Stephanie Davies confirmed she will be returning to the soap opera on Coronation Street (2023)

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Is Roy leaving Corrie 2023? ›

It's now confirmed that Roy Cropper is not set to depart Coronation Street in the near future. Despite fears Roy might die during his operation or because of his ill health, fans will be pleased to know the character comes through the medical procedure OK – which will surely be a relief to Evelyn, too.

Yes, Aaron Sandford has left Coronation Street for good. The episode on Friday 16th June 2023 was the last appearance of actor James Craven in the role.

Hollyoaks star Stephanie Davis will be swapping the village for the cobbles as she joins the cast of Coronation Street this summer. The 30-year-old actress, best known for playing Sinead O'Connor in the Channel 4 soap, has been cast as Courtney Vance in the long-running ITV show for a heated affair storyline.

Is Paul leaving Coronation Street? Yes, Paul Foreman will be leaving Coronation Street. At some stage, he will die of his condition. Motor neurone disease (MND) is a rare condition that affects the brain and spinal cord.

Summer 2023. Actor James Craven is set to leave Coronation Street this summer as his character Aaron Sandford departs the cobbles.

Corrie is on 7.30pm all this week. Lynn Kennedy, who played Karen Rutherford on the soap, has confirmed her exit from Coronation Street and has already filmed her final scenes.

Carla Mendonça (born 16th November 1961 in Coventry) appeared in Coronation Street between September 2021 and November 2022 as Weatherfield High's deputy head Orla Crawshaw.

Coronation Street actor James Craven admits he found his character's latest plotline hard to handle at the beginning. James, who plays Aaron Sandford on the ITV soap, says he struggled when bosses told him his character would be at the centre of a harrowing rape storyline.

His final episode was aired on 15 February 1989, when Brian Tilsley was stabbed to death by a gang of teenagers outside a nightclub. Once settled in the United States, Quinten and Gibbons worked together on the film RoboCop 2 (in which he played a reporter), and had one daughter, Lexi Quinten.

12 years after joining the cobbles at the age of 10, Ellie Leach's character Faye will soon be leaving Coronation Street.

Who is the new Max character in Coronation Street? ›

Coronation Street's Paddy Bever stepped into the shoes of Max Turner in 2020. The young actor arrived on the cobbles with a heavy weight on his shoulders - taking over the decade-long role from its previous star, Harry McDermott.

The Winter-Brown kids have become a fixture on the cobbles, but viewers have been left wondering if the siblings are really quadruplets in real life. Away from the screen, the lookalike actors are not quadruplets, but rather a mix of twins and triplets who have been used interchangeably in the roles over the years.

He is a second cousin of fellow actor William Ash.

However, Shaw came into conflict with the show's bosses after they reportedly tried to cut her pay by £20,000 a year and she bowed out from her role as a result. Shaw's character met a tragic end in the episode screened on 13 January 2003, when she was murdered by Richard Hillman (played by Brian Capron).

While it's not unusual for soap siblings to have different last names, it's usually because they are half siblings and have different dads – like Keanu Taylor and Keegan Baker in EastEnders.

CORONATION Street star Daniel Brocklebank who plays the role of Billy Mayhew says ”we're grieving Peter leaving" following the confirmed exit of his on-screen partner Paul Foreman.

Faye (played by Ellie Louise Leach) has been written out of upcoming Corrie plotlines and her last scenes will air on the ITV soap sometime in July. According to the report, Ellie has decided to leave the soap to pursue other opportunities elsewhere.

Who plays Owen Longford? Owen is portrayed by Ben Hull, an actor who hails from Hitchin.

Fiz actress Jennie McAlpine confirmed she was pregnant with her third child earlier this year, and she told Loose Women she was due around Easter time. So it seems the actress is now on maternity leave, and that her departure is to write her character out for this time.

