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April Janet Pearson is a British actress, best known for her role as Michelle Richardson in the television series Skins. Born in Bristol in 1989, Pearson began acting at the age of three. Throughout her childhood and adolescence, she remained heavily involved in theatre. In 1998, she made her television debut in Casualty. However, her breakthrough role came as Michelle in the British teen drama Skins. Appearing in the first two seasons of the show, Pearson, like her fellow cast members, was then replaced by new actors. In subsequent years, she appeared in films such as Home for Christmas and Age of Kill.