Susanna Reid’s unknown child acting career before she retrained as a journalist and joined Good Morning Britain

SUSANNA Reid isthe face of breakfast television, but you might not have noticed her earlier roles as a child star.

The Good Morning Britain presenter, 48, enjoyed a brief spell as an actress in her teens, starring in a 1985 episode of The Price as Dame Harriet Walter's on-screen daughter.

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The performance saw Susanna's character crying and gasping as she was carried into a house covered with a sheet.

It was because she was being kidnapped by actor Adrian Dunbar's character in the eighties mini-series.

Susanna has previously spoken about her career as a child actress, saying: "I did an Agatha Christie on stage with Shirley Anne Fields and then after that I got a role playing Dame Harriet Water's daughter in a TV series called The Price where I was kidnapped by Adrian Dunbar and Derek Thompson.

"Adrian Thompson now plays the good guy in Line of Duty. He's the head of AC-12, he's like everyone's hero!"

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The clip was aired on Good Morning Britain today and showed the presenter as a young girl having a panic attack as she's snatched by an IRA terrorist.

Susanna, 48, said she'd filmed the show, which starred Peter Barkworth and The Crown's Harriet Walter, 34 years ago before she ditched acting.

Co-host Piers Morgan introduced the clip to viewers before grilling guest Adrian on his Line of Duty role as copper Ted Hastings and said: "You have been a grisly kidnapping IRA terrorist in your time.

"Because actually your victim was Susanna Reid!"

A young Susanna is still recognisable with her familiar brown hair and brown eyes.

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