in june 2008 it was announced that she would join "emmerdale" as anna de souza. she made her debut on the soap on 8 july. however, on 15 october 2008, it was announced that emma would be leaving the show at the end of 2008. with the upcoming departures of her onscreen father donald de souza (michael jayston), and onscreen fiancé matthew king (matt healy) and the axing of her onscreen brother, miles de souza, anna would have been left as a singular character with no family, so it was decided that her contract would not be renewed.