Inside Corrie Mrs Crawshaw star Carla Mendonça life - secret pop career, kids TV fame and famous husband

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Coronation Street, let’s take a look at the life of Carla Mendonça Whilst Carla is best known for her amazing work in TV and film, the multitalented star also once had a successful pop career with British pop group The Maisonettes.The band released one album and a couple of singles, having a solid hit with Heartache Avenue.The group's debut single reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart in 1983 and topped the UK Independent Chart.It also saw some success in Canada and Australia.

After their initial success, the band’s follow-up single, Where I Stand, peaked at no. 28 on the UK Independent Chart but their momentum faded and ultimately the group split up.The group did enjoy a later victory when their debut single was sampled by UK rap group Roll Deep for the chorus on their hit track The Avenue.In 2004, Carla and the band rebounded slightly when they released Heartache Avenue: The Very Best of the Maisonettes which contained two unreleased tracks and fifteen other songs, but it did not do well enough to relaunch their careers and the band broke up for good.Launching her career as an actress back in 1984, Carla appeared in BBC sitcom The Young Ones and proved herself to be a rising star in the industry.She went onto appear on The Lenny Henry show, Pushing Up Daisies and Coming Next, cemented her place as a serious actress and paving the way for a slew of big TV and movie roles.Perhaps her most famous role, Carla is best known for playing Sophie Johnson in ITV and Citv's award-winning series My Parents Are Aliens.More recently Carla starred as Mrs.

Fitzgerald in the award winning CBBC series So Awkward and fans can now watch her play deputy head of Weatherfield High Mrs Crenshaw on The Cobbles in ITV soap Coronation.