Rose Jackson is the ex-wife of Will Taylor and the estranged mother of Dawn Fletcher.
Biography[]
Pre-2024: Life before the village[]
Rose met and married Will Taylor at some time in the early 1990s. In 1994, Rose gave birth to their daughter, who they named Dawn. However, Rose was unhappy sitting at home being a mother and wanted to be out partying, which caused problems between her and Will. When Dawn was five years old, Rose left her and Will without saying anything, though she was able to divorce Will.
At some point, Rose moved to Benidorm and became a barmaid. She had no contact with her daughter or ex-husband during this time as she lived the high life.
2024: Reuniting with Dawn, living at Home Farm and exit[]
In April 2024, Rose was back in the UK, house-sitting for a friend when she fell down the stairs and broke her arm. The hospital called her ex, Will as she gave his name as her emergency contact. Will was not happy to see Rose as she asked him what had happened while she was away. He angrily told her about his time in prison and Dawn growing up in care, which Rose was unsympathetic about. Will then told her not to contact him again and stormed out. When Rose was being discharged from the hospital, she got chatting to a young couple with a baby. Will then arrived with his new wife, Kim Tate, and revealed that the woman was Dawn. Rose was shocked to come face to face with her daughter and meet her grandson, Evan Fletcher, but Dawn was quick to tell her that she still hated her before leaving.
On 29th April, Rose arrived in the village looking for Dawn. She soon found her and begged for another chance but Dawn said she didn't want anything to do with her. This disappointed Rose, so she went to the pub and began drinking with barmaid, Kerry Wyatt. Dawn was annoyed to find out about this, but said she had more important problems. Later Kim approached Rose offering her money to leave the village and never come back. The next day, Rose told Dawn about this and Dawn angrily confronted Kim. She then convinced Kim to let Rose stay while her arm healed and Rose was thrilled. She was soon introduced to her other grandchildren, Lucas Taylor and Clemmie Reed, getting along well with both of them. On 3rd May 2024, Rose's grandson Evan was diagnosed with leukaemia and Rose comforted Dawn. She earned their trust as she helped Dawn's husband, Billy Fletcher look after the kids while Dawn was as at the hospital with Evan. Lucas and Clemmie soon started calling Rose "granny", which she was pleased about.
Soon Rose started clashing with Kim as she lounged around the house drinking all day and taunted Kim whenever she could. Rose began to turn the kids against her and grow closer to Will. During a conversation with Kim, Rose recalled that she once had a Chihuahua called 'Madam'. Incredibly loyal to Rose, Madam would bark at and bite anyone's ankles that she thought posed a threat to her. Madam also thought very highly of herself, something which Rose compared to Kim to annoy her. Rose bonded with Dawn and rubbed this in Kim's face at every opportunity.
In late May, it was revealed that Rose was being paid by Ruby Fox-Miligan to ruin Kim and Will's marriage. Ruby started putting pressure on Rose to seduce Will, but Rose was reluctant to do it. Ruby reminded Rose that all her debts had been paid and so she owed Ruby. When Kim left for a business trip, Rose got Will to have a drink with her and started reminiscing about old times. Rose leaned in to kiss Will but he pushed her away, stating that he was married. Rose apologised and claimed it was because of the drink, so Will forgave her. Rose then began pretending to be an alcoholic in front of Dawn as well, knowing this would bring them closer as Dawn was also an addict.
In July, Ruby sent Rose to a drug dealer to get drugs to spike Will. That night, Rose invited Will to have a drink of non-alcoholic Prosecco to celebrate her sobriety and spiked Will's glass. However, Dawn and Kim interrupted them so Will invited them to join the toast. Rose then lost track of which drink was spiked as they each took a drink. Soon, she realised that Will hadn't been spiked and began to panic that she would be caught out. She then heard that Dawn had been taken to the hospital after crashing her car and when Dawn was released, she revealed that the doctors told her she was spiked. Rose feigns innocence as Dawn demands to know who was responsible and Will then lets slip about Kim having tried to spike Dawn in the past, so Rose convinced Dawn that Kim was behind it. Dawn accused Kim, and Will took her side despite Kim's denial, much to Rose’s relief. The following day, Kim moved out of Home Farm to spare Evan any upset and Rose gloated as she had the run of the house.
In August, Rose got closer to Dawn and was delighted when she called her mum for the first time. However, Ruby kept pressuring Rose to finishing the job and seduce Will, which Rose was reluctant to do as she enjoyed being apart of the family. After Will had another disagreement with Kim, Rose comforted him and told him she had missed him. She then kissed him and they ended up sleeping together. The next day, Kim returned to Home Farm and revealed she knew that Rose had spiked Dawn and that she was working for Ruby. Will was shocked and Rose soon confessed that it was all true. She begged Will to forgive her as she wanted to stay with her daughter and her grandchildren but Will just packed her bags. He and Kim then ordered her into the car and drove her into the middle of nowhere. They left her there after Will have her a bag of cash and ordered her to leave the village. As Rose sat down to look at a picture Lucas and Clemmie had drawn for her, Dawn arrived and asked Rose what happened, so Rose told her everything. She pleaded with Dawn to forgive her, but she was angry and threw Rose's handbag on the ground. Dawn then took the money Will had paid her and drove Rose to the airport, telling her to get on a plane then never come back.
Rose did leave and for a while Will and Kim each believed the other had killed her until Dawn told them what really happened to her. In September 2024, it was revealed that Rose was back partying in Benidorm.