The anniversary episode was broadcast live on 9 December 2010, with Ashley being killed-off in an explosion, taking place at The Joinery, which caused a tram to derail onto the street. The character made his final ever appearance on the programme on 10 December 2010, ending his fifteen-year association on the soap.

Who is leaving home and away? ›

Since the start of 2022, we've seen a large number of fan favourites leave Summer Bay. Dean and Ziggy were the two most recent departures, but we've also said goodbye to Ari, Mia, Chloe, Ryder, Bella, Nikau, Jasmine and Logan.

Amelia Eve Gibson (born 19 June 2004) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Kelly Neelan in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2019–2022). For her portrayal of Kelly, Gibson won the British Soap Award for Best Young Performer in 2022.

Stephanie Beacham revealed she could 'breathe a sigh of relief' reviving her Martha Fraser character on Coronation Street as it's one of her favourite roles from her 60 year career.

Fred Elliott is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street played by John Savident. He made his first appearance during the episode airing on 26 August 1994.

Isabella and William Flanagan are best known to viewers of the ITV soap for playing Hope Stape and Joseph Brown.

Gary Windass is a fictional character from the British soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by Mikey North. He made his first appearance on 14 November 2008 along with his parents, Eddie (Steve Huison) and Anna Windass (Debbie Rush).

Coronation Street aired a surprise exit on Friday night, as Cathy Matthews departed the street following her split from partner Brian Packham. Actress Melanie Hill confirmed she was leaving the role earlier this year to The Mirror, after seven years.

On 2 May 2019, it was announced that Fallon had quit the soap after four years. Speaking of her departure, Fallon commented "It's hard to put into words how much this show means to me.

'" Away from work, Peter, 59, who is believed to be living in Blackburn, has been married to wife Julie for more than 20 years and the couple share two grown-up sons, Tom and George.

The character remained in the series until 2008, when due to Dawn wanting to leave the show because of ill health, the character was killed off.

Why did Eddie Windass leave Corrie? ›

Eddie was later offered a job in Germany by Len, and wanted Anna to come with him. But she decided to choose Faye over him, and with that Eddie decided to leave the street.

The 24-year-old's character was at the centre of the action in another dramatic week as Craig bid farewell to his childhood sweetheart, Faye Windass. The departing character is played by Ellie Leach, who has quit the cast to pursue new opportunities.

A show source told Digital Spy that the decision to recast Max was made due to more mature storylines planned for the character this year. As most soap fans will know, this is common practice in the genre as younger characters start to grow up.

Coronation Street star Shelley King has revealed she is undergoing tests for autism. The actress, who plays Yasmeen Nazir on the ITV soap, revealed to The Mirror that she decided to be tested after noticing some of her own traits and characteristics.

Max reappears when his dad David Platt pays him a visit at the secure training centre, where he's serving a six-month sentence for his involvement with Griff Reynolds' far-right group. The teenager was last seen on the ITV soap in late February, when David, Shona and Lily came to see him at the STC.

Coronation Street's Kevin Kennedy revealed he used to down a bottle of vodka on his way to set every day during the height of his addiction battle. Now 25 years sober, the actor, 61, spoke out about his history with alcoholism and how his role on the show was a 'reprieve' for him during his addiction.

Curtis, played by Sam Retford, suffers from factitious disorder - a serious mental disorder in which someone deceives others by appearing sick, by purposely getting sick or by self-injury - and not the serious heart condition fiancee Emma Brooker thought he was suffering from.

Cherylee, who took on the role of Izzy in 2010, was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos, a rare connective tissue disorder, when she was 23 and last appeared on the street before lockdown in 2020.

In the Coronation Street storyline, Paul had a car crash a few weeks before being diagnosed with MND.

Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) was recently diagnosed with motor neurone disease in Coronation Street, which will end up taking his life.

Where is Coronation Street? ›

The show is set in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Greater Manchester. It was filmed at Granada TV studios for more than 50 years from 1960-2014. It is now based at Media City in Salford, mainly filmed on a closed working set which is now available for you to explore.

