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Adolescence star you barely saw on screen is set for super stardom: Fans go wild for 14-year-old Sheffield singer Emilia Holliday after discovering she played Katie


The Sheffield actress, 14, stars in the hit Netflix series, playing schoolgirl Katie Leonard who is brutally murdered by classmate Jamie (Owen Cooper).

Her screen time in Adolescence was confined to appearing in two photos and being seen in grainy CCTV footage, but actress Emilia Holliday looks set to become another breakout star of the Netflix hit - alongside Owen Cooper. The actress, 14, from Sheffield, plays schoolgirl Katie Leonard who is brutally murdered by classmate Jamie and while her appearance in the show is fleeting, fans have tipped Emilia to land a host of new roles after her secret involvement in every episode was revealed. The show's creators have revealed that she sang a haunting solo in a cover version of Sting's Fragile, at the end of episode 2 and that her vocals were also incorporated in the finale's closing track, Through The Eyes Of A Child by Norwegian singer Aurora.

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