She began playing the iconic role of Tracy Beaker in 2002 when she was just 12-years-old, reprising the role in 2012’s Tracy Beaker Returns and 2021’s My Mum Tracy Beaker.
And Dani Harmer, 32, is set to return to her famous role once again in the series The Beaker Girls.
The actress – who confirmed this week she is pregnant with her second child – will appear in the five-part series on CBBC and BBC iPlayer – following the success of three part series, My Mum Tracy Beaker.
Its back! Dani Harmer, 32, is set to reprise her role as Tracy Beaker once again in the series The Beaker Girls following the success earlier this year of My Mum Tracy Beaker (above with Emma Maggie Davies as Jess, Tracy’s daughter)
My Mum Tracy Beaker was streamed more than two million times in its first three days of release.
The show will also see the return of Emma Maggie Davies as Tracy’s daughter, Jess.
Some more familiar faces will also be returning including Jordan Duvigneau as Sean Godfrey, Lisa Coleman as Cam, Montana Thompson as Justine, and Danielle Henry as Mary.
And some newcomers are set to join the cast including Chi-Megan Ennis McLean, who will play Jordan, and Alibe Parsons, who is to portray junk shop owner Flo.
Great news! The actress – who confirmed this week she is pregnant with her second child – will appear in the five-part series on CBBC and BBC iPlayer
Picking up where the last series left off, The Beaker Girls will begin with Tracy and Jess enjoying their new responsibilities running a seaside junk shop called The Dumping Ground.
Tracy, who grew up in a children’s care home, will also face a full-circle moment when she meets runaway teen Jordan, who has been repeatedly failed by the care system, and she contemplates becoming a foster parent.
Tali Walters, of BBC Children’s in-house drama department, said: ‘The enduring affection of our audiences for the character of Tracy Beaker was clear in the reaction to My Mum Tracy Beaker.
‘The Beaker Girls promises to touch the hearts of our audiences and we’re tremendously excited to work with such a talented cast and crew to bring this captivating mother and daughter back to the screen to unveil their next chapter.’
New show: My Mum Tracy Beaker was streamed more than two million times in its first three days of release
Reunion; The show will also see the return of Emma as Tracy’s daughter, Jess
It comes after Tracey took to Instagram on Monday to announce the happy news that she’s pregnant with baby number two.
Posting a sweet snap of herself, partner Simon Brough and their daughter Avarie-Belle, five, the pregnant actress confirmed she is due to give birth in February.
In the snap, her daughter could be seen holding up a roll of ultrasound snaps while standing between her mum and dad.
Dani wrote: ‘Han Solo had Chewie. Frodo had Sam. Shrek had Donkey.
‘Now be prepared for the adventures of Avarie-Belle and as of yet unnamed bump, coming February 2022.’
Congratulations: It comes after Tracey took to Instagram on Monday to announce the happy news that she’s pregnant with baby number two
Exciting: Posting a sweet snap of herself, partner Simon Brough and their daughter Avarie-Belle, five, the pregnant actress confirmed she is due to give birth in February
Sending love: Dani’s celebrity pals were quick to congratulate the star in the comments section beneath the sweet photograph
Dani’s celebrity pals were quick to congratulate the star in the comments section beneath the sweet photograph.
Dani recently reprised her role as the former tearaway teen Tracy Beaker in a reboot of the much-loved series based on Jacqueline Wilson’s 2018 book.
In February, Dani appeared on The One Show, where she explained how playing Tracy Beaker once more is ‘really nice’ especially because her character has ‘lost her selfishness’ as a teen and is now a dedicated mother to daughter Jess, played by Emma Maggie Davies,.
She admitted: ‘Being a mother myself, it completely changes you. So it’s been really nice to play Tracy and see how she’s lost that selfishness that she once has and she’s all just about Jess.
‘But at the same time, she hasn’t lost herself. She’s still this fierce, strong female that she’s always been.’
And the former Strictly star reminisced about growing up famous, and noted how at one point, she didn’t want to be known as Tracy Beaker after being constantly called by her alter-ego’s name.
She said ‘When I was younger, I used to get called Tracy a lot more than I got called Dani. At one point I was like “oh, can I just not be Tracy, just for a minute!”.
Cute: The former Strictly star reminisced about growing up famous, and noted how at one point, she didn’t want to be known as Tracy Beaker after being constantly called by her alter-ego’s name