Amy-Leigh Hickman
British actor
Amy-Leigh Hickman (born 16 September 1997) is an English actress. Hickman made her television debut as Carmen Howle in the CBBC series Tracy Beaker Returns, a role she reprised in the sequel series The Dumping Ground. She then went onto appear as Linzi Bragg in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, before being cast as Nasreen Paracha in the Channel 4 drama Ackley Bridge, a role for which she received a Royal Television Society Award. Her other roles include Ester Kamali in Strike Back (2013), Sia Marshall in Safe (2018), Mimi Saunders in Our Girl (2020), Bethany in Innocent (2021) and Nadia Fareedi in You (2023–2025).
Early life
Hickman was born on 16 September 1997, to parents of Anglo-Indian heritage and was brought up in Hastings, East Sussex, where she attended The St Leonards Academy. When she was five, she began studying acting at The Theatre Workshop in Bexhill. She also took classes at the Mark Jermin Stage School in Cobham.
Career
Hickman's casting in Tracy Beaker Returns, a spin off from The Story of Tracy Beaker was announced in December 2008. Hickman reprised her role of Carmen Howle in The Dumping Ground, a sequel to Tracy Beaker Returns from 2013 to 2016. In 2013, Hickman appeared in 6 episodes of Sky One's Strike Back as Ester.
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