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Vera star Rhiannon Clements on breaking down barriers of disability: ‘It’s not a defining characteristic of that person’


Meet Vera star Rhiannon Clements, the former soap villain who calls out people using disability for "inspiration porn".

From Hollyoaks ‘ villainous Summer Ranger to Vera ‘s ambitious Steph Duncan, Rhiannon is making a habit of portraying multi-faceted young women whose disability is the least interesting thing about them. David Leon as DI Joe Ashworth, Rhiannon Clements as Steph, Brenda Blethyn as DCI Vera Stanhope, Riley Jones as DC Mark Edwards and Jon Morrison as DS Kenny Lockhart (Credit: ITV) Rhiannon Clements was born in Blackburn on December 1, 1994. She studied drama at DACA and the Blackburn Youth Theatre, before achieving an acting degree from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in Wigan.

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