There could be some sibling rivalry as two soap stars who are brother and sister in real life have been nominated at the British Soap Awards for Emmerdale and Coronation Street
It’s a family affair at the British Soap Awards 2025, with two real-life siblings up for the same award.
Two teen soap stars will go head-to-head for the award for the best performance by a younger actor. There’s four stars nominated, and two of them are real-life brother and sister.
So the super talented siblings will be battling it out for the top prize on the night later this month, while the ceremony will air on ITV1 and ITVX in June. Emmerdale talent Amelia Flanagan has wowed Emmerdale fans recently with her emotional performance.
She took centre stage in a harrowing storyline earlier this year when she ran away from home after falling pregnant. April sadly suffered the loss of her baby daughter in a stillbirth, and has since been struggling to adjust to life back in the village.
Over on Coronation Street, Amelia’s real-life brother William Flanagan plays Chesney Browns teen son Joseph Winter-Brown. It’s been a difficult time for the teen recently too.
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As well as drama with his dad, Joseph fell ill last year but wasn’t believed straight away. More recently we’ve seen the character left guilt-stricken, after he pranked the emergency services.
The prank with his cousin Hope Stape, played by his real-life twin sister Isabella Flanagan, meant the ambulance could not get to injured Mason Radcliffe in time after a stabbing. Mason later died from his injuries, and Joseph was horrified and tried to report himself to the police.
Now both Will and his older sister Amelia are nominated at The British Soap Awards 2025 in the Best Young Performer category. Both have a key chance of winning, while they are also nominated alongside EastEnders star Sonny Kendall who plays Tommy Moon, and Hollyoaks star Noah Holdsworth who plays Oscar Osborne.
The four of them will find out later this month at the ceremony whether they have bagged the award or not, with the panel getting to decide this one. It’s likely all four stars will attend the ceremony, while siblings Amelia and Will will no doubt enjoy the friendly competition as they battle it out for the award.
The siblings and their sister Isabella are incredibly close, often sharing snaps together on their Instagram accounts. In a recent post Amelia referred to her younger sister and fellow soap star as her «best friend».
As her younger siblings celebrated their birthday last January, Amelia penned, sharing a snap of them when they were younger: «Happy 13th birthday to my favourite twinnies!! Love you more than anything in the world, can’t believe how much you’ve grown up.»
Meanwhile when Amelia celebrated her own birthday, her younger sister returned the favour with a touching message. She said: «Happy 16th my favourite person in the world, love you the most mealie have an amazing day.»
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