Sammy Winward

Samantha Kate Winward (born 12 October 1985) is an English actress, singer and model. She is best known for playing the role of Katie Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale from 2001 to 2015.

Sammy Winward
Born
Samantha Kate Winward

(1985-10-12) 12 October 1985
Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, model
Years active2001–present
Known forRole of Katie Sugden in Emmerdale
TelevisionEmmerdale (2001–2015)
Soapstar Superstar (2006)
Prey (2015)
Spouse
Martyn Hardy
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(m. 2017)​
Children1

Early life

Winward was born in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. She attended Turton High School Media Arts College in Bromley Cross, South Turton, England.

Personal life

Winward was engaged to footballer David Dunn. Their daughter Mia was born at home in Edgworth, Lancashire on 12 June 2005.[1] Winward and Dunn split in September of that year.[2]

Career

In January 2006, Winward appeared and participated on the ITV show Soapstar Superstar.

In late 2006, she was voted number 73 in the FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World.

Winward first appeared as Katie Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale in July 2001 at the age of 15. In 2002, Winward was nominated for Most Popular Newcomer award at the National Television Awards for the role of Katie Sugden in Emmerdale. In November 2014, Winward announced that she would leave Emmerdale in February 2015 after 13 years to pursue other interests, projects and acting roles. On 5 February, Katie died due to a fall at Wylie's Farm after falling through rotten floorboards after being pushed to the ground by her ex-lover and brother-in-law Robert Sugden (previously Karl Davies/now Ryan Hawley).

In May 2015, it was announced that Winward was to appear in the second series of the ITV drama Prey. Winward played the role of Lucy, the heavily pregnant daughter of prison officer David Murdoch (Philip Glenister) who is threatened, leaving her father on the run after finding himself on the wrong side of the law. The second series aired in December 2015.

Sammy has also made a guest appearance on Holly and Stephen’s Saturday Showdown during which she was gunged.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2001–2015 Emmerdale Katie Sugden Series Regular
2006 Soapstar Superstar Herself Contestant
2015 Prey Lucy Murdoch Series 2
2017 Fearless Siobhan Murphy 2 episodes

Guest appearances

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result Ref.
2002 TV Quick Awards Best Soap Newcomer Nominated [3]
2002 8th National Television Awards Most Popular Newcomer Nominated [4]
2003 The British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [5]
2004 The British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [6]
2005 The British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [6]
2006 The British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [6]
2007 The British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [7]
2007 Inside Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [8]
2008 Digital Spy Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [9]
2008 The British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [10]
2008 Inside Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [11]
2009 Inside Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [12]
2010 The British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [13]
2011 The British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [14]
2011 Inside Soap Awards Sexiest Female Shortlisted [15]
2012 Inside Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [16]
2013 18th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance Nominated [17]
2013 The British Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [18]
2013 Inside Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [19]
2014 Inside Soap Awards Sexiest Female Nominated [20]

References
  1. TV Sammy's baby joy Archived 17 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. The Bolton Evening News, first published 15 June 2005.
  2. Sammy splits up from baby's father Archived 20 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine. The Bolton Evening News, first published 12 September 2005.
  3. "Welcome to the TVQuick Awards 2002!". TV Quick. H Bauer Publishing. Archived from the original on 23 May 2002. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  4. "National TV awards: 2002 shortlist". BBC News. BBC. 15 October 2002. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  5. "The British Soap Awards 2003". Celebrities Worldwide. 10 May 2003. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  6. "British Television Soap Awards". thecustard.tv. Archived from the original on 2 February 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  7. "The British Soap Awards 2007: The Winners". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  8. Green, Kris (3 July 2007). "Inside Soap Awards 2007: The Nominations". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  9. Green, Kris (21 March 2008). "Digital Spy Soap Awards 2008: The Winners". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  10. "The British Soap Awards 2008: The Winners". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  11. "Inside Soap Awards 2008 – Nominations". MSN. Microsoft. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  12. "Inside soap awards nominations". 8 July 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  13. Green, Kris; Kilkelly, Daniel (9 May 2010). "British Soap Awards 2010: The Winners". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  14. Kilkelly, Daniel (7 March 2011). "British Soap Awards 2011 voting opens". Digital Spy. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  15. Millar, Paul (26 September 2011). "Inside Soap Awards 2011: The full winners list". Digital Spy.
  16. Kilkelly, Daniel (19 July 2012). "Inside Soap Awards 2012 - longlist nominees in full". Digital Spy. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  17. Fletcher, Alex (22 September 2012). "National Television Awards 2013: Longlist nominations in full - vote". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  18. Kilkelly, Daniel (11 March 2013). "British Soap Awards 2013 voting opens, nominations revealed". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  19. Dainty, Sophie (22 July 2013). "Inside Soap Awards 2013 - longlist nominees in full". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  20. Dainty, Sophie (29 July 2014). "Inside Soap Awards 2014 longlist revealed". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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