Coronation Street’s Abi actress says fake baby used for filming has a celebrity lookalike

Coronation Street fans think they have worked out Abi Franklin's surprise newborn baby Alfie's teddy bear name after a sweet scene on the ITV soap. Last week, soap watchers were left in tears as Abi, who gave birth three months early after a surprise pregnancy, revealed she had called her baby Alfie as it was the name of her late son Seb's favourite teddy bear when he was little.

Coronation Street, when she unexpectedly gave birth to a baby.However, she is determined to keep her child and is planning to go into rehab following her drug relapse - but Abi is also wondering who the father might be.Following her affair with Imran Habeeb while married to Kevin Webster, viewers are currently wondering if their dalliance will be revealed to Imran's partner Toyah Battersby - and if the father will be revealed too.While Abi Franklin's life has taken a dramatic turn recently, actress Sally Carman's life is far less dramatic away from the ITV cobbles, including a sweet romance with her co-star fiancé, and showing off a rarely seen tattoo.Long before Sally arrived on the Weatherfield cobbles as Abi Franklin, the actress had a leading role in one of the country's most beloved TV series.From 2005 to 2013, Sally played Kelly Maguire in Shameless, who was the sister of Kevin Ball and married to Shane Maguire.Following her roles as Kelly Maguire and as Abi Franklin, both of whom have battled addiction problems, Sally revealed to The Sun that she often gets typecast in this roles, but does not mind, saying: "I always go to TV interviews with my hair done, my makeup done and wearing really nice clothes and they go, ‘There we go, she’s the prostitute’, or ‘That’s the woman with the drug problem.'"People love to cast me as the down-and-out, but it doesn’t bother me, they’re the best parts to play anyway.

They may not have always seen eye-to-eye on-screen but Coronation Street's 'dysfunctional family' looked happy enough together off-screen.

CORONATION Street fans are in tears after Abi Franklin named her newborn son - and decided to fight for him. The mechanic - who is played by actress Sally Carman in the ITV soap - had no idea she was pregnant before she gave birth high on drugs.

Coronation Street fans were reeling after Abi Franklin ended up in a horror crash just after secretly giving birth.

Coronation Street fans were left frustrated on Wednesday's hour-long episode as the hospital made a huge blunder with Abi Franklin. Only recently, viewers were left heartbroken as they watched Abi abandon her newborn baby son, who was born three months early, shortly after his surprise birth.

Coronation Street viewers were left baffled during the latest episode as Aggie Bailey was able to guess that Abi Franklin was the mother of an abandoned baby.Abi has been going through a turbulent time after she gave birth unexpectedly on Monday night.Feeling she had no other choice, the mechanic, who was unaware she was pregnant, decided to abandon her baby in the local hospital.But seeing as medics were on the hunt to find out who the mother could be, Aggie was able to uncover the mystery relatively quickly, by discovering that Abi owns a red hoodie which was also seen on the hospital's CCTV.However, Corrie fans were not convinced by Aggie's quick-witted investigation and thought it was rather far-fetched.Jumping onto Twitter, one person wrote: "Aggie guessing that Abi was the missing mother just from the red hoodie when she didn’t even look pregnant is just ridiculous."Another person sarcastically said: "OMG I have a red hoodie ....Thank goodness I don't live in Manchester! It ain't my baby, I ain't your mother Alfie!"A third chimed: "Bit of a leap.

Coronation Street fans have been left baffled after becoming convinced they've spotted a big blunder with Abi Franklin's pregnancy. Abi (Sally Carman) was horrified as she gave birth to a baby boy despite being just six months pregnant, leaving her in a dire situation as she was left in labour at the side of the road.

Coronation Street actress Sally Carman, who plays troubled Abi Webster, has spoken out on the latest twist in her character’s surprise baby storyline. Soap fans watched as Abi gave birth to a premature baby boy, only to flee shortly after and return to the cobbles, abandoning her newborn at the hospital.

Coronation Street viewers were stunned when Abi Franklin went into labour and during the latest trip to Weatherfield as they watched her give birth at six months pregnant.

Coronation Street 's Abi Franklin has had her world turned upside down after discovering she was in labour with a baby boy.

Coronation Street actress Sally Carman has opened up about how her ITV soap alter-ego Abi Webster was totally in the dark about her shock pregnancy. Corrie viewers watched open mouthed as Abi began to experience contractions and went into labour at the side of the road in Sunday 6 March’s episode.

Coronation Street fans were shocked on Sunday evening (March 6) when cobbles resident Abi Franklin unexpectedly went into labour at the side of a road.After relapsing and taking drugs with her old acquaintance Dean, husband Kevin Webster kicked her out of the house - following her revelation that she had a one night stand the year before.However, viewers will have to wait to find out what will happen to Abi - and whether the father of the baby is Kevin or Imran Habeeb.Although Abi Franklin's life on-screen has taken many heartbreaking twists and turns, actress Sally Carman's life is far less dramatic.She is also loved up with her Coronation Street co-star Joe Duttine, who plays Tim Metcalfe in the popular ITV soap, with the couple planning to get married later this year.Before then, the actress has given fans a glimpse into her stunning home with the actor - which includes chic furniture such as a standing silver bath, stylish décor and beautiful hand painted art work.Sally announced in 2019 that she and Joe had moved in together, in a series of sweet snaps that showed the couple holding each other close in their new home.The actress snuggled up to her fiancé in one of the photographs, which was captioned: "We’re in #homesweethome #thelightisntwonkyhonest."Fans went wild for the post as they flocked to congratulate the couple, with one saying: "Ahh, congrats you two! It looks lovely."A second added: "Love your kitchen. Lovely couple.

