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Coronation Street fans were delighted with actor Dolly-Rose Campbell for being able to learn British Sign Language for her role as Gemma on the soap.Dolly, 34, has played Gemma Winter on the ITV soap since 2014, and last year it was revealed that she would become part of a storyline involving her and dad Chesney learning about their deaf son Aled's deafness.It comes after the iconic soap has hired deaf actress Vilma Jackson who has been playing the role of Charlie, a British Sign Language tutor to help parents Gemma and Chesney learn about their son's deafness.During Friday night's episode, Gemma was able to show off her new sign language skills and she seemed to demonstrate a decent understanding of the language.In the scene, Gemma was

While representation is improving in television and film, one deaf actress says that more needs to be done to ensure more people like her are seen on screen. Vilma Jackson, 33, who has been on Coronation Street, is working to change the narrative about being Deaf in television and film. The actress and film director played the role of Charlie while she was on the cobbles, a British Sign Language (BSL) tutor, who was supporting parents Chesney Brown (Sam Aston) and Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell) with their deaf son Aled.