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Emmerdale's Tracy Metcalfe’s shameful stealing is set to be exposed for all to hear in The Woolpack – but did you know that in real life, actress Amy Walsh has two famous siblings? The 38-year-old has played turbulent Tracy for more than a decade after first appearing on our screens back in 2014. However, she wasn’t the first star in her family to cause havoc in the Dales, as older sister Sally Walsh played Lyn Hutchinson on the soap from 1997 to 2000. Lyn was known for her relationships with Roy Glover, Marlon Dingle and Scott Windsor – before leaving the soap after discovering Scott's affair with his half-sister in 2000.
But Amy and Sally aren’t the only two to have gone on to forge a career in the spotlight, as their sister Kimberley Walsh is best known as one fifth of pop sensation Girls Aloud. Kimberley, 43, shot to fame on ITV's Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 alongside bandmates Cheryl Tweedy, Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding. Girls Aloud pictured in 2002.
(Image: PA Media) Girls Aloud was named as Britain's biggest selling girl group of the 21st century so far, with more than 4.3 million singles sales and four million albums sold in the UK. The group achieved a string of twenty top ten singles, including four number ones.
Recommended reading: Coronation Street newcomer's pop star past linked to Simon Cowell Emmerdale star Dominic Brunt backs Accrington Stanley mural Meg Johnson: Emmerdale actress dies at the age of 86 The sisters have always kept a close bond, with Amy describing Kimberley as a "total mentor" and a "real support" in the past. Amy has also praised Kimberley for her TV presenting roles, telling OK! Magazine in 2023: "It’s so nice to see her on morning telly! She's so good." She also revealed how she consulted with Kimberley on how to best act out Tracy's labour scenes in Emmerdale.
Emmerdale airs weeknights on ITV1 at 7.30pm and available to stream from 7am on ITVX..
