How old is April in Emmerdale and who plays her?

Emmerdale star Amelia Flanagan has been winning huge praise for her recent portrayal of April Windsor. Fans of the ITV soap have seen April’s family’s pain since she went missing over Christmas, but a special episode that aired in early February revealed the devastating events the teenager had been through over the previous six weeks. It was revealed that before leaving the village, April had found out she was pregnant. Terrified about the consequences of this, on top of learning how her biological mother Donna died, caused her to take off and head to the centre of Leeds.

While on the streets, she witnessed a new friend get stabbed, before later giving birth to her stillborn baby in the toilet of a gym in devastating scenes. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. April is the daughter of the late Donna Windsor (Verity Rushworth) and her ex-husband Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock). She is also stepdaughter to Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry).

April was born off-screen during Donna’s years away from the village between 2009 and 2014. April’s birthday is said to be 13 August 2009, making her 15 years old. Someone is reported missing every 90 seconds in the UK. That means life is lonely, scary and uncertain for 170,000 families every year. ​. Missing People is the only UK charity dedicated to reconnecting them and their loved ones and that's why this year Metro is proudly supporting them for our 2025 Lifeline campaign.

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Click here to sign up and find out more. Actress Amelia Flanagan plays the role of April Windsor in Emmerdale. She has portrayed the character since she first appeared on-screen on 19 March 2014, when Donna made her return and informed Marlon she had been pregnant with April when she left the village. Amelia’s birthday is 6 June 2008, making her a year older than her character at 16. Amelia has previously won three awards in the space of a year at the Inside Soap Awards and The British Soap Awards, and following her recent performance, the young actress could soon be adding more gongs to her collection.

Speaking of how she landed her dream role at the age of five, Amelia told OK!: ‘The director asked me if I could dress up as any character in the world, who would it be? I think everyone else said “a princess”, but I said “a banana” and I think that’s why I was chosen for the role. ‘Within six months April was wearing a banana costume in Emmerdale!’. Amelia, who is now 16, 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. At the 2022 Inside Soap Awards, both girls were nominated for the Best Young Performer accolade. Bella emerged victorious and took home the gong. Want to be the first to hear shocking EastEnders spoilers? Who’s leaving Coronation Street? The latest gossip from Emmerdale?.

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‘Me and my brother are team Corrie and my sister is obviously team Emmerdale, so it does get a bit heated sometimes.’. The trio live with their dad Chris, a TK Maxx store manager, and mum Rachel in Yorkshire. This article was originally published on 12th March 2024. If you’ve got a soap or TV story, video or pictures get in touch by emailing us soaps@metro.co.uk – we’d love to hear from you.

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