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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