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Danny Dyer's 'EastEnders' Son, Sam Strike, Dating His Real-Life Daughter, Dani

Danny Dyer's Daughter 'Dating His On-Screen Son'
Daniel Welsh
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Danny Dyer is bringing a new meaning to “keeping it in the family”, after discovering that his daughter is dating his on-screen son.

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Sam Strike, who plays the son of Danny’s character in ‘EastEnders’, has been dating his real-life daughter (who, confusingly, is also named Dani), after growing close with her on the set of gangster sequel and blatant Oscars-bait ‘Bonded By Blood 2’, earlier this year.

Luckily for Sam, although Danny is known as a hard-man on screen, it sounds as though he’s given the couple his blessing.

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A source tells The Sun: “As soon as Dani and Sam met, thanks to Danny, they hit it off. It was a bit of a coincidence, but luckily for them Danny didn’t mind.

“He found it funny and fully supported them seeing each other. He cracked a few jokes and teased them.

“Now it already feels like Sam’s part of the Dyer family. And he likes the fact he still gets to see Danny.”

Last year, Sam announced that he was stepping down from his role as Johnny Carter in the BBC soap, making his final appearance over Christmas.

During his time on ‘EastEnders’, Sam and Danny received critical acclaim for one of their earliest ‘EastEnders’ scenes, when Sam’s character tearfully came out as gay to his fictional father, Mick Carter.

Since then, it’s been announced that Sam will be starring in the ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ prequel ‘Leatherface’ - but as you can see from the gallery below, he isn’t the only soap star to make the big time...

Stars Who've Swapped Soaps For Hollywood
Roxanne McKee(01 of15)
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From 'Hollyoaks' to... 'Game Of Thrones'Roxanne spent three years in the world of soap, before taking a number of small parts in the UK and eventually relocating. In the US, she's been a huge success, and can currently be found in 'GoT' as Doreah. (credit:Jason Kempin via Getty Images)
Ben Hardy (02 of15)
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From 'EastEnders' to... 'X-Men'In one of the most impressive moves ever, Ben's swapped Walford for Wolverine by nabbing a role in 'X-Men: Apocalypse'. When the actor starts playing Angel in the film, he'll be able to count Hugh Jackman and J-Law as castmates. Impressive! (credit:Danny E. Martindale via Getty Images)
Sam Strike(03 of15)
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From 'EastEnders' to... 'Leatherface'Sam followed Ben's lead away from Albert Square, and nabbed himself a part in the upcoming 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' prequel. (credit:John Phillips/Invision/AP)
Claire Cooper(04 of15)
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From 'Hollyoaks' to... 'A.D. The Bible Continues'Claire waved goodbye to Jacqui McQueen in 2013, and can now be starring in the NBC drama. (credit:Ron Adar via Getty Images)
Ricky Whittle(05 of15)
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From 'Hollyoaks' to... 'The 100'Ricky set off for La-La Land not long after leaving the Channel 4 soap. After nabbing a number of small roles, he finally got his big break in 2014, when he began playing Lincoln in the CW Network's drama. (credit:Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)
Michelle Ryan(06 of15)
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From 'EastEnders' to...'Bionic Woman' Back in 2007, Michelle became one of the first British stars to make the big leap across the pond. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Anna Friel (07 of15)
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From 'Brookside' to...More Things Than We Can Count While you're more likely to recognise Anna from movies, or perhaps the West End stage, she actually started out in 'Brookside', back in 1993. (credit:Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Liam Hemsworth(08 of15)
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From 'Neighbours' and 'Home And Away' to... 'The Hunger Games'Hollywood hottie Liam had starring roles in Aussie's two biggest soaps before stunning fans in 'The Hunger Games' alongside Jennifer Lawrence. (credit:Rob Latour/Invision/AP)
Nathalie Emmanuel (09 of15)
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From 'Hollyoaks' to... 'Game Of Thrones'Nathalie went from playing stroppy 'Oaks teenager Sasha Valentine to starring in of the world's hottest shows. She also makes an appearance in 'Fast And Furious 7'. (credit:Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Rob Kazinsky(10 of15)
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From 'EastEnders' to... 'True Blood'Rob's bad boy character Sean caused plenty of trouble in Walford and he's now stirring things up as a vampire. (credit:David Livingston via Getty Images)
Zaraah Abrahams(11 of15)
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From 'Coronation Street' to... 'True Blood'Zaraah left 'Corrie' back in 2007, and later this year, she'll begin starring in the US drama 'The Knick'. (credit:Jon Furniss/Invision/AP)
Barry Sloane(12 of15)
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From 'Hollyoaks' to...'Revenge' What is it with 'Hollyoaks' and churning out superstars? Barry now has a regular role in 'Revenge', and ain early 2015, he also nabbed a role in 'The Whispers'. (credit:Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Margot Robbie(13 of15)
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From 'Neighbours' to... 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'Margot made a dramatic transformation, going from Erinsborough school girl Donna to Leo DiCaprio's on-screen wife. (credit:John Salangsang/Invision/AP)
Patsy Palmer (14 of15)
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From 'EastEnders' to...Hollywood, daaaahling!RIIIIIIIIICKAAAAAY!Oops sorry, not sure what happened there. Patsy's spent over 10 years, on-and-off, starring as motormouth Bianca. According to reports, she was leaving the market for Venice Beach and sure enough, snaps of Patsy rubbing shoulders with Hollywood bigwigs soon arrived. Watch this space to find out what she's working on... (credit:Gabriel Olsen via Getty Images)
Georgia May Foote(15 of15)
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From 'Coronation Street' to... ?Georgia announced her plans to leave the ITV soap back in April 2014. Since then, she's been on the lookout for a hot, new role in Hollywood, but nothing's been confirmed (yet!). (credit:Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

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