Emmerdale star Amy Walsh has reflected on her the hardest

part of her job, admitting she’s been struggling living away from her family.

Walsh, known for the role of Tracy Robinson on the ITV soap,

has revealed the “only downside” to her soap job.

She recently explained she finds it hard living in Leeds —

in the area where the show it’s filmed — with her husband, former EastEnders star Toby-Alexander Smith, and their daughter Bonnie, while her mum and sisters are in London.

“That’s literally the only downside to my job,” she told her husband on ITVbe’s Drama Queens, offering insights into the lives of soap stars. “I’m so close to my mum, like I can’t believe I don’t see her for weeks on end. I’m gonna cry…”

“I didn’t like it at Christmas when it felt like she didn’t know Bonnie as well even though she did. But before she was seeing her every day,” Amy continued, with Toby-Alexander comforting her: “It’s totally normal to feel like that.”

She added: “I’m so busy and constantly feel like a rubbish sister, a rubbish friend, a rubbish daughter and all that. It sounds so dramatic but it’s just … it’s actually juggling my work, the distance and now being a mum.”

During a confessional, Walsh praised her husband for being there for her, saying: “It’s funny with Toby because he’s so good emotionally at being there for me. It’s just really important for me to have that sounding board.”