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Emily Wilkinson
''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2024, by order of first appearance. Rowan Cunliffe (Emrhys Cooper) made his debut in March, and was followed by Absolutely Fabulous star Helen Lederer who made a guest appearance as Elspeth. Kit Green ( Jacob Roberts) made his first appearance on 13 May 2024, as the secret son of Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove). In June 2024, Joel Deering's parents, Anthea and Gus, were introduced. Emily Wilkinson Emily Wilkinson, portrayed by Ellena Vincent, is introduced as the wife of Joel Deering (Calum Lill); she made her first appearance on 9 February 2024. It was later revealed that she and Joel share a daughter named Maeve. Ellena had shared that she had filmed scenes for ''Coronation Street'', writing on Instagram: "Catch this Manc in Corrie! Had a lovely old time back in Manchester filming a few episodes of ''Coronation Street'' recently. Loved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced street in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Greater Manchester. The location was itself based on Salford, the hometown of the show's first screenwriter and creator, Tony Warren. Originally broadcast twice weekly, ''Coronation Street'' increased its runtime in later years, currently airing three 60-minute episodes per week. Warren developed the concept for the series, which was initially rejected by Granada's founder Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein, Sidney Bernstein. Producer Harry Elton convinced Bernstein to commission 13 pilot episodes. The show has since become a significant part of British culture and underpinned the success of its producing Granada franchise. Currently produced by ITV Studios, the successor to Granada, the seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Gaskell
''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2021, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Iain MacLeod. The first character to be introduced is Lucas Kempton ( Glen Wallace) in January, as a love interest of Carla Connor (Alison King). Teenager Jacob Hay (Jack James Ryan) arrives in February, followed by Ronnie Bailey (Vinta Morgan), the brother of Ed (Trevor Michael Georges), later that month. In March, drug lord #Harvey Gaskell, Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor) made his first appearance. #Stefan Brent, Stefan Brent (Paul Opacic) was introduced in April as the father of Corey Brent (Maximus Evans). #Curtis Delamere, Curtis Delamere (Sam Retford) then made his first appearance in May as a love interest for Emma Brooker (Alexandra Mardell). #Mia, Mia (Madeline Edmondson) begins appearing in September as an inmate that befriends Kelly Neelan (Millie Gibson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Danson
Jane Danson (born Jane Elizabeth Dawson, 8 November 1978) is an English actress. She is known for her portrayal of Leanne Battersby in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', between 1997 and 2000, and from 2004 onwards. Her other television credits include ''Children's Ward'' (1995–1997), '' The Grand'' (1997) and ''The Bill'' (2002–2003). For her role on ''Coronation Street'', Danson won the 2011 British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance. Career At the age of 12, Danson made her television debut under the name Jane Dawson in the 1991 Alan Bleasdale series '' GBH'' playing the part of Eileen Critchley. From 1995 to 1997, Danson played the role of Paula in the ITV children's television drama ''Children's Ward''. In 1996, she also appeared in '' Out of Tune'', a British children's sitcom which was shown on CBBC. She also made an appearance in the first episode of the BBC's '' Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'' which was aired in January 1996. In 1997, Danson landed p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leanne Battersby
Leanne Battersby (also Tilsley and Barlow) is a fictional character from the Television in the United Kingdom, British ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Jane Danson. It was announced in February 1997 that a "family from hell" would be introduced to ''Coronation Street''. This included Les Battersby, Les (Bruce Jones (actor), Bruce Jones) and Janice Battersby (Vicky Entwistle), Les' daughter Leanne and Janice's daughter Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor). Leanne made her first appearance on 4 July 1997. Danson left the series on 23 August 2000 and returned on 7 June 2004. Danson later took maternity leave in 2006 and returned in early 2007. Danson took another maternity break in 2009 and returned in the same year. On 27 September 2017, Danson took an extended break from the show and returned three months later on 15 December 2017. Leanne's storylines include numerous affairs, prostitution, drug abuse, insurance fraud, discovering her biological moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Coronation Street Characters
''Coronation Street'' is a British television soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters who currently appear in the programme, listed in order of first appearance. Present characters Regular characters Recurring and guest characters Cast changes Departing characters Returning characters Former characters Lists of characters by year of introduction *1960 *1961 *1962 *1963 *1964 *1965 *1966 *1967 *1968 * 1969 *1970 *1971 *1972 *1973 * 1974 *1975 *1976 *1977 *1978 *1979 *1980 *1981 *1982 *1983 *1984 *1985 * 1986 *1987 * 1988 *1989 *1990 *1991 *1992 *1993 *1994 *1995 *1996 *1997 *1998 *1999 *2000 *2001 *2002 *2003 *2004 *2005 *2006 *2007 *2008 *2009 *2010 *2011 *2012 *2013 *2014 *2015 *2016 *2017 *2018 *2019 *2020 *2021 *2022 *2023 *2024 *2025 Notes References External links Cast and charactersat itv.comCast and charactersat the Internet Movie Database IMDb, historically known as the In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina O'Brien
