Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Valerie "Val" Pollard (née Lambert) is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She is played by Charlie Hardwick. When Val Lambert descended on Emmerdale, her sister Diane Sugden didn''t know what hit her. The relationship between them had always been difficult as Diane had helped bring Val up after their mother died.On her arrival, Val was sporting a black eye, which she told Diane was her ex-boyfriend''s fault. When he arrived, he revealed that Val had persuaded him to pay for her to have a nose job before fleeing.