Emily Fleeshman (born 26 December 1986) is an English actress. She is most widely known for her roles as Nikki in ''

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'' and Sally in '' Moving On''. She is the elder daughter of actor David Fleeshman and actress Sue Jenkins, and the sister of actor Richard Fleeshman and actress

Rosie Fleeshman Rosie Fleeshman (born 6 December 1992) is an English actress. She has worked as an actress since the age of 10, beginning her career in the ''Peter Pan'' stage play at The Lowry City of Salford, Salford. In addition to an extensive stage experie ...

. With her parents, she is a founder of The Actors' Lab, an acting school based at

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. and a patron of the 24:7 Theatre Festival. In 2016, she was announced as an E3 Business Awards North West finalist for the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in recognition of her achievements with The Actors' Lab.

Career

Emily Fleeshman made her debut at the

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theatre aged 11, is a former member of Youth Unlimited Theatre Group and attended Cheadle Hulme School in Cheshire. She studied for a degree in

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. She has appeared in several television and radio series, and a short film and with regularity in the

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sitcom ''

'' as Nikki. She is the third member of the family to appear in ''

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'' following her mother and father. Her father, mother and brother have all appeared in ''

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''. Theatre credits include

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in ''

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'' at

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; ''Rita, Sue and Bob Too'' at the Theatre Royal, St Helens; ''The Crimson Retribution'' as part of the 24:7 Theatre festival; ''Once in a House on Fire'' at The Lowry, Salford; and ''JB Shorts 8 & 14'', Real Life Theatre Company,

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Television series

References

External links

* * Emily Fleeshman official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleeshman, Emily 1986 births Living people 21st-century English actresses English television actresses People from Withington Actresses from Manchester English people of Austrian-Jewish descent English people of Polish-Jewish descent