Fans have congratulated Emmerdale star Jay Kontzle, after he shared huge career news away from the soap.
The actor, who plays Billy Fletcher in the ITV soap, shared a photograph of the poster for his new short film, Bring Back My Bonnie, on social media.
The film stars Angela Lonsdale, Timothy West and Judith Barker and is currently airing as part of film festivals this summer.
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Sharing the news on Instagram, Jay gushed about the achievement, saying: “Proud to announce my second short film is currently doing the festival run and already picked up a few laurels!
“Huge thanks to all involved as everyone brought something special to make this film!”
Fans congratulated him on the incredible news, with one saying: “Awesome Jay,” next to a fire emoji, while a second added: “Amazing.”
Actress Angela Lonsdale, who stars in the film, also shared a sweet tribute to the cast and crew, saying: “I was so proud to be part of this. Thank you to all involved too.”
Along with Bring Back My Bonnie, Jay has previously worked on the short film Underwater, which was released in 2019.
(Image: @jkontzle/Instagram)
As well being a film producer, Jay landed his debut acting role in the film Treasure Of Albion in 2006 – before going on to appear as Billy Fletcher in Emmerdale.
However long before his work in front of and behind the camera, Jay also had fame as one part of a boyband called The Mend, who also featured on Britain’s Got Talent.
The group were formed in 2008 by ex-Take That manager Nigel Martin-Smith, and the band attempted to make it big in the United States, as well as gaining legions of fans in the UK.
In 2015, they played their final concert as The Mend, before the band’s name was changed to Race the Horizon.
However, the group finally parted ways in 2016, with Jay going on to pursue a career in acting.
Speaking about his love of music and being part of the band, Jay told Cheshire Live: “Being part of The Mend was a huge life experience for me and some of the best times of my life.
“Obviously being on tour and performing live on TV gave me so much experience, but as we grew older we realised that as a boy band that catered for teenagers, we couldn’t keep re-inventing ourselves.”
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