Amy Wyatt

Amy Wyatt is a teenage girl who is living with her foster parents Val and Eric Pollard. Amy is edgy, sassy and has a wisdom beyond her years, which works well for her as she likes everyone to believe that she is nineteen years old. Amy has had a difficult start in life, being bounced around from foster home to foster home having ran away from twenty in the past five years. She has now found a kindred spirit in Val. However, Amy still veers between the woman she wants to be and the young girl she still is and will use her looks to exploit people into giving her what she wants.

2010-2011: Being adopted by Pollard and Val
Amy Wyatt first appeared in the village of Emmerdale when her car broke down. She faked being pregnant by stuffing a spare jumper up her top and flagging down Andy Sugden. Andy quickly realised she was faking her pregnancy but agreed to help her anyway and gave her a lift to the garage. Checking the car over, it was revealed that it would need a complete service and Amy was forced to check into the B&B. Attempting to get a discount price, she lied to Pollard telling him she was a trainee nurse. A suspicious Victoria questioned her and learnt that she was really sixteen years old, had been in foster care and had ran away from home. Having no money, Victoria also tried to help Amy escape from the B&B without paying, but they were both caught by Val. Amy offered to work for the two of them in an attempt to pay them back, but later tried to escape again when the police arrived and informed Eric and Val that Amy had stolen the car she turned up in from her foster parents. Amy was driven away by her social worker. Amy arrived back in the village shortly afterwards and visited Victoria again after running away. Needing a secret place to stay, Victoria hides Amy in the basement of the B&B. Hearing noises, Val starts to believe the B&B is haunted. When Victoria confronts Amy about the amount of noise she is making, Val overhears them. Amy begs Val to let her stay but Pollard orders her out. Amy arrived back at the B&B the following week as Val and Victoria are unpacking shopping from Val's car. She helped them to unpack and Val took her to cafe where Amy reacted nervously upon seeing a policeman investigating a theft. Later, Val sees Amy waiting at a bus stop. Amy tells Val that she is going back to her Children's Home as her foster parents had split up when the husband had an affair. Val gave Amy money for taxi fare. Later, Val received a phone call from the Children's Home, she was told that Amy had locked herself in the bathroom and was refusing to come out unless Val spoke to her. After being emotionally blackmailed by Victoria, Val went to the Children's Home and Amy let her into the bathroom. Val relucantly agreed to let Amy stay at the B&B. Val and Eric later decided to adopt Amy and were granted approval.

2011: Crush on David Metcalfe
Having stuck up for her a number of times, Amy developed a crush on David Metcalfe. He unknowlingly started to give Amy fuel into thinking that he liked her, even admitting to her face that he really liked her when she was upset. Amy began to try and make David jealous by sleeping with Cain Dingle. David showed concern.