Danniella Westbrook’s daughter Jodie Jenkins currently works three jobs but would love to set her sights on the acting world.
The 20-year-old young woman is the spitting image of her famous mum from her youth and is a mental health advocate in her own right.
Jodie, who Daniella shares with ex-husband Kevin Jenkins, has already carved herself a successful career in social media.
However, she would not rule out stepping into Albert Square one day.
She exclusively told Daily Star: “I grew up with my goal to be an actress or in West End musicals.
“I did a few musicals in school but I was going to go to Sylvia Young and follow in my mum’s footsteps. But media and advertising took me completely away from that.
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Talking about whether she would be up for an EastEnders role, she said: “It wouldn’t stop me now but there are so many people who are so talented and have been to schools so if I just moved in it might be a little bit disheartening for the people who have been doing it for ages.
“I mean I would definitely consider but I don’t know if I’ve got the capacity in talent to do it, I mean I would absolutely love to, but I think there are better-qualified people out there.”
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She also mentioned how she could love to step into the reality TV world one day and would be up for the likes of I’m A Celeb and Dancing on Ice.
Jodie added: “I would do all of that I would love to do Dancing on Ice and learning to skate that would be a dream for me.”
Talking about growing up in the spotlight, she explained how she didn’t know her family was famous until a little bit older.
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She added: “Until about six or seven, I didn’t know my mum was really famous.
“People would be like ‘oh your mum’s this person or whatever’, and I’d be like ‘no, she’s just the same mum’, she’s a mum like everyone else’s.
Speaking about some of the struggles fame at a young age came with, she continued: “I think growing up I used to get recognised for who I was as well and it scared me a bit and I didn’t understand why.
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“From then, I used to hate paparazzi and things like that because I didn’t understand how people could follow people around like that. Today, I understand it but it took me a long time to get there.”
“I think there are always downsides for everyone whether you are known for the best things in the world or worst thing in the world.
“Every celeb’s child has to go through some form of bullying saying ‘your parent this or your parent is that’.
“No matter what scale of celeb you are, you are always going get someone judging what you are doing.
“As a normal person you might get a few neighbours saying ‘you’ve left your washing out’, but you wouldn’t have the whole world judging you as we may have.”
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
