High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rachel Hughes (previously Tate) was a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She was played by Glenda McKay. Rachel arrived in Beckindale in 1988 with her mother Kate and brother Mark after her parents divorced. Her mother started a war with Joe Sugden in late 1988 after he shot and killed her dog because it was bothering sheep. However, in early 1989, Joe and Kate fell in love and were married in April that year. Rachel began an affair with married man Pete on her 18th birthday. He ended it when his wife, Lynn, became pregnant and they moved away from the village. Pete later returned and began seeing Rachel again until he was run over and killed by Rachel's mother, who was jailed for dangerous driving. Lynn got revenge on Rachel by having an affair with Rachel's stepfather, Joe Sugden.