The actress celebrated turning 18 years old
Emmerdale star Amelia Flanagan was sent birthday love from her fellow soap star siblings as she celebrated a personal milestone.
The 18-year-old actress made her soap debut as April Windsor back in 2014 – the daughter of Marlon Dingle and the deceased Donna Windsor.
Over the last two years in the ITV soap, Amelia has found herself at the centre of some of the biggest and darkest storylines as of late.
It wasn’t until February last year that viewers saw what had happened to April in a special episode dedicated to her life on the streets. Throughout the flashbacks, April was pregnant but hid it from her family to avoid causing any more upset.
Soon, she ran out of money and her friends kept letting her down as she had nowhere to stay. She began sleeping rough and sadly had a still birth before being taken into hospital.
After returning home with Dylan whom she met on the streets, the pair got themselves involved with the villainous Ray Walters and Celia Daniels.
With their drug lord and modern slavery business ruining lives across the village, the pair eventually met a deadly end. Since then, April and Dylan have been desperate to rebuild their lives away from the darkness.
During last year’s British Soap Awards, Amelia took home the win for Best Young Performer which was Emmerdale’s second win with EastEnders sweeping the awards.
Amelia has two younger twin siblings Isabella and William, who play Hope Stape and Joseph Brown respectively in rival soap Coronation Street.
On Saturday (June 6), Amelia celebrated turning 18 and on an Instagram account for all three siblings ran by their parents, a tribute gushed: “Happy 18th birthday to our wonderful girl @ameliaflanagan08 At this exact time 18 years ago you made us into a family, You continue to amaze us with everything you’ve already achieved, today’s about you our love enjoy every second”.
Her soap star siblings then also shared their love for Amelia, with Isabella posting a selection of snaps over the years as she wrote: “happy 18th birthday mealie moo my big sister I love you so much and have always looked up to you! Have fun adulting even though you’ve been parenting me since forever xxx”.
William then added his own story and penned: “Happy 18th birthday mealie! Have the best day love you lots xx”. Co-star Lisa Riley also wished Amelia a happy birthday, adding: “we love you”.
Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 8pm on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX and YouTube from 7am.
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