Tina Michelle O'Brien (born 7 August 1983) is an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Sarah Platt in the long-running ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (1999–2008, 2015–present). She also appeared in the BBC One drama series '' Waterloo Road'' (2010–2011). Career Born in Rusholme, Manchester, England, O'Brien was educated at Trinity C.E. High School. Her early acting roles included ''Children's Ward'' in 1997, '' The Cops'' in 1998 and '' Clocking Off'' in 2000. At the age of sixteen, she joined ''Coronation Street'' in October 1999, taking over the role of Sarah Platt from actress Lynsay King. Sarah's pregnancy with Bethany Platt won O'Brien Best Storyline at the British Soap Awards. She also won Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards and the ''TV Quick'' Awards. Her first role after leaving ''Coronation Street'' was in the 2007 pantomime at Manchester Opera House, where she played the title character of Cinderella. Her first television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Platt
Sarah-Louise "Sarah" Platt (also Tilsley, Grimshaw and Barlow) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. She was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 2 February 1987. She was played by Leah King in 1987 and by Lynsay King from 1987 until 8 October 1999 when King opted to leave to focus on her education. Tina O'Brien took over the role on 31 October 1999; she opted to leave in 2007 and made her final on-screen appearance on 30 December 2007, although she made some brief voice-over appearances the following month. A number of false rumours about O'Brien returning to the role surfaced during her absence from the serial. In October 2014, it was announced that O'Brien would reprise the role, with Sarah returning on 30 March 2015. Sarah is the daughter of Gail Platt (Helen Worth) and Brian Tilsley ( Christopher Quinten), sister to Nick Tilsley (Warren Jackson, Adam Rickitt, Ben Price), half-sister to David Platt (Thomas Ormson, Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Hay
''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. Following is a list of characters introduced in 2022, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the programme's series producer, Iain MacLeod. Frank Bardsley ( Simon O'Brien) joined in May as a love interest for Sean Tully (Antony Cotton). Jodie Prenger was cast as Glenda Shuttlworth, the sister of George (Tony Maudsley) and began appearing in August, followed by Dee Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown) who debuted in September. Cait Fitton made her debut in November as Lauren Bolton, as part of a racial violence storyline, and Ciarán Griffiths and Andrew Still made their first appearances as characters Damon Hay and Justin Rutherford in December. Several other characters appeared throughout the year. Teddy Thompkins Teddy Thompkins, played by Grant Burgin, first appears when he bumps into his old school friend Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) in the hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Leskovac
Rachel Leskovac (born 5 June 1976) is an English actress and singer. She is known for portraying the roles of Kelly Yorke in the BBC One medical drama series ''Holby City'' (2003–2004), Natasha Blakeman in the ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (2008–2010, 2020–2021), and Joanne Cardsley in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' (2015–2016). In 2022, she joined the revival of the BBC One school-based drama series ''Waterloo Road (TV series), Waterloo Road'' as English teacher List of Waterloo Road characters#Coral Walker, Coral Walker. She has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. Early life Leskovac was born in Bradford, England.Leskovac has a younger sister, Sophie, and an older sister, Kate. Leskovac attended St. Joseph's Catholic College, Bradford, St Joseph's Catholic College in Bradford and during her youth was a member of local theatre group ''Scala Kids''. She later trained at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, graduating in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Blakeman
Natasha Blakeman is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Rachel Leskovac. The character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 12 May 2008. On 29 April 2010, it was announced that Leskovac had been axed from the show after two years and would depart in "an exciting and dramatic storyline which will be an integral part of the build-up to ''Coronation Street'' 50th anniversary". Natasha departed on 27 September 2010. On 16 July 2020, it was announced that Leskovac would be reprising her role as Natasha, with her return airing 11 September 2020. Leskovac made an unannounced departure from the soap on 25 October 2021, in which Natasha was killed off after being shot by Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor). Development Casting Rachel Leskovac was to take on the role, with a ''Coronation Street'' spokesman confirming it: "Rachel's very well known in TV land as she has been in countless series and dramas. To have her new char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Coronation Street Characters (2015)
''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters that appeared in 2015, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Stuart Blackburn. Beth Tinker's (Lisa George) grandmother, Agnes Tinker ( Juliette Kaplan), and Hamish Young ( James Redmond), a potential love interest for Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh), were introduced in January, while Linda Hancock ( Jacqueline Leonard), the estranged mother of Izzy ( Cherylee Houston) and Katy Armstrong ( Georgia May Foote), began appearing from February. Michael Rodwell's ( Les Dennis) long-lost son, Gavin Rodwell (Mark Holgate), began appearing from March, as did Jackson Hodge ( Rhys Cadman), the father of Faye Windass' ( Ellie Leach) baby. Faye and Jackson's baby daughter Miley Windass (Erin, Eilah & Elsie Halliwell), Eileen Grimshaw's ( Sue Cleaver) new love interest Adrian Mortimer ( Mark Moraghan) and the first regular ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
