Emmerdale fans fell in love with her when she hit our screens in 2009, but what has the teenage actress been up to since she left the Dales?
Fan favourite Grace Cassidy joined the set at the age of just 16 but it’s fair to say the brunette beauty has spread her wings since she left the show.
The 28 year old starred in more than 200 episodes of the popular soap when she played the role of Hannah Barton, the youngest child of John and Moira.
The northern actress was involved in a number of juicy storylines before she left the show and despite her short time on the popular soap, the TV star was sorely missed on set.
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Loyal viewers will remember Hannah had her fair share of tumultuous relationships as they watched the teen struggle in love with Andy Sugden, Alex Moss and Isaac Nuttall which were doomed to fail.
And her problems didn’t end there as the raven-haired star struggled to fit in throughout high school after fellow student Kayleigh Gibbs made life hell for Hannah and bullied her in class.
But time flies when you’re having fun and after three years on the Yorkshire-based soap the star took the plunge to leave her soap star days behind her and made the move up to the Big Smoke in 2012.
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As Grace reflected on her time on the show, she told The Sun: “Working on Emmerdale has been one of the best periods of my life.
“After three years I have made so many friends here and I am going to miss them so much.
“However, I felt the time was right to move on as I still have so much to learn,” she added.
“I can’t thank Stuart and the team enough for making me feel so welcome. I will never forget the opportunity I was given.”
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Following her big move down to London, eagle-eyed fans will have spotted her in several popular TV shows over the years while she made the transition over to the big screen.
But with a big move comes an equally shocking new hair style as Grace reinvented herself in the country’s capital as a golden-haired blonde which helped land her a role in the hit crime drama Father Brown.
The growing starlet portrayed the character of Simone Murray in 2015 for the popular daytime crime show before she made her film debut in 2016 in the romance movie The Lonely Italian.
But it appears Grace has returned to her roots as she returned to her brunette locks more recently and has put her efforts into work behind the camera which she regularly shares with her 13,000 Twitter followers.
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