Amy-Leigh Hickman

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Amy-Leigh Hickman
Born (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 26)
Hastings, East Sussex, England
Education St Leonards Academy
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
Television

Amy-Leigh Hickman (born 16 September 1997) is an English actress. Hickman made her television debut as Carmen Howle in the CBBC series Tracy Beaker Returns , a role she reprised in the sequel series The Dumping Ground . She then went onto appear as Linzi Bragg in the BBC soap opera EastEnders , before being cast as Nasreen Paracha in the Channel 4 drama Ackley Bridge , a role for which she won the Actor award for at the RTS Yorkshire Awards. Her other roles include Ester Kamali in Strike Back (2013), Sia Marshall in Safe (2018), Mimi Saunders in Our Girl (2020) and Bethany in Innocent (2021). Hickman also stars in the fourth series of the Netflix drama You (2023).

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Early life

Hickman was born on 16 September 1997, [1] [2] to parents of Anglo-Indian heritage and was brought up in Hastings, East Sussex, [3] [4] where she attended The St Leonards Academy. When she was five, she began studying acting at The Theatre Workshop in Bexhill. [5] [6] [7] She also took classes at the Mark Jermin Stage School in Cobham. [8]

Career

Hickman's casting in Tracy Beaker Returns , a spin off from The Story of Tracy Beaker was announced in December 2008. [9] Hickman reprised her role of Carmen Howle in The Dumping Ground , a sequel to Tracy Beaker Returns. [9] In 2013, Hickman appeared in 6 episodes of Sky One's Strike Back as Ester. [10] In 2015, Hickman appeared in BBC daytime soap opera, Doctors as Sara Boswell and in Casualty as Aisha Karim. [11] [12] [13] [14] She played the role of Carmen Howle in another The Dumping Ground spin-off, The Dumping Ground: I'm... , a webisode series. [15] In 2014, Hickman played Princess Jasmine in her management's version of Aladdin , which took place in Swansea, Wales. [16] [17] Hickman starred in another of her management's pantomimes in late 2015, this time in Sleeping Beauty, playing the role of Jill, alongside her Tracy Beaker Returns co-star Joe Maw who played the corresponding Jack. [18] In 2016, she appeared in Sleeping Beauty at the Sunderland Empire Theatre, where she played the role of Princess Briar Rose. [19] [20] Later that year, Hickman worked with Nationwide Education on the web series Get Real With Money, aimed at young people with the objective of educating them about money management and finances. [21]

Hickman then appeared as a recurring character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Linzi Bragg, a love interest for Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick), from February until April 2016 and returned for a short stint in March 2017. [22] [23] From 2017 to 2019, Hickman portrayed Nasreen Paracha in Channel 4 school drama Ackley Bridge . [24] In 2018, Hickman appeared in the Netflix original series Safe as Sia Marshall. [25] [26] Also in 2018, Hickman played Leah in a stage production titled Beautiful Thing by the Tobacco Factory Theatre. [27] In July 2019, she starred in the BBC Three special The Left Behind, as Yasmin. [28] In 2020, she starred in the fourth series of the BBC drama Our Girl as Mimi Saunders. [29] Later that year, it was announced that Hickman would be starring in the second series of the ITV crime drama series Innocent , which aired in May 2021. [30] Later in 2021, she co-starred in the short film True Colours alongside Tilly Keeper. [31] She then starred in a revival of the play East is East alongside Ackley Bridge co-stars Tony Jayawardena and Gurjeet Singh at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. [32] In April 2022, it was announced that Hickman had been cast in the fourth series of the Netflix drama series You . [33] She subsequently starred in the ITVX series Ruby Speaking . [34]

Filmography

Television and film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010–2012 Tracy Beaker Returns Carmen Howle Main role
2011 Tracy Beaker Survival Files Carmen Howle11 episodes
2013 Strike Back Ester Kamali6 episodes
2013–2016 The Dumping Ground Carmen HowleRegular role
2014 The Dumping Ground Survival Files Carmen Howle4 episodes
2015 Doctors Sara BoswellEpisode: "The Dark Net"
2015 Casualty Aisha KarimEpisode: "The Next Step"
2016 The Dumping Ground: I'm... Carmen HowleRegular role
2016–2017 EastEnders Linzi Bragg Recurring role
2017 Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up Herself1 episode
2017 Top Class Herself1 episode
2017–2019 Ackley Bridge Nasreen Paracha Main role
2018 Safe Sia MarshallMain role
2019 Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star HerselfGuest star
2019 The Left Behind YasminTelevision film
2020 Our Girl Mimi SaundersMain role
2020 Tin Star Saima SaleemEpisode: "Loves Young Dream"
2021 Innocent BethanySupporting role
2021True ColoursAyeshaShort film
2023 You Nadia FarranMain role
2023 Ruby Speaking EllieMain role

Voice roles

YearTitleRoleNote
2011Tracy Beaker Returns: You ChooseCarmen HowleVideo game
2013–2014The Dumping Ground GameCarmen HowleVideo game
2015The Dumping Ground: You're the BossCarmen HowleVideo game
2020 The Saddle Club NarratorVoiceover [35]

Stage

YearTitleRole
2014 Aladdin Princess Jasmine
2015 Sleeping Beauty Jill
2016Sleeping BeautyPrincess Briar Rose
2018Beautiful ThingLeah
2021 East is East Meenah
2023 Passing Rachel Singh

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2017 RTS North East and Border Television Awards Performance of the YearThe Dumping GroundNominated [36]
2020 RTS Yorkshire Awards ActorAckley BridgeWon [37]

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