A soap star who has appeared in Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, and other roles has a family connection to Beatles singer Sir Paul McCartney.
Soap fans have been left stunned and amazed after realising a TV star is related to music legend Sir Paul McCartney. Fans of Emmerdale and Coronation Street will recognise Amy Robbins for appearing in both ITV soaps.
She has played a recurring character named Christina Boyd since 2023 on the cobbles, and featured in six episodes of Emmerdale playing Defence Barrister Milligan during Meena Jutla’s plea hearing. The 54-year-old actress has also appeared in Casualty, Holby City, Doctors, Hollyoaks and more, with a career on screen spanning back to 1997.
But soap fans may be stunned to learn she has a surprising number of famous people within her family, including 83-year-old Beatles icon Sir Paul. On top of this, Amy’s grandfather, Ted Robbins, was a prominent member of the Football Association, her brother, also named Ted Robbins, is an actor who has appeared in Phoenix Nights and Benidorm, and her sister, Kate Robbins, is a singer and actress who wrote the theme tune to Cilla Black’s Surprise, Surprise and also starred in Silent Witness.
Emily Atack’s parents, Kate and Keith Atack, are both musicians and have an aunt. Since 2003, Amy and Robert Daws have three children.
Amy said in a statement to the Express about her famous family: “We are always very close and never fight each other.” My mother, Elizabeth, and my dad, Michael, both lived in the same household. Our family-owned showbusiness has survived for generations, and it is in our DNA.
She was able to get advice from her brother Ted, who had also appeared on Corrie and played Brendan Finch from 2015 until 2016. He cautioned her against “underestimating the sensation of being the first to drive a Rover.”
He told Amy, “He said it would be overwhelming, and he was correct.” His other piece of advice was to avoid referring to William Roache as “Ken” as he did. Ted bumped into William, saying “Hello, Mr. Barlow” inadvertently.
A sizable family that includes a variety of talented people is Sir Paul’s. Elizabeth Robbins, Paul McCartney’s first cousin, is a biological child of Amy and her mother.
This leaves Amy as his cousin a generation and a half apart because she has a grandparent and Paul McCartney. Heather McCartney, the daughter of late photographer Linda McCartney and Paul McCartney, is the father of the Yellow Submarine singer.
His 53-year-old daughter Stella McCartney is a well-known fashion designer, and his 55-year-old daughter Mary McCartney is a photographer, documentary filmmaker, and vegetarian cookbook author. His son, 47-year-old James McCartney, has a musical background and has had some success.
He has released three albums, Me and Beautiful Nothing, which were released last year and The Blackberry Train, which were both released in 2013. James also contributed to Paul and Linda McCartney’s albums.
Sir Paul was infamously married to the model Heather Mills from 2002 to 2008 in addition to being married to Linda from 1969 until her passing in 1998. His most recent union, Nancy Shevell, was in 2011.
Source: Mirror
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