Abby Rakic-Platt (born 3 May 1993) is a British actress best known for her performances in the television series ''

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'' on the children's channel CBBC as Jackie Hopper. She appeared in a 2010

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Christmas advert.

Early and personal life

She attended Highams Park School and

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secondary school, both in London, England, and has four younger siblings, Madeline "Maddie", Jaime and Eloise Rakic-Platt (born in 2001) who are also actresses. Rakic-Platt's maternal grandfather is from

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. Rakic-Platt was trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School, attending from the age of 7 or 8 to 18. Rakic-Platt lives in

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with her father, a taxi driver, and her mother, a school secretary. Her sister Madeline appeared in programmes such as the last episode of ''

'', and the eldest daughter of

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's character in '' Torchwood: Children of Earth''; whilst her youngest sister Eloise appeared in the ''

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'' episode ''

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''.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3033171/

Filmography

Theatre

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rakic-Platt, Abby 1993 births Living people English television actresses English soap opera actresses English child actresses British child actresses 21st-century English actresses British people of Yugoslav descent English stage actresses