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Jessica Sansome

Dancing On Ice star Colin Jackson's famous sister revealed as Casualty actress

Dancing On Ice star Colin Jackson's famous sister has been revealed as a Casualty actress.

The Olympic athlete took to the ice on the ITV skating competition for the first time on Sunday night and was being supported by elder sibling Suzanne Packer.

Suzanne played Tess Bateman in the BBC One medical drama and more recently starred in ITV's The Pembrokeshire Murders.

She tweeted ahead of DOI last night: "My bro @ColinJackson first skate tonight! @dancingonice on @ITV I know the hard work will have paid off! He's gonna be brilliant. Good luck! Give him some votes...I mean 'love' folks."

Following his performance and confirmation he is into Musicals Week, she added: "On to the 2nd round. Well done Baby Bro! Thanks for voting everyone!"

Suzanne Packer playing Tess Bateman in Casualty (BBC)

Colin, 53, specialised in the 110m hurdles during his a career which he started as a decathlete.

He won his first medal, a silver, aged 19 in the 1986 Commonwealth Games before taking home another silver at the 1988 Olympics held in Seoul.

Colin will skate again this Sunday in the ITV show after surviving the public vote at the weekend.

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