Amy-Leigh Hickman (born 16 September 1997) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Carmen Howle in the CBBC sitcoms Tracy Beaker Returns and The Dumping Ground, Linzi Bragg in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Nasreen Paracha in the Channel 4 drama Ackley Bridge. In 2020, she began appearing in the BBC drama Our Girl as Mimi Saunders.
Hickman was born and raised in Hastings, East Sussex, where she attended The St Leonards Academy. When she was 5, she began studying acting at The Theatre Workshop in Bexhill..
Hickman's casting in Tracy Beaker Returns, a spin off from The Story of Tracy Beaker was announced in December 2009. Hickman reprised her role of Carmen Howle in The Dumping Ground, a sequel to Tracy Beaker Returns. In 2013, Hickman appeared in 6 episodes of HBO's Strike Back as Ester. In 2015, Hickman appeared in BBC daytime soap opera, Doctors as Sara Boswell and in Casualty as Aisha Karim. She played the role of Carmen Howle in another The Dumping Ground spin-off, The Dumping Ground: I'm..., a webisode series.