Coronation Street star Tina O’Brien and Ryan Thomas’ daughter Scarlett Thomas SHARE an EMOTIONAL MESSAGE with fans following this week’s GCSE results release
Waterloo Road star Scarlett Thomas has shared that she wasn’t among the students celebrating GCSE results this week. The actor, who is the daughter of Ryan Thomas and Tina O’Brien, has suggested that she didn’t take the exams.
Scarlett, 16, who plays Izzy Charles on the BBC show, told fans yesterday that she will “forever wonder” if she could have had “good results” herself. Her comments on social media about the academic qualifications comes following this year’s GCSE results day, which took place on Thursday.
Following the annual occasion, Scarlett shared a video with her followers on TikTok in which she reflected on watching other students get there exam results. She suggested that she hadn’t received any results herself this week.
Scarlett Thomas shared a post on TikTok about GCSE results day recently(Image: scarlettjthomas26/tiktok)
The selfie-style video showed Scarlett trying out a series of poses for the camera. Over the footage, she wrote to fans: “Watching everyone get there GCSE results today wondering if I could’ve had good results but I will forever wonder.”
Scarlett, who used Phoebe Bridgers’ song Sidelines as the soundtrack to it, congratulated students in the caption. She wrote on the platform: “Well done everyone you all should be beyond proud whatever results you got.”
The post has more than 5,000 likes. Some fans questioned whether she had taken her GCSEs in the comments section, whilst others shared words of encouragement for her, as well as anyone who didn’t get the results they wanted.
The actor, pictured with her mother Tina O’Brien, has starred in the revival of Waterloo Road in recent years(Image: WireImage)
One person wrote: “Your GCSE’s don’t define you. There are many paths to success.” Another said to the actor: “Proud of you anyways no matter what you are so talented and doing amazing things already you are going to go so far!!”
Scarlett has followed in the footsteps of her parents Ryan, 41, and Tina, 42, by pursuing a career in acting. The former couple are best known for their respective roles as Jason Grimshaw and Sarah Platt on ITV’s Coronation Street.
She made her on-screen debut in the revival of Waterloo Road, which began in 2023. She’s worked alongside her uncle Adam Thomas and his son Teddy Thomas, who play Donte Charles and Tommy Charles respectively.
After she was nominated for Favourite Young Actor by TV Times magazine that same year, Tina shared her pride. She wrote on Instagram: “So proud of Scarlett, she’s worked so hard on Waterloo Road and I’ve absolutely loved watching her portrayal of Izzy. Wonderful to see her talen recognised by [TV Times] as she’s been nominated for an award.”
Scarlett’s father Ryan Thomas has previously defended his daughter amid her being called a ‘nepo baby'(Image: Dave J. Hogan/Getty Images)
Earlier this year, Ryan defended Scarlett amid her being referred to as a ‘nepo baby’. Addressing her role on Waterloo Road, which his brother Adam had first appeared on from 2006 to 2009, he told the Sun: “She worked damn hard to get that job, and people need to recognise that she’s a talented girl – she’s up against other people and she’s not getting a free ride.”
He added in an interview with the outlet that was published in June: “She has to go through the same process as everyone else – it was between her and somebody else. It wasn’t like, ‘This is a Thomas, she’s going to get this job’.”
Months prior, Scarlett appeared to hit back at ‘nepo baby’ concerns herself. Over a video, she typed out an apparent comment that she had received, which read: “You only got these opportunities because of your family.”
She then added a message to fans in response over the footage, which showed her riding in a car as Easy by the Commodores played. Scarlett wrote: “God forbid a girl takes the chances she gets.”
