Samantha Winward "Sammy Winward" Famous soap opera actress

Born on the 12th of October 1985 in Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

In 1998 she was offered a £2000 pound record deal for her singing but turned it down. A keen actress, singer and model Sammy got picked from her agency to attend the "Emmerdale Farm" (1972) auditions in Leeds, West Yorkshire for the part of Katie Addyman in May 2001 and, of course, she got the part. She also passed all of her nine GCSEs in May - June 2002. Her sister Amy is studing Media at Manchester University.

Gave birth to her first child, a girl. Mia weighed 5lbs. 14oz, and was born at home in Bolton

She and her co-star Lucy Pargeter (who plays Chastity Dingle) were pregnant at the same time.

Emmerdale Farm aka Emmerdale Katie Addyman/Sugden (2001-2005, 2006-)

Has appeared on

Orange Playlist
This Morning
Soapstar Superstar

Soapstar Superstar: Bonus Tracks

Children in Need
Emmerdale: The Sugden Family Album (2005)
Loose Women
Madonna Mania (2005)
The Great British Pop Test (2004)
Stars in Their Eyes
GMTV
Winward got voted in at 73 in FHM's 2006: 100 Sexiest Women World poll.

She has appeared in FHM" (UK) April 2006
"Hello" (Britain) 2001 "Emmerdale teenager talks of her success"

She said in an interview that she was training to be a ballerina before she got picked by agent Ruth Young to attend an Emmerdale audition.

Emmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until 89) is a British television soap opera set in the fictional Yorkshire village of the same name (known as Beckindale until 1994). Much of the action takes place within the fictional village pub, The Woolpack. The show was created by Kevin Laffan. It is the third-highest ranking soap opera on British television, behind Coronation Street and EastEnders.

Bolton is a large town in north west England. Located near the West Pennine Moors, it is the largest settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in the north west of Greater Manchester. Lying in the boundaries of Lancashire, the town rose to prominence during the 19th century as a Mill town. It had a population of 139,403 according to the 2001 Census, and a wider borough population of 264,800.

The University of Manchester is a large university located in Manchester With over 35 thousand students studying 500 academic programmes, more than 10,000 staff and an annual income in excess of £500,000,000, it is among the biggest higher education institutions in Britain. The University was formed in 2004 by the dissolution of the Victoria University of Manchester commonly known as the University of Manchester before the dissolution, and UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) which led to the formation of a single institution.

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