Tracy Beaker star is working in an Odeon Cinemas almost 20 years after discovering fame on smash hit CBBC present – can YOU guess who it’s?
Tracy Beaker star Deepal Parmar looks worlds away from the days when she found fame.
The former actress, now 36, played teenager Chantal Wellard in the hit CBBC drama series The Story of Tracy Beaker from 2004 until 2005.
But almost two decades on, Deepal is now working for Odeon Cinema Group and has done for three years.
According to her LinkedIn, she works as the Sales Manager for the cinema giant and can still be seen visiting red carpet premieres.
In one Instagram post, she is seen wearing a glittering dress at the launch of Paul Mescal blockbuster Gladiator II.
In another, she dons a crisp white suit for a mirror selfie as she gives a smile ahead of a night out.
Tracy Beaker star Deepal Parmar looks worlds away from the days when she found fame on one of the most memorable kids’ TV shows
The former actress, now 36, played teenager Chantal Wellard in the hit CBBC drama series The Story of Tracy Beaker from 2004 until 2005
The Story of Tracy Beaker first aired on the children’s network from 2002 until 2005 and was adapted from Dame Jacqueline Wilson‘s hard-hitting book series.
It centred on a group of children growing up in care and featured a string of child actors.
Deepal arrived at the start of the fourth series with her younger half-siblings Roxy and Rio, and she was the only one of the trio to have contact with her father.
She left early in the fifth series in an episode titled Chantal’s Goodbye, where her character decided to live with her dad.
Deepal has also appeared in Casualty and Doctors, and her most recent credit is as Amandeep in the 2024 short The Visit.
Following the end of the series, leading actress Dani Harmer starred in the sitcom Dani’s House for the same network and signed a £3 million record deal with Decca.
The album never came to fruition, and she went back to her signature role for Tracy Beaker Returns in 2010, which helped launch the career of now-acclaimed actress Mia McKenna-Bruce.
In 2012, Dani competed on Strictly Come Dancing and quit her role as Tracy again the following year.
In one Instagram post, she is seen wearing a glittering dress at the launch of Paul Mescal blockbuster Gladiator II
The CBBC show – which was based on the books by Dame Jacqueline Wilson – made a star out of Dani Harmer and she has returned to the role several times
Tracy was the central character of the show, and often dreamed up a life outside of the care home where she believed her mum was a Hollywood star
The spin-off continued as The Dumping Ground, and its twelfth series began airing in October 2024.
Dani came back to the part for further spin-offs My Mum Tracy Beaker and The Beaker Girls from 2021 until 2023.
Dani has also regularly appears in pantomime, and this year time starring in Beauty And The Beast in York.
In 2024, she started up a YouTube series where she and former co-star Chelsie Padley, who left showbiz behind to focus on a career fitness, interview their castmates.
