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Sammy Winward Bullied at School

Emmerdale star Sammy Winward has revealed that she was bullied at school. She admitted that her older sister had to step in to stop her being tormented.

Winward joined the Yorkshire-based soap in 2001 as Katie Sugden.

Sammy added that 26-year-old Amy had always been protective towards her.

She told Cosmopolitan: "I remember on my first few days of school, someone wanted to beat me up and Amy had it fixed before I'd even heard about it."

Amy added: "She was picked on a bit at school, so I'd go and meet her at the school gate to make sure she was okay."


Despite their close relationship, they admit that they had their share of sibling arguments growing up.

Meanwhile, Emmerdale co-star James Sutton revealed that we will see more of Sammy in coming months.

Talking at the British Soap Awards he admitted that there is a massive storyline coming up for his character Ryan Lamb and his on-screen family.

He told Digital Spy: "We have massive, massive [stuff] coming up.

"The back end of this year, me Lyndon Ogbourne, Amanada Donohoe, Alice Coulthard and Sammy [Winward]... there's a massive storyline for all of us."

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Sammy Winward Day After British Soap Awards

Sammy Winward leaves her hotel after attending the 2010 British Soap Awards at the London Television Centre

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Sammy Winward 12th British Soap Awards

Sammy Winward attends the British Soap Awards at The London Television Centre in London. Also in attendance were Gemma Merna, Helen Flanagan, Samia Smith.

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Sammy and Amy Real Life Sister Act

Bolton-born soap star Sammy Winward has spoken about life with a big sister as part of a magazine feature on sibling rivalry.

The Emmerdale actress talks in the June issue of Cosmopolitan about how her relationship with 26-year-old Amy has influenced her life.

Former Turton High School pupil Sammy, aged 24, who plays Katie Sugden in the soap, says they have very different personalities.


But despite rivalry as children, they are now best friends and Amy, who is an accountant, was even present when Sammy’s daughter, Mia, was born five years ago.

Sammy said: “I love Amy.

She’s funny, loyal and great to go out with. She is intelligent and worked really hard at school and university. Amy was the naughty one and I was the goody two-shoes.

Despite that, she’d still play the big-sister card and grass me up — like the time she caught me smoking, even though she’d smoked before.

“She’s very protective too, and not just with me. She’d always be involved in fights at school trying to help the underdog.” Sammy added: “Amy is really competitive, and our worst argument happened in our early teens when I beat her at a computer game. She hit me with the control and I threw it back at her and accidentally burst her lip. I had to lock myself in my room for hours until she calmed down.”

Amy also values their relationship.

“We’re really close as sisters,”

she said. “Sammy is a lot more chilled out than me, so it’s a nice balance. I was very protective of her when she was younger. She was picked on a bit at school, so I’d go and meet her at the school gate to make sure she was OK.

“We used to argue lots when we were younger, but we respect each other now.”

The edition also features Harwood-based Corrie star, Helen Flanagan (Rosie Webster) speaking about life as the ‘middle child’.’

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