I'm A Celebrity winner Danny Miller from Grange Hill to Emmerdale, famous dad and alleged affairs

Emmerdale actor Danny Miller has been crowned the first king of the castle in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!.

The soap star, 30, triumphed over Coronation Street's Simon Gregson, who took second place, and Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge, who took third, during the final at Gwrych Castle near Abergele. Follow the final in our live updates here.

Danny Miller won over most I'm a Celebrity fans with his down to earth attitude, his hidden singing talent and his bromance with campmate David Ginola.

Leeds Live reported that he will soon be reunited with his fiance Steph Jones and baby Albert and plotting his next TV move after leaving the role he has held for 13 years in the Yorkshire soap.

When he was announced as appearing in I'm a Celeb just three weeks after the birth of his son viewers were baffled as to how he could leave his fiancee Steph Jones and their baby Albert so soon.

But the TV star explained to Ant and Dec how the money he would pocket from doing the show would benefit Albert and give him freedom to spend more time with him afterwards.

He said: "I have made no secret about the fact that I wanted to be able to give him and set him up for a good future. I wasn't financially set for that and this is an opportunity to do that.

"It would set me and my family up. I feel like I have done it. I feel proud of myself and I hope my family are as well."

How his career began

Danny was born in Stockport in 1991 and made his TV debut in 2007 aged 16 when he took to our screens in Grange Hill.

He appeared on the childhood favourite for eight episodes as Kyle Brown, but is best known for playing fan favourite Aaron Dingle in the long-running ITV soap Emmerdale.

He has featured on and off for the past 13 years, and has picked up numerous awards for the role, including three British Soap Awards for best actor in 2011, 2012 and 2016.

Miller has also received four National Television Award nominations for serial drama performance over the years.

Miller also played Prince Charming in a pantomime production of Cinderella in Blackpool's Grand Theatre in 2012, as well as featuring in the 2013 TV series Lightfields, police drama Scott & Bailey in 2013, 2014's Jamaica Inn and thriller film Cruel Summer in 2016.

Famous dad

Danny was destined for a starring role on TV thanks to his famous dad Vince Miller who has also enjoyed life in the spotlight.

Vince was known as the king of comperes working as a VIP host at Manchester United for almost 30 years. The 85-year-old was good pals with Sir Alex Ferguson and also worked with Shirley Bassey, Bernard Manning and Johnny Mathis over the years.

His Emmerdale career

A year after he started out on TV he landed his role in Emmerdale cast as Aaron Livesy - later Dingle.

He has had two long spells on the soap taking a break between 2012 and 2014. Aaron is the mechanic son of Chas Dingle and Gordon Livesy and his storylines have included his involvement with a crime family, coming to terms with his homosexuality, his relationships and the suicide of his partner.

When he first left the show he was accused of arson and fled the village.

But two years later he was back and caught up in a robbery. He has then had relations with Robert Sugden, was involved in the death of Katie Sugden and also been sent to prison for GBH as well as revealing he had been sexually abused by his dad.

Awards

During his time in the soap he has won a series of awards including best actor in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

He has also been nominated for sexiest male a number of times.

He has also won best soap relationship and best male dramatic performance as well as Male Soap Superstar.

Tears on leaving Emmerdale

Danny recently announced he was leaving the soap again - and it was a tearjerker.

The star shared an emotional video with fans after his final scenes on the ITV hit soap.

The 30-year-old actor recorded a video of himself in tears as he left the fictional village for the final time.

In the video which was posted to Emmerdale official social media accounts Danny explained that he'd had to "pull over" after leaving the farm because he had become so overwhelmed with emotion after saying goodbye to his former colleagues.

Private life

Danny's love life is just as dramatic as his life in Emmerdale.

He was in an on-off relationship with Hollyoaks actress Kirsty-Leigh Porter for five years, and they split several times amid claims he cheated on her with another Emmerdale star.

They split and then got back together before splitting again and reuniting yet again.

Danny was then involved in a fling with his Emmerdale co-star Isabel Hodgins - who was in a relationship with Michael Parr, another actor on set, at the time.

The complicated love square came to a head when Kirsty discovered texts on Danny's phone.

Then in 2019 Danny reconnected with NHS midwife Steph, who was once his childhood sweetheart.

They are now engaged and have a child Albert together.

Despite her husband being the celeb, Steph also has an impressive social media following, boasting just shy of 25K fans.

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