Sam Aston 

Sam Aston
Born Samuel Aston
26 July 1993 (1993-07-26) (age 15)
Occupation Actor
Years active 2003 –

Samuel "Sam" Aston (born 26 July 1993) is an English child actor, best known for having played, since 2005, the role of Chesney Battersby-Brown on Britain's longest running soap opera, Coronation Street.1

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Personal life

A native of Bacup, Sam Aston is the youngest of nine children, having three older brothers and five older sisters, of which two brothers and one sister are also actors. He lives in Bacup, Rossendale and attends Haslingden High School. He also attended Thorn County Primary School, in which a few of his siblings had been educated at.2

Career

Sam Aston's on-screen debut, at the age of five, was as an extra in Eddie Mountain, arranged through his agent.2 In 2003 he appeared in an advertisement for Warburtons bread.3 He acted in Where the Heart Is and The Bill, as Ryan Best. After securing an audition through his agent Carol Godby, Aston won the part of Chesney Brown on Coronation Street after four auditions.4 He has since been on Stars in Their Eyes and portrayed Oliver Twist in the 19 November 2004 production of BBC's Children in Need.

In 2004, Sam was named Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards. When accepting the award, he thanked his agent Carol Godby, who runs the drama workshop where he trains still. The following year, Sam won Best Dramatic Performance for a Young Actor or Actress at the British Soap Awards.

In October 2005, Sam presented the Queen with a bouquet at a party to celebrate 50 years of ITV. The Queen told Sam she was a fan of Coronation Street, and asked if his real parents were as bad to him as his screen mum Cilla (played by Wendi Peters). He recently appeared as Horrid Henry at the Children's Party At The Palace, an all-star event to celebrate the Queen's 80th birthday.

Sam used to hang out with Hollyoaks star Chris Fountain because he was in the same band as Sam's older brother[1]

References

  1. ^ "famous redheads - Red Soap". Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  2. ^ a b "I'm just like 'our Chesney'", Lancashire Evening Telegraph (26 October 2004). Retrieved on 8 August 2007. 
  3. ^ "Sam Aston - Other works". Retrieved on 2007-08-08.
  4. ^ Smyth, Catherine (5 November 2004). "TV star Sam slides back... into school’s Grease chorus line", Rossendale Free Press. Retrieved on 8 August 2007. 

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