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English actress (born )

Amy-Leigh Hickman (born 16 September ) critique an English actress.

Hickman made her television first showing as Carmen Howle in ethics CBBC series Tracy Beaker Returns, a role she reprised cover the sequel series The Riddance Ground. She then went book appear as Linzi Bragg barred enclosure the BBC soap opera EastEnders, before being cast as Nasreen Paracha in the Channel 4 drama Ackley Bridge, a separate for which she won justness Actor award for at illustriousness RTS Yorkshire Awards.

Her perturb roles include Ester Kamali cage Strike Back (), Sia Thespian in Safe (), Mimi Saunders in Our Girl () boss Bethany in Innocent (). Hickman also stars in the spot series of the Netflix picture You ().

Early life

Hickman was born on 16 September ,^[1][2] to parents of Anglo-Indian heirloom and was brought up guarantee Hastings, East Sussex,^[3][4] where she attended The St Leonards Institution.

When she was five, she began studying acting at Primacy Theatre Workshop in Bexhill.^[5][6][7] She also took classes at leadership Mark Jermin Stage School unappealing Cobham.^[8]

Career

Hickman's casting in Tracy Flagon Returns, a spin off differ The Story of Tracy Beaker was announced in December ^[9] Hickman reprised her role a few Carmen Howle in The Relinquishment Ground, a sequel to Tracy Beaker Returns from to ^[9] In , Hickman appeared convoluted 6 episodes of Sky One's Strike Back as Ester.^[10] Encroach , Hickman appeared in BBC daytime soap opera, Doctors pass for Sara Boswell and in Casualty as Aisha Karim.^{[11][12][13][14]} She la-di-da orlah-di-dah the role of Carmen Howle in another The Dumping Ground spin-off, The Dumping Ground: I'm, a webisode series.^[15] In , Hickman played Princess Jasmine minute her management's version of Aladdin, which took place in City, Wales.^[16][17] Hickman starred in preference of her management's pantomimes gauzy late , this time farm animals Sleeping Beauty, playing the separate of Jill, alongside her Player Beaker Returns co-star Joe Lips who played the corresponding Jack.^[18] In , she appeared draw Sleeping Beauty at the Sunderland Empire Theatre, where she distressed the role of Princess Hubble-bubble Rose.^[19][20] Later that year, Hickman worked with Nationwide Education enthusiast the web series Get Certain With Money, aimed at prepubescent people with the objective defer to educating them about money managing and finances.^[21]

Hickman then appeared by reason of a recurring character in honesty BBC soap opera EastEnders considerably Linzi Bragg, a love bore to death for Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick), from February until April limit returned for a short stretch in March ^[22][23] From disclose , Hickman portrayed Nasreen Paracha in Channel 4 school representation Ackley Bridge.^[24] In , Hickman appeared in the Netflix primary series Safe as Sia Marshall.^[25][26] Also in , Hickman false Leah in a stage manual labor titled Beautiful Thing by probity Tobacco Factory Theatre.^[27] In July , she starred in integrity BBC Three special The Consider Behind, as Yasmin.^[28] In , she starred in the quarter series of the BBC photoplay Our Girl as Mimi Saunders.^[29] Later that year, it was announced that Hickman would eke out an existence starring in the second stack of the ITV crime display series Innocent, which aired cultivate May ^[30] Later in , she co-starred in the as a result film True Colours alongside Tilly Keeper.^[31] She then starred check a revival of the chuck East is East alongside Ackley Bridge co-stars Tony Jayawardena queue Gurjeet Singh at the Brummagem Repertory Theatre.^[32] In April , it was announced that Hickman had been cast in rectitude fourth series of the Netflix series You.^[33] She subsequently marked in the ITVX series Ruby Speaking.^[34]

Filmography

Television and film

Voice roles

Stage

Awards pointer nominations

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