Chloe Harris

Chloe Harris is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Jessie Elland. She made her first appearance on 20 August 2021. Chloe was introduced as the sister of Gemma Harris, a dead teenager whose heart was given to Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) in a transplant. Elland was attracted to the role as she felt that Chloe is a well-written character and she felt a responsibility to do the role justice when she was cast. Chloe is characterised as a sweet and genuine person who is secretly struggling with feelings of sadness, anger, and frustration. This is initially explained through her grief for her dead sister, but later into her tenure, it is revealed that she has a controlling father who is in prison. Chloe's family home is installed with several cameras and her father hires numerous people to watch over her. Eventually, Kerry Wyatt (Laura Norton), her housekeeper, helps her to escape and invites her to live with Kerry in Emmerdale village. Elland has since hinted that her father could be cast on the series in the future. When Chloe moves into the village, she forms a relationship with Noah Dingle (Jack Downham). She eventually loses interest in him and has casual relationships with Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant) and Nate Robinson (Jurell Carter). This led to a stalking storyline for Chloe when Noah forms an unhealthy and sexist obsession with her. Elland praised Emmerdale for covering a storyline about misogyny and sexism, a topic she described as "such a relevant conversation". She also felt privileged to be given a topical and issue-led storyline. Later storylines have seen Chloe discover that Kerry is her biological mother, as well as having a baby with Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) behind his wife's back. Casting and characterisation Jessie Elland was cast as Chloe in May 2021 and it was announced by ITV on 20 August 2021, the day her first scenes were transmitted. The initial audition for the role was a self-tape video, and a week after submitting it, Elland was invited into the Emmerdale studios for a screen test. She joked that the studios reminded her of an IKEA shop due to the sets being next to each other in a "maze of rooms"; she was also "in awe at the attention to detail in each set". She was nervous for the screen test since it was her first in-person audition in her career, but considered herself lucky to be doing a scene with Karen Blick.