Amelia Shankley

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Amelia Shankley is a British actress (born 18 June 1972)

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Career

Shankley is known for her role as the young Alice Liddell in the film Dreamchild (1985), from a script by Dennis Potter, and Sara Crewe in the LWT version of A Little Princess (1986), based upon the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Shankley also portrayed Vicki Lovejoy in seasons two and three of the television series Lovejoy .

Filmography

Film and television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Dreamchild Alice Liddell
1987 A Little Princess Sara CreweTV miniseries
1989 Red Riding Hood Linet
1989 Mother Love HarrietTV miniseries
1990 Casualty NikkiEpisode: "Street Life"
1990 Boon Justina BradleighEpisode: "The Belles of St. Godwalds"
1991–92 Lovejoy Vicky LovejoyGuest role (series 2–3)
1992Mistress of SuspenseEpisode: "The Cat Brought It In"
2009 East of Everything Woman DriverEpisode: "Weather Man"
2010 Butterfly Crush Star

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