Coronation Street star Lisa George has addressed her upcoming exit for the first time. It's been rumoured for a while that the actress would be bowing out of the ITV soap after 13 years of playing Beth Sutherland - nee Tinker.
Lisa joined as back in 2011 when Steve McDonald delved into his little black book and gave Beth a call when he was after a date to make his wife Becky jealous.
Then, the following year, Steve again used her when he moved Beth and her son Craig into No.13 to wind up his new wife Tracy Barlow.
However, it wasn't actually Lisa's first time on the cobbles. READ MORE: Coronation Street's Leanne Battersby star says there's 'trouble ahead' as downfall 'begins' READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here Lisa's first appearance in Corrie actually came back in 1997, when she appeared as a young nurse working alongside Martin Platt.
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