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Laura Neelan
''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2020, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Iain MacLeod. The first character to be introduced is Danny Tomlinson (Dylan Brady), a love interest of James Bailey (Nathan Graham), in February. In March, Arthur Medwin (Paul Copley) was introduced as a love interest for Evelyn Plummer (Maureen Lipman), and April saw the arrival of an old friend of Johnny Connor (Richard Hawley), Scott Emberton (Tom Roberts), as well as the ex-wife of Rick Neelan ( Greg Wood), Laura Neelan (Kel Allen). Nicky Wheatley (Kimberly Hart-Simpson) made her first appearance in June as a new love interest for Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard). The former partner of Geoff Metcalfe (Ian Bartholomew) and biological mother of Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine), Elaine Jones (Paula Wilcox), made her first appearance in July, and George Shuttleworth (To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Originally broadcast twice weekly, the series began airing six times a week in 2017. The programme was conceived by scriptwriter Tony Warren. Warren's initial proposal was rejected by the station's founder Sidney Bernstein, but he was persuaded by producer Harry Elton to produce the programme for 13 pilot episodes, and the show has since become a significant part of English culture. ''Coronation Street'' is made by ITV Granada at MediaCityUK and shown in all ITV regions, as well as internationally. In 2010, upon its 50th anniversary, the series was recognised by Guinness World Records, as the world's longest-running television soap opera. Initially influenced by the conventions of kitchen sink realism, ''Coronation Street'' is noted for its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Mallard
Robert Stephen Mallard (born 19 May 1992) is an English actor from Manchester, England, best known for playing Daniel Osbourne in the long-running ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Career On 14 September 2016, it was announced that Mallard had been cast in ''Coronation Street'' as Ken Barlow's (William Roache) youngest son Daniel Osbourne, being the third actor to play the role after Lewis Harney and Dominic Holmes, respectively. Mallard said, "It feels great to be starting work on ''Coronation Street'' and I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone. I grew up watching ''Coronation Street'', so the chance to be in it, especially playing a part like Daniel, is very exciting." Producer Kate Oates said, "Daniel is a different Barlow altogether, more sensitive and bookish, he is clearly a chip off the old block, but there is more to Ken's youngest son than meets the eye. Rob is a talented young actor who is perfect for the role". In June 2017, Mallard won the Best Newcomer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Price
Ben Price (born 30 June 1972) is a British actor, director and writer. He has played the role of Nick Tilsley in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' and has made four films as a writer/director, the first of which, ''I'm Sorry To Tell You'', was BAFTA-shortlisted. Early life Price grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he attended Gosforth East Middle School and Gosforth High School before taking acting classes at the Live Theatre. He then attended London's Drama Centre and graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1996. Career Price started his career at the Manchester Royal Exchange, and went on to appear at the Bush in London, the Gate in Dublin and Sheffield Crucible among others. He made his first appearance on television, in a 1996 episode of ''Casualty'', before guest roles in ''Soldier Soldier'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Peak Practice'', and an episode of the Australian soap opera, ''Home and Away'', in 1998, when the show filmed a storyline in England. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Tilsley
Nick Tilsley (also Platt) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. He was born off screen during an episode broadcast on 31 December 1980, but made his first appearance on 5 January 1981. He was played by Warren Jackson from 1981 until 6 September 1996. Adam Rickitt took over the role on 15 October 1997 until 21 April 1999 but returned for three separate stints between 2002 and 2004 and made his final appearance as Nick on 11 July 2004. Ben Price took over the role on 21 December 2009. Price announced his intentions to leave the serial on 26 January 2017, before making his on-screen departure on 2 June 2017. However, on 23 April 2018, it was announced that Price would reprise his role as Nick, and he returned on 12 October 2018. Nick is the first-born child of Brian (Christopher Quinten) and Gail Tilsley (Helen Worth). He is the older brother of Sarah (Tina O'Brien) and older half-brother of David Platt ( Jack P. Shepherd) as well as the un ... [...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 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'' as English teacher Coral Walker. She has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. Early life Leskovac was born in Bradford, England. Her mother is English and her father is of Croatian descent. Leskovac has a younger sister, Sophie, and an older sister, Kate. Leskovac attended 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 of Performing Arts, graduating in 1998. Acting career Leskovac received critical acclaim for her perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Blakeman
Natasha Blakeman is a fictional character from the 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). Storylines 2008–2010 In December 2008, Natasha informs Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) that her brother and sister-in-law have just had a baby daughter and are naming her Electra. She spots a good business opportunity in opening ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Blakeman
