The Bill and Emmerdale star Trudie Goodwin has an incredibly famous singer for a daughter
She is a Grammy-award winning singer known worldwide
Luke Donnelly
Trudie Goodwin starred in The Bill and Emmerdale (Image: ITV)
Trudie Goodwin is definitely one of the first actors which springs to mind when you think of The Bill.
Since the start of the police drama in 1984, she was a mainstay on our screens until she left the show in 2007.
Her role as Sergeant June Ackland doesn't only make her the longest-serving member of The Bill cast in the programme's history, but also a world record-holder as the longest-serving actor to portray a police character.
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This, however, wasn't enough time in front of the camera for the actress, who starred in Emmerdale from 2011-2015 as Georgia Sharma.
But Trudie isn't the only member of her family to enjoy household name status.
Her youngest daughter Elly rose to fame as La Roux.
The Grammy award-winning singer is best known for the hits For The Kill and Bulletproof and has released an album as recently as 2020.
La Roux is famous for hits that include For The Kill and Bulletproof (Image: Creative Commons)
This itch to make it as a music star was not borne out of Trudie, as it was in fact their husband and father Kit Jackson who provided this inspiration.
Elly was also a big reason why Trudie left the famous cop drama, as when she said she didn't want to attend university, it lifted a heavy financial burden of the TV actress' shoulders.
Unsurprisingly Trudie is very proud of Elly, who along with her older daughter has chased a career in music.
She told the Daily Record : "It's very strange. She's a lot more famous than I am because she is known worldwide.
"We had no expectations of them performing. But both of my daughters are musicians and songwriters. Music has always been a massive part of their life, not through me but through my husband. He is an actor but also an extremely good musician.
"In retrospect, acting is probably a kinder profession than the music industry. But the main thing is that they are doing something they are passionate about and are very lucky to be doing something they love.
"An awful lot of people never have that opportunity in their whole lives. Once I realised there was no putting either of them off, I tried to support them."
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