Samantha Womack appeared to hint her relationship with Oliver Farnworth has ended.

The actress, 53, took to Instagram earlier this week and uploaded a racy snap in an outdoor hot tub, with the cryptic caption: 'Alone again... naturally'. 

Adding further speculation that Samantha has parted ways from Oliver, 43, who plays Emmerdale villain John Sugden, Roxy Simmons, Sam's EastEnders' onscreen sister, commented: 'Obv, love you' (sic). 

Samantha, who played Ronnie Mitchell on the soap before leaving in 2017, replied: 'I've got you though'. 

While the actress was flooded with sweet messages, Samantha's son Benjamin cheekily told her: 'There's still time to delete this mum'. 

To which she replied: 'I was going to say that about all your gym posts... what a coincidence.'

Oliver and Samantha began dating in 2019, after they grew close while working on the 2019 stage adaptation of The Girl On The Train.

Their relationship started a year after Samantha split from husband Mark after nineteen years off marriage. She has two children Lili-Rose, 21, and Benjamin, 25. 

Oliver, who played Corrie's Andy Carver from 2014-2017, and Samantha lived together in Spain. 

The actress moved to Spain after her beloved dog died just weeks after she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.  

Samantha rescued her dog Lola from Goa, India in 2019 after she and her daughter Lili-Rose fell in love with her over the course of their three week trip.

The actress revealed Lola's death in September 2022 was one of the 'worst days' of her life as it made everything she was facing with her health real. 

Lola's death came just a month after the screen star was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Samantha received the all clear five months later, but it was a deeply emotional period for the star who ultimately decided to move to Valencia.

The actress told the Sunday Times: 'She died on the same day as the Queen. I was devastated. It was one of the worst days of my life. 

'I’d just been diagnosed with breast cancer and losing Lola was probably worse for me than the breast cancer diagnosis. It made everything seem real. 

'That was when I decided to stop working and focus on getting better... If I hadn’t lost Lola, I wouldn’t have gone back to Valencia and taken a year off to really try to work on my body and get better, so Lola changed the course of my life.'

Samantha was relieved to hear she was cancer-free five months after her diagnosis – but said the disease could have been a 'death sentence' if discovered any later.