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 in her footsteps as an actress, but she caused a family rift when she turned to OnlyFans.

The two haven’t spoken in months. According to Mia, the feud started because she sold racy photos of herself on the subscription site.

Mia, 19, has previously revealed that she has other ambitions, admitting that she would love to get an acting job in Emmerdale, like her mother, 38.

During a joint appearance on Loose Women in 2021, she revealed: “I would be over the moon with any role like that.”

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

But the pair haven’t spoken in months, a feud sparked by Mia’s decision to sell racy photos of herself on OnlyFans

During her appearance on the ITV panel show, she revealed that the small age difference with Mia was the reason for their strong bond.

Sammy said: ‘I always thought, “Oh my god, I’ll only be 36/37 when she’s 18.”

‘I’m almost there now and it’s just awesome because we really feel like best friends.

‘Of course there is the mother-daughter relationship, but we are more like best friends.’

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

Last year she made a TV comeback with a role in The Long Shadow, which describes the five-year manhunt for serial killer Peter Sutcliffe.

While she hoped Mia would follow in her footsteps as an actress, the teenager currently earns around £30,000 a month from her racy film adventure.

Mia told The sun: ‘The last time we spoke, she said some pretty mean things. It was horrible.

“But I love my mother so much, I love my whole family, but none of them talk to me anymore.”

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

Mia opened an OnlyFans account earlier this year after talking to friends on the site.

She said: ‘I feel so powerful on OnlyFans. I’m my own boss and I have confidence in myself and what I do.’

Since joining the adult site, Mia admits she’s been making ten times more than 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 forms.

Despite raking in big money and starting her own business, Mia admitted her family are not impressed, with her father, former Blackburn footballer David Dunn, also distancing himself from her.

Sammy once claimed she and her daughter were ‘best friends’, but that all changed a few years later (2021 photo)