Daisy Campbell, who played Amelia Spencer in Emmerdale, has opened up about suffering with ‘so much anxiety’ following her character’s axing from the show, and shared the launch of her new business with fans.
The young actress took to Instagram to tell her followers about the opening of her new Pilates studio.
‘[At the] beginning of this year I had so much anxiety, after losing my job last winter, and really didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. I always knew I wanted to run my own business one day but didn’t know exactly where to begin.
After I reflected on what I really wanted to do, I did a level 3 mat and reformer Pilates course over the spring and I’m so proud of myself for passing. I realised that I want help people with lifestyle and fitness, especially through Pilates. I want to create a new community for so many people out there’
‘This has been the hardest secret to keep. This year I am so proud of myself. I’ve pushed myself in so many ways. In ways, I never could’ve never imagined.’
Daisy also shared that she’d roped in her grandad to help with getting the building ready, sharing a sweet snap of the two.
‘Me and my 80 year old grandad have been renovating this old crown court for 8 weeks now and he’s taught me so much, and we’ve both worked so hard on this to get it to my dream. Every little detail is so special’
Daisy debuted on the show at the tender age of 7, arriving as part of the Spencer clan alongside mother, Ali (Kelli Hollis), her fiancée Ruby Haswell (Alicya Eyo) and brother Sean (Luke Roskell). They were later joined by her (presumed) dad, Dan (Liam Fox) and his brother (who’s actually her biological dad), Daz (Mark Jordon).
Her early storylines involved the tragic death of Ruby following a helicopter accident in the village and her growing closeness to new step mum, Kerry Wyatt (Laura Norton) following Ali’s decision to move to Liverpool.
She later discovered her true parentage and later became embroiled in a kidnap plot, when Beth (Annabelle Kaye), a girl who’s father was accidentally killed by Daz in an army training exercise, then, after falling pregnant following a one night stand with Samson Dingle (Sam Hall), she embarked on a relationship with Noah Dingle (Jack Downham), who helped raise her daughter, Esther.
Amelia embarked on a relationship with Noah Dingle
Next came a stalking scandal which Amelia ultimately lost her dad to. Dan was sentenced to 8 years after accidentally killing the man who was harassing her.
The decision was then made to get rid of her character, following the departure of all of her on-screen family and her final storyline saw her drawn deeply into the deceitful web of evil abuser Tom King (James Chase), with him manipulating Amelia following his campaign of terror against Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper).
Although initially blind to Tom’s true nature, the scales eventually fell from her eyes and Amelia left the village after finally turning on the sadistic monster.
‘It wasn’t my choice to leave Emmerdale and it was a shock at first’, Daisy explained to the Mirror at the time. ‘Being in Emmerdale is all I have ever known. I’ve spent the whole of my childhood growing up in the soap and it felt daunting.’
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‘Amelia isn’t part of the Dingles, her dad has left, Samson has gone now and she doesn’t have any family. There is nowhere to take Amelia and I understand that. I feel incredibly lucky to have been in the soap for 13 years and to have been handed so many opportunities at such a young age.’
She later described a ‘grieving process’. ‘It feels really sad,’ Daisy told Metro. ‘It’s mixed emotions really. It’s been such a tough year, and I’ve had to deal with so much, but I was so at peace when leaving because I’ve grieved.
‘I’m not only grieving for myself, it’s a character that I’ve always played, this is my first ever job from being seven, so it felt really sad. But then it was nice to close the door and be at peace, because I’ve just allowed it to play out as it has this year. But yeah, it’s really upsetting, because it’s all I’ve ever known.’
