Actress Ellie Leach is best known for playing Faye Windass on long running soap Coronation Street. Faye landed on the cobbles in 2011, when she was adopted by residents Anna and Eddie Windass.
She had a rocky start on the show when she fell pregnant aged just 13 and struggled to bond with her newborn daughter, Miley, who she eventually gave up to the custody of the baby’s dad, Jackson, and his family.The teenager later endured an early menopause storyline which left her unlikely to conceive again, an issue which could affect up to 1 in 100 young women.
Faye now has an incredibly difficult decision to make as she comes face to face with her estranged daughter, who has spent all of her life up until now in Canada.
Although audiences are well abreast of Faye’s life, what do they know about the actress who plays her? Take a look at Ellie’s leach off-camera.
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