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Feel old? Real-life TV child siblings unrecognisable as they turn 18

Emmerdale stars Alfie Clarke, Rebecca Bakes, Gabrielle Dowling, Susan Cookson, Sebastian Dowling and Amelia Flanagan at the Dowling twins' 18th birthday party
The Emmerdale stars reunited for the special occasion (Picture: Instagram / Gabrielle Dowling)

Emmerdale child stars Gabrielle and Sebastian Dowling have just turned 18 years old, and now we feel ancient.

The twins worked together on the ITV soap as Cathy and Heath Hope, until Heath was killed off at the beginning of 2024, with Sebastian leaving the role.

After Cathy, Heath and Angelica King (Rebecca Bakes) went joyriding in a car, tragedy struck when Angel crashed, tragically killing Heath.

This caused huge tension between Cathy and dad Bob Hope (Tony Audenshaw), who believed that his daughter was responsible for Heath’s death for a long time.

Cathy and Heath Hope sitting across from each other at a table in the B&B in Emmerdale
Sebastian and Gabrielle look very different away from the soap (Picture: ITV/Mark Bruce/REX/Shutterstock)

In recent scenes, Angel returned to the village after a stint in a juvenile detention centre, and managed to make amends with Bob.

Now, the cast of Emmerdale have reunited to celebrate Sebastian and Gabrielle’s milestone birthday.

The twins were joined by Arthur Thomas actor Alfie Clarke, April Windsor actress Amelia Flanagan, Wendy Posner star Susan Cookson and Rebecca Bakes.

Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/REX/Shutterstock (9695628bl) Ep 8176 Thursday 14th June 2018 - 1st Ep Brenda Waker's, as played by Lesley Dunlop, hurt to hear that Cathy and Heath are off to the cinema with Laurel Thomas, as played by Charlotte Bellamy. She covers she's going to a hot yoga class, but Laurel's awkward to sense she's lying. 'Emmerdale' TV Series UK - 2018 Emmerdale Farm is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale, a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, it first broadcast on 16 October 1972 and produced by ITV Yorkshire.
Sebastian and Gabrielle grew up on Emmerdale (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

In a picture posted to Gabrielle’s Instagram, the co-stars posed for a picture, and Sebastian was almost unrecognisable as he sported a much shorter hairstyle to his Dales counterpart.

Fellow Emmerdale star Michelle Hardwick, who plays Vanessa Woodfield, was quick to comment on the post, labelling it: ‘Beautiful.’

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