CORONATION Street star Alexandra Mardell is celebrating after bagging a new deal that will see her stay on the cobbles until next year.
The star plays bubbly hairdresser Emma Brooker and has now chalked up two years on the Street after arriving in 2018. But bosses have been delighted with her performances and she’s now just put pen to paper on a contract extension that sees her signed up to the show until early 2021.
She first appeared in Corrie in April 2018, with it being revealed that her character was Steve McDonald’s child. Leeds-born Alexandra previously admitted that she was apprehensive about joining the hit soap at first – with her own mother fearing that she would “ruin” the show.
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