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Kate Lally

ITV Emmerdale's April joins lookalike Coronation Street siblings on the cobbles

Emmerdale's April Windsor actress Amelia Flanagan swapped the Dales for the cobbles this weekend.

The thirteen-year-old plays daughter of Marlon Dingle and the late Donna Windsor. She burst onto our screens in 2004, when she was only six years old.

Amelia has been heavily praised for her performances over the years, winning Best Young Actor at the Insider Soap Awards for three years in a row and The British Soap Awards' Best Young Performance in 2015. And it seems acting talent runs in the family.

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Rachel has a brother and sister, twins William and Isabella, who are 11 years old. The two star in Coronation Street, with Isabella playing the role of Hope Stape, while Willliam plays Joseph Brown - meaning they are on-screen cousins.

Isabella and Will are often seen on-screen together and even had to act out one scene where Fiz caught Hope about to push Joseph down the stairs.

This weekend, Amelia showed support for her siblings and headed to the Corrie set. Sam Blakeman star Jude Riordan shared a snap of himself alongside "Team Flanagan" outside the Rovers Return pub on Sunday.

Captioning the post, the 10-year-old said: "Great day at the Corrie Cast & Crew fun day good catching up with Team Flanagan #corriekids #soonbeintherovers #corrieemmerdalecrossover #friends #corrie #coronationstreet @coronationstreet"

Fans were quick to praise the youngsters in the comments section. Labrador_mum said: "Four very talented young actors [applause emojis]".

Anne Connors said: "Absolutely love this Jude, brilliant photo of you all and amazing talented young actors you all are", while siobhan18373 said: "Thought Amelia was joining Corrie then!". Lynda Angus simply said: "Brilliant".

Emmerdale airs weekdays at 7.30pm on ITV and the ITV Hub

Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on ITV and the ITV Hub

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