'This is home for me': Amber Marshall reflects as 20th season of Heartland set to begin
Actor Amber Marshall reflects on her 20-year tenure playing Amy Fleming on the long-running Canadian drama series Heartland. She discusses her personal connection to the ranch lifestyle and the show's international success.
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Highlights the cultural impact of Canada's longest-running scripted drama and the personal evolution of its lead actor.
October 4 | Duration closed caption 9:37 Amber Marshall has played a ranch girl in the fictional town of Hudson, Alta., for nearly 20 years on the long-running drama series Heartland. In conversation with CBC’s Ian Hanomansing, the Ontario-born actor talks about actually living that dream on a ranch just outside of Calgary and bringing the beauty of Western Canada to the world. Social Sharing For nearly 20 years, Amber Marshall has lived, in some ways, the life of Amy Fleming.
She was 19 when she began playing the horse-loving teenager at the centre of Heartland , the CBC drama about a family ranch in the Alberta Foothills.
Marshall has been riding since she was five, got her first horse at 10 and had long imagined a future surrounded by animals.
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