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Emmerdale's April Windsor star poses with lookalike Corrie actress sister as they celebrate career news

Emmerdale's April Windsor actress, Amelia Flanagan, and her lookalike sister Coronation Street star Isabelle Flanagan posed together for a snap taken by their proud dad as they celebrated some exciting career news.

Amelia Flanagan has been acting as April Windsor, the daughter of Marlon Dingle and the late Donna Windsor, since 2014 and fans have literally seen her grow up on screen.

While her equally famous twin siblings, William and Isabelle, who are 10 years old, play Hope Staple and Joseph Brown on rival soap Coronation Street.

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The ITV soap siblings looked very similar as they smiled for a picture which was posted by their dad, Chris, as he shared his pride for his girls after they were nominated for the Inside Soap Awards.

Taking to Twitter, dad Chris penned: "Really chuffed that the girls and so many of their friends and on-screen family are on the long list for the @InsideSoapMag awards." He added: "Whether you’re team @itvcorrie or @emmerdale you can cast your votes now!"

The sisters, are both nominated for Best Young Performer at the upcoming awards ceremony and will be going head-to-head.

Also in the Best Young Performer character is Jude Riordan, who plays Sam Blakeman in Corrie, as well as Sonny Kendall, known for playing Tommy Moon in EastEnders.

Chris' post was soon flooded with comments from fellow soap stars and fans alike, Amelia's Emmerdale co-star Karen Blick, who plays Lydia Dingle responded: "Yes I saw! Well done both, you must so proud!"

And fans were also quick to share their support for the young stars, @redandproud70 commented: "Wow, so much talent in one family. I’m giving Bella my vote this time, she plays that part a bit too well…..!! Amelia has had my vote before. Good luck girls." @PaulphilipRobe1 replied: "Both worthy winners to be honest." @Ruby_Actor added: "I’ll be voting, well done girls."

Amelia has gathered plenty of awards during her time on Emmerdale, which began in 2004. She won Best Young Actor at the Insider Soap Awards for three years in a row and The British Soap Awards' Best Young Performance in 2015.

Mum Rachel runs a Flanagan Instagram account so fans can see inside the family's lives, Boasting an impressive 10.9k followers, dad Chris regularly appears along with his family on the account and it seems fans love seeing what the kids get up to away from their soap storylines.

Rachel posts photos of the family's pooch, Daisy as well as posting snaps of the wider family including aunts and uncles.

She also provides answers for fans who want to know a little more, like how the family manage to juggle filming schedules along with school and work.

Thankfully, she shared, the kids rarely film on the same day meaning the family don't have to race from Emmerdale to Coronation Street and even when they do, Rachel's mum always steps in.

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