If Ray is the devil, then Celia Daniels is the evil spirit behind every tragedy.

She doesn’t need a knife, she doesn’t need violence — just words and cunning.

From an ordinary farmer, Celia built an entire dark empire by exploiting the fears and emotions of others.

Celia discovered April’s fear of believing she had killed someone, and immediately turned her into a tool to expand her drug trafficking network.

She created a “fake family,” where the vulnerable believe they are protected — while in reality they are being exploited to the core.

The scene of Celia calmly smoking and ordering, “Get rid of that girl,” is the most chilling moment in Emmerdale this year. But her coldness doesn’t stop there: Celia also manipulates Ray, leaving him constantly torn between love and crime. When Ray defied her orders, Celia coldly said, “You have no choice.”

Fans call Celia “Emmerdale’s Littlefinger”—and indeed, she throws the village into chaos without directly lifting a finger. A character so sophisticated, so terrifying, and so real.