Corrie Fiz star's life - epic weight loss, co-star romance set-up and Emmerdale role

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Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine has been a staple of the ITV cobbles since 2001, when she was just 17 years old. Since then, her iconic character - once the unruly foster child of Roy and Hayley Cropper - has gone through so much on screen it feels like we know her intimately.From being the first actress to ever act out a birth scene live on a soap to Fiz’s marriage to the murderous John Stape, Jennie has dealt with plenty of challenging storylines.But her personal life has also been challenging at times - from battling it out in the rugged conditions of the Australian jungle on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

to the struggles with her family business.To celebrate the star’s 38th birthday, Daily Star takes a look inside her life - from her forgotten Emmerdale role to her chef husband.Jennie has been dating Chris Farr since 2005, and the pair eventually tied the knot back in 2017 at a secret ceremony.The pair actually met after being introduced by Jennie’s co-star Antony Cotton, best known for playing Sean Tully on the cobbles, who phoned her up to bluntly say: “I’m here with your future husband.

Do you want me to put him on the phone?”They later tied the knot in a secret ceremony at Trafford Town Hall, Manchester.It came after Jennie was determined to keep her personal life on the down-low, insisting: “I haven’t got time - for babies or marriage.

I don’t like being the centre of attention so a big wedding isn’t for me.”Chris, a restaurant manager, shares two children with Jennie - son Albert, born in 2014, and daughter Hilda, born in 2018.In 2012, the pair decided to open up their very own Manchester-based restaurant together, dubbed Annie’s, and described as “The Rovers Return meets The Ivy.”Speaking as the.