''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2020, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Iain MacLeod. The first character to be introduced is Danny Tomlinson (Dylan Brady), a love interest of James Bailey (Nathan Graham), in February. In March, Arthur Medwin (Paul Copley) was introduced as a love interest for Evelyn Plummer (Maureen Lipman), and April saw the arrival of an old friend of Johnny Connor (Richard Hawley), Scott Emberton (Tom Roberts), as well as the ex-wife of Rick Neelan ( Greg Wood), Laura Neelan (Kel Allen). Nicky Wheatley (Kimberly Hart-Simpson) made her first appearance in June as a new love interest for Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard). The former partner of Geoff Metcalfe (Ian Bartholomew) and biological mother of Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine), Elaine Jones (Paula Wilcox), made her first appearance in July, and George Shuttleworth (To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Maudsley
Tony Maudsley (born 30 January 1968) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of hairdresser Kenneth Du Beke in the hit ITV sitcom ''Benidorm'', a role he played from 2011 to 2018. His other notable credits include Martin in the BBC One sitcom '' Eyes Down'' (2003–2004), Graham in the ITV2 sitcom ''The Job Lot'' (2013–2014), and George Shuttleworth in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (2020–present). Maudsley made his panto debut in 2016 as Dame Trott in Jack and the Beanstalk, at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. He returned to pantomime the year after, playing a completely different part – the Genie of the Lamp, in Aladdin, at the Swansea Grand Theatre. In 2020 he made another panto appearance as Kenneth the Cabin Boy in Peter Pan at the Liverpool Empire. Career His film career started when he landed a role in, '' A Life for a Life'', in 1998 where he played the part of Stefan Kiszko. He also played many small parts on television in between act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shuttleworth
''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2020, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Iain MacLeod. The first character to be introduced is Danny Tomlinson (Dylan Brady), a love interest of James Bailey (Nathan Graham), in February. In March, Arthur Medwin (Paul Copley) was introduced as a love interest for Evelyn Plummer (Maureen Lipman), and April saw the arrival of an old friend of Johnny Connor (Richard Hawley), Scott Emberton (Tom Roberts), as well as the ex-wife of Rick Neelan ( Greg Wood), Laura Neelan (Kel Allen). Nicky Wheatley (Kimberly Hart-Simpson) made her first appearance in June as a new love interest for Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard). The former partner of Geoff Metcalfe (Ian Bartholomew) and biological mother of Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine), Elaine Jones (Paula Wilcox), made her first appearance in July, and George Shuttleworth ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Wilcox
Paula Wilcox (born 13 December 1949) is an English actress. With a career spanning over 50 years, she is best known for her role as Chrissy in the popular ITV sitcom ''Man About The House'' from 1973 to 1976. She has also had roles in TV shows such as '' The Lovers'', ''Miss Jones and Son'', '' The Queen’s Nose'', ''The Smoking Room'', ''Emmerdale'', '' Mount Pleasant'', '' Boomers'', ''Upstart Crow'' and '' Girlfriends''. Since 2020, Wilcox has appeared as Elaine Jones in ''Coronation Street''. Early life Wilcox was born in Manchester in 1949 to Joseph and Mary Wilcox. Acting career Wilcox first came to public attention whilst a member of the National Youth Theatre, which she joined aged seventeen. She was offered her first starring television role in '' The Lovers'', a Granada sitcom produced for the ITV network, largely written by Jack Rosenthal and co-starring Richard Beckinsale. There were two series of ''The Lovers'', plus a feature film. She appeared in an episode of ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Jones
Elaine R. Jones (born March 2, 1944) is an American civil rights attorney and activist. She joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) in 1970 and in 1993 became the organization's first female director-counsel and president. Early life and education Born on March 2, 1944, in Norfolk, Virginia, Elaine Jones came of age in the Jim Crow South and learned its painful lessons early on. Her mother was a college-educated schoolteacher and her father was a Pullman porter and a member of the nation's first black trade union. Her parents taught her about the realities of racism, but also about the importance of idealism. After graduating with honors in political science from Howard University in 1965, Jones taught English from 1965 to 1967 in Peace Corps and became one of the first African Americans to serve in Turkey. Following her two-year Peace Corps stint, she became the first African-American woman to enroll in the University of Virginia School of Law graduating in 1970 and, subseque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Duttine
Joe Duttine, sometimes credited as Jo Duttine (born 30 June 1970), is an English film, theatre and television actor. He currently plays Tim Metcalfe in ''Coronation Street''. He is also known for his role in '' Shameless'' as Cameron Donnelly, the father of Maxine. Early life Duttine was born in Shelf, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. His father, Geoffrey, is the brother of actor John Duttine. Joe moved to London and attended the Drama Centre London since 1999. He also attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design of the University of the Arts London where he studied Stanislavski's system of method acting alongside actors Craig Kelly and John Simm.Staff writer (undated)."Former Students" (scroll to section on John Simm). Drama Centre London. Accessed 17 January 2010. Career Duttine made his television debut in 1992 appearing in the television series ''Between the Lines''. Duttine has appeared in over 25 television roles including the television serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
