Bridgerton fans open-mouthed as they realise actress Ruth Gemmell was a kids’ TV legend
BRIDGERTON fans were stunned when they spotted "Tracey Beaker’s mum" in the hit Netflix show.
Viewers of the popular children's TV series will remember Ruth Gemmell, who played the troubled teen turned care worker's mother.
It appears Tracey wasn't wrong when she said her mum Carly Beaker would be a famous movie star.
Ruth plays Lady Violet Bridgerton in the hit period drama, the debut series took the giant streaming service by storm and the second season returned to the platform last week.
Fans flooded Twitter after noticing the iconic character's mum, with one writing: "Me: wait a sec, that's Tracey Beaker's mum!! #Bridgerton."
Another posted: "omg Tracey Beaker’s mum #Bridgerton."
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A third fan chimed in: "the fact that Tracey Beaker’s actual mother (from the film) comes in this is bewildering and plays the mother.... can’t unsee it #bridgertonnetflix#Bridgerton."
While another user claimed: "I absolutely LOVED #Bridgerton on Netflix but I could not see Lady Violet Bridgerton as anyone but Tracy Beaker’s mum - she really was a famous actress after all."
In 2004's Tracey Beaker Movie of Me, we discovered that her mother does in fact work in the film industry, but as a stuntwoman rather than the leading lady.
It's safe to say that those Tracey once lived alongside in The Dumping Ground, would be shocked to see her mum in Bridgeton and realise she was right all along.
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Gemma also had recurring roles in the Channel 4 thriller Utopia from 2013 to 2014 and the first series of Silent Witness in 1996.
She also enjoyed film success in Fever Pitch in 1997 and the ITV World War II drama Home Fires in 2015.
Back in October, Dani Harmer begun filming her brand new Tracey Beaker reboot with her on-screen daughter.
Dani, 31, was all smiles as she was filmed on set strolling with her on-screen daughter, and a tall dashing male co-star who could be the father.
After the news was revealed, the actress and 2012 Strictly contestant told The Sun: "I can’t wait to return again to the role of Tracy.
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"I’m a fan myself and want to know what happens next and where this journey takes her. Being a mother, I know how much it changes you.
"So I’m looking forward to seeing how it has changed Tracy but still keeping her the same feisty, strong female lead that people know and love."
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