Sammy Winward’s daughter Mia, 19, had ambitions to follow her Emmerdale star mother, 38, into acting before ‘causing family rift by turning to OnlyFans’

Sammy Winward’s daughter Mia had ambitions to follow her into acting before causing a family rift by turning to OnlyFans.

The pair have not spoken in months, a feud Mia claims was sparked by her decision to sell racy pictures of herself on the subscription site.

However, Mia, 19, previously said she had different ambitions, admitting she would be thrilled to secure an acting gig on Emmerdale like her mother, 38. 

During a joint appearance on Loose Women in 2021, she revealed: ‘Any role that would be like that I’d be over the moon.’ 

Sammy welcomed Mia when she was just 19 years old with former Blackburn footballer David Dunn. She is now married to Martyn Hardy. 

But the pair have not spoken in months, a feud caused by Mia’s decision to sell racy pictures of herself on OnlyFans

During her appearance on the ITV panel show she credited her small age gap with Mia with their strong bond. 

Sammy said: ‘I always thought, “oh my god I’m only going to be 36/37 when she is 18”.

‘I’m nearly there now and it’s just crazy because we just feel like best mates really. 

‘Obviously there is the mother and daughter relationship but we’re more like best mates’. 

Sammy found fame in Emmerdale in 2001 but quit in 2015 to become a teacher.  

She made a TV comeback last year with a role in The Long Shadow, which detailed the five-year manhunt for the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe. 

Yet while she was hoping Mia would follow in her acting footsteps, the teenager is currently making up to £30,000 every month with her racy picture venture.

Mia told The Sun: ‘She said some pretty mean things when we did last speak, it was awful.

‘But I absolutely love my mum, I love all of my family but none of them speak to me now.’

Sammy quit the ITV soap in 2015 to become a teacher but made a comeback to star in The Long Shadow for ITV eight years later (pictured alongside co-star Ryan Hawley in Emmerdale)

Mia opened up an OnlyFans account earlier this year after she spoke to friends who were on the site.

She said: ‘I feel so empowered on OnlyFans. I am my own boss and I’m confident in myself and what I’m doing.’

Since being on the adult site, Mia admitted that she earns ten times more money then she used to for ‘about three days work’.

The model added that her days consist of filming content, uploading it to the site and filling out paperwork.

Despite raking in the money, and setting up her own business, Mia admitted that her family are not impressed and her dad – former Blackburn footballer David Dunn – has also distanced himself from her.

Sammy once claimed that she and her daughter were ‘best mates’ but all that has changed just a few years later (pictured in 2021)