Kelvin Fletcher shared his overwhelming pride after his daughter landed her first acting role.

The 40-year-old actor, best known for portraying Andy Sugden on Emmerdale for two decades, revealed in an Instagram update on Thursday that his seven-year-old daughter, Marnie, has chosen to follow in his footsteps.

Posting a heartfelt photo of Marnie on the Hollyoaks set, he expressed his emotions in a touching caption, describing the experience of watching her step into the world of acting as truly “surreal.”

Kelvin announced: ‘Marnie made her  TV acting debut last week as she joined the fantastic cast of @hollyoaksofficial I was her ‘chaperone’ and I can’t begin to tell you the emotions I felt standing there watching

‘To be standing behind the camera, watching my 7yr old daughter act for the first time in front of the camera, brought so many feelings back to when I first started acting and it felt so surreal to be there witnessing it all again but this time, as a parent.’

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Kelvin Fletcher, 40, revealed he was ‘beaming with pride’ when his daughter secured her first acting role

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The actor, 40, who played Andy Sugden in Emmerdale for 20 years, revealed Marnie, seven, had decided to follow in his footsteps in an Instagram update on Thursday

He added: ‘My heart was beaming with pride and it was genuinely one of the very few times I’ve felt completely fulfilled.’

Kelvin and his actress wife Liz, best known as Cold Feet’s Rosemary, bought a 120-acre farm on the edge of the Peak District in 2020 where they live with their four children.

The couple share children Marnie, seven, Milo, four, and 23-month-old twins Maximus and Mateusz

He and Liz, with their children were resolute townies. He’d never set foot on a farm until he started work on Emmerdale.

Having just won Strictly, he seemed to have the entertainment world at his feet and was actually planning with Liz to move to LA to take his acting career to the next level when he saw the farm was for sale.

He told Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine: ‘I’m a bit of a jack-of-all-trades. I’m a farmer, actor, father, househusband… Liz is the same. We’re both fulfilling a lot of roles.

‘It is chaotic, sometimes overwhelming,’ said Kelvin.

‘But as I keep saying to Liz, there will be a day – maybe when the kids leave home – when we will feel more relaxed. I’m sure people will say, “How are they managing all this?” But it’s brilliant. We’re happy, fulfilled, excited.’

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Sharing a photo of his daughter on the set of Hollyoaks, he wrote an emotional caption and told of how ‘surreal’ it felt to be watching her

They have a flock of rare-breed Cotswold sheep as well as chickens, alpacas, rabbits and pigs.

Kelvin will gave his fans a glimpse at his family’s life on his farm, with new series Fletcher’s Family Farm, which aired in October.

The documentary-style series is set on his 120-acre Peak District farm, which he moved to from Manchester in 2021.

Kelvin previously starred in BBC series Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure which saw him learning to run a farm, following in the footsteps of his Emmerdale character Andy Sugden.