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Heartland star Amber Marshall doesn’t just play a country- loving girl on TV. In real life too, she rides horses and lives on a ranch. We had a chance to catch up with Marshall, who talked about her love of horses and her character’s evolution.
Real Style: How has your character, Amy, in Heartland evolved over the course of 11 seasons, and how have you evolved as an actress? Amber Marshall: Being able to play the same character
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keep the character fresh and constantly evolving. It is so important that we allow our characters to grow. What I
also enjoy is how she has gone through so much in her life and has learned to push forward with strength and love.
RS: Can you still identify with Amy, even after so many seasons?
AM: I have always been very close to my character. Our mutual love for horses and
the ranching lifestyle keeps
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for more than a decade is an incredibly rare opportunity. It has been an amazing journey for me not only with the growth I have experienced
in my own life, but with the growth my character has experienced over the years as well. Starting as a young girl in her teens, my character has gone through her first love to marriage and a family of her own during the course of the show. As an actor, the biggest struggle on a series with such longevity is to be able to
photo, shawn turner