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16 Facts About Amy Nuttall

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Amy Abigail Nuttall was born on 7 June 1982 and is an English actress and singer.

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Amy Nuttall performed with the National Youth Music Theatre, notably playing the lead role of Princess Ismene in Aurelius at the Tyne Opera House, Newcastle and the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh in August 1997.

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Shortly before leaving Emmerdale, Amy Nuttall appeared in Notes from New York at the Trafalgar Studios opposite Jon Lee and Julie Atherton.

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Amy Nuttall shared the role with Lisa O'Hare on the National Tour due to other commitments with her first album.

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In January 2007, Amy Nuttall performed on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night with an 80-piece live orchestra and in May 2007, she joined the cast of the stage revival of Boeing-Boeing at the Comedy Theatre opposite Patricia Hodge, Mark Rylance and Roger Allam.

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On 2 October 2007, Amy Nuttall replaced Kim Medcalf in the London production of Cabaret at the Lyric Theatre, transferring directly from her role in Boeing-Boeing.

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Amy Nuttall appeared in Hotel Babylon in 2009 as Melanie Hughes, the new hotel receptionist.

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In June and July 2010, Amy Nuttall played one of the lead roles in the revival of the hit musical The Hired Man at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton.

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Amy Nuttall shared the role of the Lady of the Lake in the UK tour of Spamalot, which began on 18 October 2010 at the Edinburgh Playhouse.

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From September 2011, Amy Nuttall began appearing in the second series of Downton Abbey, appearing as the new maid, Ethel.

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On 14 July 2011, Amy Nuttall was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Arts by the University of Bolton.

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On 8 June 2013, Amy Nuttall starred in the Saturday Drama on BBC Radio 4.

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In 2019, Amy Nuttall lent her voice to Olga in HISTORY's podcast Letters of Love in WW2 - a series based on the real-life letters of a couple separated by the Second World War.

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In 2024, Amy Nuttall played a grown-up "Little" Jane Butterfield in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a sequel to 1988's Beetlejuice, replacing Rachel Mittelman, who originated the role in the original film.

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Amy Nuttall dated fellow Emmerdale cast member Ben Freeman for four years.

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Amy Nuttall married actor Andrew Buchan on 8 September 2012, having been in a relationship since 2007.