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Ellie Simmonds sobs over birth mother’s rejection as she wins BAFTA for emotional doc

Ellie Simmonds became emotional after winning a BAFTA for her film, Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family, as she spoke about the journey to find her birth mum

Ellie won a BAFTA for her ITV documentary where she tracked down her birth mum Read MoreRelated Articles Casualty stars plead with the BBC not to axe long-running drama Ellie stunned in a beautiful white dress on the red carpetEllie was adopted by Val and Steve Simmonds, from Aldridge in the West Midlands, when she was three months old, and became the youngest of five. “And throughout this whole journey we've met so many families who have fostered and adopted children of different disabilities - this award is to them as well because they change people's lives.

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