BOLTON actress Amy Nuttall has announced the launch of her debut album.

Amy, better known as Emmerdale's Chloe Atkinson, says she has recently been focusing on a fledgling singing career.

She is playing the role of Eliza Doolittle in Cameron Mackintosh's UK tour of My Fair Lady, at the Palace Theatre, Manchester.

And her album has been given a release date of November 14.

Titled Best Days, the album will feature classical tracks, orchestrated folk songs and a number of new tracks.

Amy originally studied as a singer at the Arts Educational School in London.

Having trained as a soprano, Amy is the youngest actress to play the lead role in an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in the West End and has already performed at the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall for Children in Need and at the season opening of Manchester United.

She said: "Singing has always been my first love and I cannot tell you how excited I am about the release of Best Days.

"It's been an absolute pleasure working with some of the best producers in the business and I just hope people enjoy listening to the album as much as I enjoyed recording it."