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Coronation Street signs up Waterloo Road star as ITV newbie - with a connection to soap

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Coronation Street has signed up actress Vanessa Hehir to be one of Billy’s parishioners. Soap fans might recognise her as she has previously appeared on both Waterloo Road and Heartbeat - and her husband will be even more recognisable to the more loyal Corrie fans.

Her husband Leon Ockenden appeared on the soap in a creepy boyfriend-turned-stalker setting, but it's not put her off taking part on the popular ITV soap. READ NEXT: Corrie Nina star Mollie Gallagher unrecognisable as she shows off blonde transformation Coronation Street insiders told The Sun: "She'll be onscreen for a while now".

Vanessa was in 72 episodes of Heartbeat and she also played the role Sue Lowsley on BBC school drama Waterloo Road. Soap fans will also recognise Vanessa for her recurring role on Emmerdale between 2010 - 2011 and Welsh comedy series Stella as well as Hollyoaks.

Vanessa has a creepy connection to the soap as her off screen husband Leon Ockenden appeared on the show in 2016 as the character of Will Chatterton, Michelle Connor’s creepy boyfriend turned stalker.The actor and actress both worked on Waterloo Road together and their characters had an affair.Speaking in the past about working with him on sex scenes, Vanessa said: “I was sick to the pit of my stomach when we had intimate scenes together.“It just somehow feels different with my actual husband, even a bit weirder than with an actor you don’t know.“On the one hand, I was thinking, ‘I hope my child never sees this’, but on the other hand it was kind of fun.

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