Coronation Street star hints at shock return to soap – 7 years after being in show’s steamiest affair ever
A Coronation Street star has hinted at their shock return to the soap – 7 years after being in the show’s steamiest affair ever
A CORONATION Street star has hinted at their shock return to the soap – 7 years after being in the show’s steamiest affair ever.
She shot to fame on the soap in 2015 and said goodbye to the famous street in 2019,
Fan favourite, Faye Brooks played Kate Connor who is the daughter of Johnny, sister of Aidan and half-sister of Carla.
In late 2017, Kate found love with her friend Rana Nazir, who was married to Kate’s colleague Zeedan.
The pair attempted to fight their feelings but eventually fell in love and Rana confessed everything to Zeedan.
The couple got engaged, however in 2019 Rana (Bhavna Limbachia) was killed off in heartbreaking scenes when the Underworld factory roof collapsed on her on what was meant to be the couple’s wedding day.
Progressing from packing at Underworld to waitressing at Nick’s Bistro, Kate left Weatherfield to go travelling in the far East with Imogen Pascoe six months after Rana’s death.
Faye told the Mirror that she is thrilled that her character made it out of Weatherfield alive and confessed she would jump at the chance to return – on one condition.
She said: “It’s got to be worth it, because I’ve had so much joy playing other characters on stage that have really taught me something.”
Since her departure, the star has had a huge theatre career with starring roles in Chicago, The Sound of Music, Legally Blonde and Shrek: The Musical.
Faye also took part in Dancing On Ice, where she reached the final alongside her partner Matt Evers.
Now, she is playing the lead in a new UK touring production of the musical Burlesque – based on the 2010 film that starred Cher as club owner Tess, who takes aspiring singer Ali (Christina Aguilera) under her wing.
Kate explained that she is delighted to be playing a role that Cher once played and is enjoying the glitter and emotional storyline.
Faye previously teased that she could reprise her role as Kate Connor in Coronation Street at some point in the future.
She told The Express: “I get a lot of, ‘Why is Kate not coming back?’ That’s a really lovely thing to have them want me to come back to Coronation Street, because I [Kate] didn’t die. I’m still alive and travelling, and those [were] doors left open.
“That’s an opportunity to be had in itself. I do love being able to play other characters – I really am continuing to stretch myself as an artist, and I want to keep doing that. [But] that door is open, [and] if that is in my journey, then great.
“It catapulted my career, so I never condemn it. I always celebrate it. That’s what the fans are doing for me at the same time.”
