star Isabella Flanagan, known for her role as Hope Dobbs, has shared insights into her home life with her soap star siblings.
The actress is the daughter of Fiz Dobbs and her serial killer ex John Stape in the popular soap. However, she isn’t the only one in her family with acting chops.
Her twin brother William is best known for his role as Joseph Brown in the same Salford-based serial drama, while their elder sister, Amelia, is famous for her portrayal of April Windsor in since 2014.
The talented trio often receive praise for their performances and Amelia and Isabella competed against each other in the 2022 Inside Soap Awards. Both sisters were nominated for the Best Young Performer award, alongside Amelia’s co-star Gabrielle Dowling (Cathy Hope) and Isabella’s co-star Jude Riordan (Sam Blakeman), and it was Isabelle who ended up winning the gong.
When asked about competing against her sister, Isabella expressed excitement at the time, stating it was her first-ever award nomination. “I always felt left out as my sister has won so many awards,” she confessed to Inside Soap. “So it’s nice to finally be nominated.”
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Coronation Street’s Isabelle Flanagan is the twin sister of William Flanagan, who plays Joseph Brown (Image: Jude Riordan Instagram)
“But we always support each other and run lines together. We have a really great bond,” she added. However, she did admit that during awards season, discussions between the siblings can become quite “heated”.
“There are so many debates at home whenever there are awards ceremonies,” she informed the magazine. “Me and my brother are team and my sister is obviously team , so it does get a bit heated sometimes! “.
In conversation with Inside Soap, Amelia confessed that despite being “Team ” herself and her siblings rooting for “Team “, their rivalry is all in good fun. “It’s never competitive”, she revealed, noting the sweet times they’ve helped each other rehearse.
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Isabelle’s sister Amelia Flanagan plays April Windsor in Emmerdale (Image: Chris Flanagan Twitter)
“I’ve run lines with Bella where she’s played Hope and I’ve pretended to be a character from , and she’s done the same with me, so it’s fun!”.
April marked her debut this past May, as she joined her siblings during a family visit to the well-known set. Jude Riordan, a staple on the show, uploaded a picture to showing the Flanagan soap stars chilling outside the famed Rovers Return pub.
Great day at the Cast and Crew fun day,” Jude posted, adding, Good catching up with Team Flanagan. The post quickly attracted a flood of comments, overflowing with praise for the talented young actors.
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