She said: "Of course it has, not least because it gives me an opportunity to wear some fantastic dresses on a red carpet every so often.
Every job has the potential to change your life in acting, it’s a very transitory existence."
Sarker also described how the industry's constant movement can be paired with the stability of a long-running soap, giving her a chance to set down professional roots.
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She added: "It’s very nomadic, I could be working abroad one minute for two months and then in a studio doing an advert for a couple of days or doing theatre with different companies but being a regular in Emmerdale has given me the opportunity to set down some roots, professionally speaking and it’s given me some stability which is hard to come by in this profession."
