Asan N'Jie has joined 'Emmerdale'.
Sandra Marvin
The 'Mount Pleasant' actor - who played Finn in the Sky drama series - will portray Ellis, who first rocks up in the Dales as a potential love interest for Victoria Barton (Isabel Hodgins), but will later be revealed as the son of Hotten headteacher Jessie Grant (Sandra Marvin).
The pair will arrange to go on a date but things turn nasty when he begins flirting with some other girls in the Woolpack and hero Matty Barton (Ash Palmisciano) steps in to defend her.
Pub chef Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) steps in to diffuse the brawl, but the hapless cook gets injured in the process.
He later explains the situation to his girlfriend Jessie, who is left shocked when Ellis turns up.
Marlon offers Ellis his spare room after he reveals he has quit university, but he and Jessie are hiding a big secret which she is yet to let Marlon in on.
In March, Sandra hinted at such a storyline, admitting her alter-ego's family was "yet to be discovered".
She said: "I think her family history is yet to be discovered, let's say.
"I mean she's obviously got a son that she talks about a lot and she's looking for somewhere to live nearer to the village.
"Ideally for somewhere her son can visit or something like that, so whether he's someone that comes in the future, I don't know.
"In fact, I don't know if I can say much more without giving stuff away, really, but yeah."
Tagged in Mark Charnock