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Emmerdale child star unrecognisable seven years after leaving the ITV soap

We’ve seen five different people portray Emmerdale’s Sarah Sugden down the years.

Emmerdale viewers have known Katie Hill, 19, as Sarah Sugden since 2017. The character is the daughter of Debbie Dingle, portrayed by Charley Webb, and Andy Sugden, who was played by Kelvin Fletcher, with the character being a popular one with fans.

Katie took over the role from Sophia Amber Moore. Before that, the character of Sarah had been played by Lily-May Bartley, Lucy Warren and Amber Child-Cavill.

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Sophia Amber Moore, 18, born in Huddersfield, played Sarah Sugden from 2007 until 2016. The acting star enjoyed brief roles in Heartbeat and The Royal before her 334 episode stint in Emmerdale.

According to ED!, Sophia would love to join one of Emmerdale’s rival soaps. She said: "I’ve been focusing on my school life and A-levels until I can find a suitable casting agency I like that can find me work."

And she added that she would ‘love to go to Coronation Street’. Fittingly, her sister Imogen briefly starred in Corrie as newborn baby Liam Connor Jr.

Discussing her desire to continue her acting career, Sophia explained: "I always enjoyed my scripts being posted to my house and sitting down with my mum arranging them into what scenes I was in and what I needed to learn. I knew everything on set wasn’t real life, but I needed to pretend that it was so my character was portrayed the best I could."

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Of course, we will keep you posted on what the future brings for Sophia's fledging acting career.

As ever, we'll continue to bring you the big Emmerdale news about what is happening in the village and away from it. You can visit our Emmerdale homepage to find the latest gossip about the soap and its stars.

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