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Where are the kids from the Love Actually cast now?

IT wouldn't be Christmas unless we have Love Actually playing on repeat in the background.

And while we can practically recite every line from the movie in our sleep, we still can't believe it's been 19 YEARS since the classic Christmas film first graced our screens.

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Love Actually was released in November 2003Credit: Alamy

Where are the kids from the Love Actually cast now?

Almost overnight, the child stars were catapulted to fame - and while some have remained actors, others have shied away from the limelight entirely.

Here we take a look at where the kids from Love Actually are now - including one who controversially thinks it's a "s**t film".

Sam - Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Thomas was just 13 years old when he starred in Love Actually

Thomas Brodie-Sangster made his big-screen debut in the 2003 film playing Sam, the stepson of Liam Neeson's character.

He captured our hearts with the role when he was just 13 years old.

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Two years later, Thomas starred in classic kids' film Nanny McPhee as the oldest of the seven children.

In 2008, he played Paul McCartney in Sam Taylor-Wood's movie Nowhere Boy about John Lennon's younger years.

Fourteen years after the movie was released, Thomas reprised his role as Tom in the Love Actually Red Nose Day special where he was reunited with his on-screen dad Liam Neeson and love interest Joanna.

More recently, Thomas appeared in Game of Thrones and in Netflix's 2020 miniseries The Queen's Gambit.

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His latest casting is in the upcoming Disney+ series The Artful Dodger which is set to land in 2023.

Joanna - Olivia Olson

Olivia Olson was 11 years old when she appeared in Love Actually

In the Christmas film, Olivia played the crush of schoolboy Sam who learned to play the drums to impress her - and who could forget her performance of All I Want for Christmas Is You at the end?

After the film wrapped, the child star went on to voice the characters Vanessa Doofenshmirtz in Phineas and Ferb and Marceline the Vampire Queen in Adventure Time.

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Olivia is also a talented writer, having written a part of the best selling adventure Time Encyclopedia.

Having released her second studio album Nowhere Land in 2018, the talented singer appeared on the celebrity X Factor the following year.

She was the second act to be evicted from the live shows.

Octopus Boy - Billy Campbell

The Octopus Boy was Natalie's younger brother in the movie
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He may not have had the biggest role in the hit movie - but no one could forget the Octopus Boy who awkwardly sits between Hugh Grant and Martine McCutcheon during their romantic reunion.

Sadly for us, this was Billy Campbell's last acting role - but his godmother Kathy Burke did share a sweet picture of him all grown up on social media.

In 2018, she tweeted: "Want to feel old? Here's what octopus boy aka my godson, Bill looks like now."

Daisy - Lulu Popplewell

, the former child star says he got into music while studying Classics at Exeter University and was given a composition scholarship while he was still studying for his degree.

Since then, he's composed music for brands including Ford, eBay and Vivienne Westwood.

You can check out some of his work on .

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