Funland
Starts this autumn on 91Èȱ¬ THREE
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Emily Aston plays Ruby Woolf
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Age: 23
Lives in: Originally from Bacup in Lancashire, Emily now lives in London.
What's she been in before? Emily was Bafta-nominated for Best Television Actress for her role in Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit when she was just seven years old. More recently, she has appeared in the 91Èȱ¬ THREE drama Conviction.
Did you know? Emily's little brother Sam plays Chesney Brown in Coronation Street. Emily has also appeared as a regular in Coronation Street, as has her brother Joseph. Emily is one of nine children!
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Emily was dreading the start of filming on Funland because there is one thing about Blackpool which terrifies her: "I hate fairground rides - it's a big phobia of mine, in fact it's my worst fear.
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"I was dreading it in case there was a scene where Ruby has to go on a ride. I was praying that they wouldn't put me on the Big Dipper! I wouldn't be able to cope, I would be sick everywhere!"
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Emily plays Ruby, the outrageous but loveable daughter of the Woolfs, a notorious Blackpool family.
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"The brilliant thing about Ruby is she's got front. She is a strong character who tells it like it is but, underneath, she's actually quite vulnerable. She's conscious of her weight, she's just longing to be with someone and she doesn't like being on her own.
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"Ruby hasn't really ventured out of Blackpool - she knows everyone in town and has probably slept with most of them! She just loves being in relationships and wants to be married to everybody. She falls in love within two minutes of meeting a guy, as you see with Carter. She decides that she loves him within half an hour of meeting him."
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At the start of Funland, Ruby is engaged to the local policeman, Chris Church, played by Ryan Pope - who appeared in the 91Èȱ¬ THREE comedy, Ideal.
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"She's totally fickle," explains Emily. "She goes from Chris Church to Carter and back to Chris Church. It's wedding on, wedding off, wedding back on!"
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Emily, however, has been dating her boyfriend, MC Nicholas Gallante, for over a year but she admits to being a little bit like Ruby in other ways.
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"We both have a very dry sense of humour. And sometimes I don't mean to say something out loud but then I've said it and it's too late! There is the odd thing that Ruby says that I would say too.
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"During the lunch break, other cast members have told me to come out of character!"
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Like her brother Sam Aston, who plays Chesney in Coronation Street, Emily started acting at a very young age.
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"I started when I was seven and I'm 23 now, so I've been acting for 16 years! That makes me sound like I should be 60!
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"I was discovered by the 91Èȱ¬ when they were casting for Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. They came to my primary school but we didn't think much of it at the time. Then I was short-listed and had to go to Manchester to read the script.
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"I didn't even know what a script was! I ended up getting the part, which was fantastic. I was so lucky - if I had been off school that day then I probably wouldn't be here now."
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