Amelia Flanagan is one of Emmerdale’s most-popular young performers, celebrated for her role as April Windsor.
She instantly became a hit among viewers, and recently won the award for Best Young Performer at this year’s British Soap Awards.
The character is still trying to readapt to her life in the village after spending six weeks living rough in Leeds.
April disappeared from her home last Christmas. She endured a life-changing ordeal while homeless, and also gave birth to a stillborn baby girl.
The character is hugely loved by fans, but did you know Amelia is the sister of two Corrie stars?
Who are Amelia Flanagan’s siblings?
Amelia, who is now 17, is the older sibling of Isabella and William Flanagan, who play Hope Dobbs and Joseph Brown in Coronation Street.
Isabella took over the role from twins Faith and Nicole Holt in August 2017, whilst her twin brother Will first appeared as Joseph, the then-estranged son of Chesney Winter-Brown (Sam Aston) in the following October.
Amelia was overjoyed this week as she picked up the British Soap Award for Best Young Performer. Prior to being given the gong, she spoke to Metro about her life in soapland, including whether there is any sense of rivalry between her, William and Isabella.
‘I don’t think so. We’re so pleased for each other if either of us won, if it was lucky enough to go that way. I think mainly it’s so exciting that we’re all here as a family, because it’s the first awards we’ve been together as a full family. It’s very exciting.’
The trio live with their dad Chris, a TK Maxx store manager, and mum Rachel in Yorkshire.
How long has Amelia Flanagan been in Emmerdale?
Amelia joined the soap in 2014 and is the only actress to play April.
The character is the daughter of Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) and stepdaughter to Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry).
Earlier this year, as part of April’s storyline, she featured in an episode that revealed what she went through while on the streets.
‘It was an incredibly challenging, heavy topic to cover, but also such an important and current topic that we needed to address’, Amelia said.
‘We had an amazing team for the entire thing, I’m very proud of how we did it. It was an amazing shoot. It was so different, because it was a single episode and we shot it on different cameras in different locations.
‘We just had so much fun doing it and it was honestly one of the best moments of my career and I loved every minute of it. Seeing how much of a positive response it’s had means a lot and it’s incredible to hear.’