After playing the wife of scheming factory owner Mike Baldwin, Jacqueline quit the soap in 2001 after three years of being at the centre of a number of major storylines. Actress Jacqueline initially swapped Weatherfield for the Dales as she joined rival soap Emmerdale where she played Tina Dingle for three years.

From January 1961 onwards, she was played by Eileen Derbyshire. Derbyshire announced in November 2015 that she would be taking a retirement from the show and Emily departed on New Year's Day 2016 after 55 years on screen. It was announced on 9 August 2019 that Derbyshire had agreed to briefly reprise the role.

Audrey Roberts (also Potter) is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Sue Nicholls. Audrey made her first appearance on 16 April 1979 and appeared on a recurring basis for three years until April 1982.

His nickname resulted from him having straight, lank hair and getting into rows over money, mainly in 1996. His hobby was astronomy and he installed a telescope in the loft of his house.

Corrie is a gender-neutral name of Irish origin. Derived from the Gaelic coire, it means "cauldron" or "the hollow." Corrie is also a surname commonly found throughout Northern Ireland.

Betty Williams (also Preston and Turpin) is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by former music hall star Betty Driver.

When is Tracy Metcalfe returning? Summer 2023. As actress Amy Walsh went on maternity leave to spend time with her baby who she welcomed over Christmas 2021/2022 with partner Toby-Alexander Smith (aka EastEnders' Gray Atkins), Tracy was written out of Emmerdale in an emotional exit storyline.

And there has been a special person by David's side through it all. The soap star, from Loughborough, has been married to his wife Jane Neilson for around 47 years. The pair share a son, Daniel, who also has two children, making him a grandfather.

After seven years rocking every daring print under the sun, the actress has decided not to renew her contract with 'Corrie', and will be leaving the soap later this year.

How old is Roy in Coronation Street in real life? ›

Michelle Hardwick temporarily left Emmerdale in November 2022 to go on maternity leave, and has since welcomed her second child with Emmerdale producer Kate Brooks.

Emmerdale's Eli Dingle 'set to return' as fans miss character - Daily Star.

Zak reveals to Cain (Jeff Hordley) that he is his real father as the result of an affair with Cain's mother, Faith (Gillian Jephcott; Sally Dexter).

Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) – 7 weddings

The Coronation Street star is soap's most-married man, with brides including Vicky Ardeen (Chloe Newsome), Karen Phillips (Suranne Jones) twice, Becky Granger (Katherine Kelly), Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh) and Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) also twice.

Although it has never been officially confirmed on-screen, it has indeed been suggested by critics that Roy has Asperger syndrome, due to his obsessive compulsive tendencies and because of his misunderstanding and literal interpretations of nuances and subtleties.

What is the age gap between the actresses? Sue who plays Gail's mother Audrey is 78-years-old while Helen who plays Gail is actually 71-years-old, meaning the mother-daughter-duo only have a seven-year age gap between them.

Speaking to Radio Times, Charles confirmed he would not return to ITV soap Coronation Street, on which he played Lloyd Mullaney for just over a decade before making the "difficult" decision to leave in 2015. He said: "I think that boat has sailed now." He added: "I left because my brother died.

Coronation Street aired a surprise exit on Friday night, as Cathy Matthews departed the street following her split from partner Brian Packham. Actress Melanie Hill confirmed she was leaving the role earlier this year to The Mirror, after seven years.

The soap has confirmed Michelle Collins is returning after 25 years. EastEnders is bringing back Michelle, who also previously starred in ITV Coronation Street, later this year. She was killed off in the late nineties - but is set to return alongside Adam Woodyatt's character Ian Beale.

Who is the oldest actor in Coronation Street? ›

William Patrick Roache OBE (born 25 April 1932) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Ken Barlow in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street since it was first broadcast on 9 December 1960. He is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest-serving television star in a continuous role.

Mary's age debate: It is assumed that Mary was born in 1974 as she recently said she was 40, which surprised others as they guessed she was older.