Amelia Shankley

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Amelia Shankley is a British actress (born 18 June 1972), the daughter of actor and singer Jeff Shankley.{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/radiosoundsfamiliar/docs/jan_17th_1987/7 |title=TVTimes 17-23 January 1987 / Vol 126 No 4 |access-date=16 November 2024}}

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

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|+Film and television

Year

! Title

! Role

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1985

|Dreamchild

|Alice Liddell

|

1987

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|Sara Crewe

|TV miniseries

1989

|Red Riding Hood

|Linet

|

1989

|Mother Love

|Harriet

|TV miniseries

1990

|Casualty

|Nikki

|Episode: "Street Life"

1990

|Boon

|Justina Bradleigh

|Episode: "The Belles of St. Godwalds"

1991–92

|Lovejoy

|Vicky Lovejoy

|Guest role (series 2–3)

1992

|Mistress of Suspense

|

|Episode: "The Cat Brought It In"

2009

|East of Everything

|Woman Driver

|Episode: "Weather Man"

2010

|Butterfly Crush

|Star

|

Awards

Winner:

  • 1986 Paris Film Festival - Best Actress, Dreamchild

Nominated:

References

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