Amy-Leigh Hickman

Hickman's casting in Tracy Beaker Returns, a spin off from The Story of Tracy Beaker was announced in December 2009.[8] Hickman reprised her role of Carmen Howle in The Dumping Ground, a sequel to Tracy Beaker Returns.[8] In 2013, Hickman appeared in 6 episodes of HBO's Strike Back as Ester.[9] In 2015, Hickman appeared in BBC daytime soap opera, Doctors as Sara Boswell and in Casualty as Aisha Karim.[10][11][12][13] She played the role of Carmen Howle in another The Dumping Ground spin-off, The Dumping Ground: I'm..., a webisode series.[14]

Hickman then appeared as a recurring character in BBC soap opera EastEnders as Linzi Bragg, a love interest for Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) from February until April 2016 and returned for a short stint in March 2017.[15][16] From 2017 to 2019, Hickman portrayed Nasreen Paracha in Channel 4 school drama Ackley Bridge.[17] In 2018, Hickman appeared in the Netflix original series Safe as Sia Marshall.[18][19] In July 2019, she starred in the BBC Three special The Left Behind, as Yasmin.[20] In 2020, she will star in the fourth series of the BBC drama Our Girl as Mimi Saunders.[21]

In 2014, Hickman played Princess Jasmine in her management's version of Aladdin, which took place in Swansea, Wales.[22][23] Hickman starred in another of her management's pantomimes in late 2015, this time in Sleeping Beauty, playing the role of Jill, alongside her Tracy Beaker Returns co-star Joe Maw who played the corresponding Jack.[24] In 2016, Hickman appeared in Sleeping Beauty at the Sunderland Empire Theatre, where she played the role of Princess Briar Rose.[25][26] Hickman played Leah in Beautiful Thing by the Tobacco Factory Theatre in October 2018.[27]

In 2016, Hickman worked with Nationwide Education on the web series Get Real With Money, aimed at young people with the objective of educating them about money management and finances. The series was accompanied on their website by work sheets for school classrooms and other relevant activities.[28]