Kelvin Fletcher revealed he was ‘beaming with pride’ when his daughter secured her first acting role.
The actor, 40, who played Andy Sugden in Emmerdale for 20 years, revealed Marnie, seven, had decided to follow in his footsteps in an Instagram update on Thursday.
Sharing a photo of his daughter on the set of Hollyoaks, he wrote an emotional caption and told of how ‘surreal’ it felt to be watching her.
Kelvin announced: ‘Marnie made her TV acting debut last week as she joined the fantastic cast of @hollyoaksofficial I was her ‘chaperone’ and I can’t begin to tell you the emotions I felt standing there watching.
‘To be standing behind the camera, watching my 7yr old daughter act for the first time in front of the camera, brought so many feelings back to when I first started acting and it felt so surreal to be there witnessing it all again but this time, as a parent.’
They have a flock of rare-breed Cotswold sheep as well as chickens, alpacas, rabbits and pigs.
Kelvin will gave his fans a glimpse at his family’s life on his farm, with new series Fletcher’s Family Farm, which aired in October.
The documentary-style series is set on his 120-acre Peak District farm, which he moved to from Manchester in 2021.
Kelvin previously starred in BBC series Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure which saw him learning to run a farm, following in the footsteps of his Emmerdale character Andy Sugden.
