Karen comments: “It has been a great experience and Cesca certainly brings her personality into the school. I’ve loved the role and the response that I’ve had from die-hard fans and a lot of new younger fans of the show is fantastic.” Karen is now set to appear in a completely different role, as the lead in new children’s Sci-Fi series Pixelface, produced by Jeremy Salsberg for Graham Norton’s Company So! Television, and which is due to air on cBBC and BBC1 in early January. The Waterloo Road star presented the Award for Best Animation to Gareth Owen, Richard Webber and Chris Sadler from Aardman Animations/CBBC for Shaun the Sheep.

About Karen David

As well as acting, Karen is still dedicating time to music, since releasing her sassy single, ‘Hypnotize’ in summer 2010. She is currently in the studio with Waterloo Rd co-star Philip Martin Brown recording a special Christmas duet to raise funds for Shelter. Karen has starred alongside many established actors both in Hollywood and Bollywood, from co-starring with Bollywood superstar, Aishwariya Rai in ‘Provoked’, to playing the lead role of ‘Layla’ in ‘Scorpian King 2 – Rise of a Warrior’. In summer 2009, Karen starred in ‘Couple’s Retreat’ with a host of top names such as Vince Vaughn, Jean Reno and Kristen Davis.

About the British Academy Children’s Awards

The Awards are a celebration of the very best in children’s media including television, film, video games and online. The nominations comprise all aspects of children’s entertainment: Animation, Channel of the Year, Drama, Entertainment, Factual, Feature Film, Independent Production Company, Interactive, International, Learning – Primary, Learning – Secondary, Pre-school Animation, Pre-school Live Action, Presenter, Short Form, Video Game and Writer. This year, two new categories have been added: Comedy and Performer.