Linda Lusardi To Join Emmerdale Cast

Former page 3 stunner Linda Lusardi is to join the cast of Emmerdale.

Lusardi, 48, has signed up to a six month contract with the soap to play new super bitch Carrie Nicholls,

She will make her first appearance at Tom King�s funeral in February. An insider told the Sun: �The King brothers get the shock of their lives when she later announces she is the mother of Tom�s secret teenage daughter.

�She causes mayhem when she reveals she is determined to ensure daughter Scarlett gets what she is entitled to.�

Lusardi said of her new job: �I�m thrilled to be joining such a popular show.