Coronation Street's fans were left in shock last night after Abi Franklin went into labour after collapsing at the side of the road.The troubled mechanic was dumped by her drug dealer Dean after a drug binge saw him steal a car from Kevin Webster’s shop.Abi, played by Sally Carman, dropped a bombshell by calling for an ambulance, telling the operator 'I'm having a baby' before her phone cut dead and viewers were left wondering if Abi and her unborn child will be safe.But the baby bombshell has left fans completely baffled.One viewer tweeted: "How was she pregnant when she told Imran that all good and nothing to worry about. So it meant that she wasn’t pregnant so how is that even possible.""Abi slept with Imran well over six months ago so she can’t be pregnant where’s the bump or weight gain!? #Corrie," another added.A third shared: “WAIT ABI IS PREGNANT?!? it’s Kev’s right? dates wouldn’t be right for it to be Imran’ if she’s in labour.

It was one of the most secret pregnancies in soap land as mum-to-be Abi Franklin didn't even know she was expecting.

Coronation Street actress Sally Carman has spoken out on the aftermath of Abi Webster’s ‘surprise’ baby storyline, revealing the shocked mum pays tribute to her late son Seb with her new arrival’s name. Soap fans were left open-mouthed at the end of Sunday 6 March’s cliffhanger episode when Abi went into labour with Imran Habeeb’s (Charlie De Melo) baby at the side of the road.

Coronation Street fans were left in shock on Sunday (March 6) as Abi Webster went into labour - without even knowing she was pregnant.The mum-of-three feared she could be pregnant last year after an affair with Imran Habeeb - but later dismissed her concerns as she knew what being pregnant felt like.However, she didn't actually take a pregnancy test.And now it looks like Abi could be plunged into a custody battle after losing both her twins to social services, before they moved abroad to Australia.With her other son Seb's death wreaking havoc on Abi's life and her marriage to Kevin near destruction, it's no surprise she'd be tempted to turn back to drugs - and lawyer Imran, tasked to help her out with the case, knows that.And now actress Sally Carman has confirmed to Daily Star and other press that it's "highly unlikely" Abi will get to keep custody of her new baby - named Alfie after Seb's favourite teddy bear. Opening up about the coming storyline, Sally confirmed that Abi does a runner from the hospital and heads back to Weatherfield to "pretend like nothing ever happened".She revealed: "I think [Abi runs] for the same reasons she gave up the twins, because she doesn’t believe she can look after [baby Alfie] properly.

In one of the biggest Coronation Street twists for a long time, fans found out on Friday for the first time that Abi Franklin (Sally Carman) is sensationally around six months pregnant, as she went in to labour.The surprise baby news shocked fans. But not only was this a shock for fans, the contractions were the first time Abi knew that she was about to became a mum again. Abi quickly called the paramedics and told them she was going into labour.

There was a major shock on Coronation Street as wayward Abi Franklin went into labour at the side of a road.

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Coronation Street fans were shocked after spotting T4 legend Anthony Crank on the cobbles last night (March 4).The episode saw Abi Franklin relapse and meet up with a drug dealer from her past, played by the former T4 host.Anthony, 47, looked unrecognisable as he made a cameo appearance in the ITV soap, but many fans were soon left wondering where they had seen him before.However, viewers were quick to work out the actor's identity, with one fan saying on social media: "Anthony Crank on Corrie."A second said: "Isn't that Anthony Crank off T4?" while a third added: "The T4 presenter is Abi's drug dealer."Anthony Crank hosted the iconic Channel 4 weekend programme T4 on Sunday mornings from 2002 to 2005, as well as on music channel MTV.T4 launched the careers of huge household names including Vernon Kaye, June Sarpong, Steve Jones and Miquita Oliver, who were regular Saturday morning faces on programmes including Popworld.They were later joined by future stars including Rick Edwards and model Alexa Chung.However, this is not Anthony's only Coronation Street stint, as he also played a police officer for a number of episodes in 2011.He has also appeared in rival soap Hollyoaks as Steve in 2010, as well as hit TV series including The Syndicate and Shameless.Anthony's latest cobbles cameo featured his character Dean meeting up with Abi Franklin, telling her: "I am available on the end of the phone any time you need me."He later gave Abi a bag, with both characters going back to her house to take drugs - signifying that Abi had relapsed.The episode also saw Abi lie to Toyah Battersby to leave a meeting early, with Toyah questioning the identity of Anthony's character.However, Abi soon lied to Toyah, telling her that Dean was