's very real and candid on the platform, opening up about her own mental health issues.

Although Paige uploads many gorgeous snaps, she is keen to tell her Instagram followers of the realities behind her image - however it seems as though sometimes she may come to regret it, as she has deleted the majority of captions from her Instagram photos.

After posting a photo in flawless make-up and wrapped in a pink faux-fur coat last year, Paige had wrote: "I do not look like this all the time I promise you. I've got loads of makeup on and had a bunch of spots covered up."

She has since deleted the caption.

Previously Paige opened up about her mental health on Instagram, in a candid post that she has since deleted.

Uploading a picture of her in bed she added the caption, I want to take some time to address mental health with this post. So heres me looking super fly.

Its (obviously) more important than ever to take care of our mental health these days - but, like, what does that even mean?!

"Its not something we are taught in schools or socially... so it can be confusing to actually know how to take care of ourselves.

So bearing this in mind I wanted to let you in on a few of the things that help me.

"Maybe they arent a good fit for you, maybe they are. All I intend with this is to clear some confusion."

Paige's tips included reading self-help books, listening to self-help podcasts and Tapping/eft which she encouraged her fans to check out on YouTube to try.

She finished the post writing, "Focusing on everything Im grateful for and appreciate in my life. Journaling it aaaaaall out. Having a solo dance party.

These are some of the things that I notice really help me shift my state of mind. I hope you are all taking care of yourselves.

Paige's sweet posts and uplifting messages couldn't be further from Meena Jutla, and Paige wants everyone to know she's nothing like the character she plays in the soap.

The best characters are the ones that are so far removed from yourself, Paige has explained. Her lack of empathy and her playfulness make her a very exciting character."

Its also obvious from what Paige has said that shes loving her current role on Emmerdale. The budding soap star admitted that shed never played someone like Meena before.

Shes the strangest character Ive played for sure. But definitely the most fun, Paige said.

She added: Its so much fun to play a character that is on a completely different wavelength to everyone else, who always has a hidden agenda and will do anything to get what she wants.

Speaking of hidden agendas, Paigealso revealed that she knew about Meenas dark side as soon as she landed the part, but had to keep the top secret info under wraps from the rest of her cast mates.

Since Paiges personality is so far removed from her characters killer instincts, the young actressadmitted she had to do loads of research to try and get inside Meenas head.

Page explained: Ive watched all of Killing Eve as there are a lot of similarities between Meena and Villanelle. Taxi Driver, American Psycho, Nightcrawler, Killer Women with Piers Morgan, Inside the Criminal Mind, I Psychopath and Psychopath with Piers Morgan. And Im reading The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson.

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