Sammy Winward has shared an image of herself with her daughter as fans cannot believe that the two are not twin sisters.
The former Emmerdale star is celebrating after her daughter, Mia, who turns 16 this week, signed with an acting agent to officially follow in her footsteps.
Sammy, known for played Katie Sugden in the ITV soap, took to Instagram to share her pride by unveiling Mia's new professional headshot.
She wrote alongside the snap: "16 next week @miawinwarddunn following in my footsteps (even though she’s a better actress then I ever was at that age!) with a new agent @scream_management, a new headshot by the amazing Colin Boulter @neilson_photo_actors and entering into the crazy world of acting."
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Her thoughts about her offspring were echoed by the photographer, who commented: "She’s amazing to work with and as deep as a well. A total enigma who will keep the audience in suspense and glued to the screen"
"Erm ... WOW," one fan commented on the beautiful picture.
Sammy has wowed fans a few times by sharing snaps of herself and her daughter together - although she doesn't post them very often.
Defying her 35 years, the actress looks more like a sister to her 15-year-old than her mum.
Commenting on the photo, people were shocked to see the likeness between the two.
One person wrote: "Sisters, sisters… what! Mom and daughter wow. Beauties!"
Sammy shared another back in September last year, as the two blonde girls posed up following a heated debate.
Sammy joked in the caption: "looking calm/arguing who’s holding the camera so their head doesn’t look the biggest! I won! Soz Mimi".
Sammy shares Mia with ex-fiancé David Dunn, who she split from in 2005, just months after Mia was born.
After leaving Emmerdale in 2015, Sammy went on to appear in TV series Prey and mini-series Fearless.
