Hayley Cropper: Last News

CORONATION Street made history with Hayley Cropper in 1998 - and we need her again. Soaps have the power to demystify subjects, to shine a light of sections of society who would otherwise be hidden and shunned. In 1998 they did that for trans people - with the iconic Hayley making her debut.

Coronation Street's Phill Whittaker looks set to be the reason Fiz Stape leaves Weatherfield after 21 years as the pair make a fresh start. Fiz made her first appearance in the ITV soap as a feisty teen fostered by Roy and Hayley Cropper back in 2001 and has been a part of life on the cobbles ever since despite Bury actress Jennie McAlpine, who plays her, only initially signed to appear for five episodes before being made a permanent character.

Coronation Street fans have been treated to an extra special reunion as Weatherfield favourites Katherine Kelly and Julie Hesmondhalgh met up years after they starred in the soap together. The actors, who played Becky McDonald and Hayley Cropper respectively, were all smiles as they hugged cheek to cheek for a sweet Instagram snap. Katherine, 42, shared the image of them catching up in a restaurant as she called the star, whose character was on the ITV soap for 16 years, "my favourite".

Coronation Street’s Hayley Cropper passed away back in January 2014 with her husband Roy by her side, after drinking a lethal cocktail of drugs. The devastating storyline came after Hayley was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, and raised debates about the right to die in the UK.But it wasn’t the only hard-hitting storyline actress Julia Hesmondhalgh found herself part of during her 16-year stint on the cobbles, as her character also had to deal with rampant transphobia when she outed herself as a transgender woman to her future husband Roy.Since quitting her role on the show in 2014, Julie has herself gotten involved in trans activism.But what else has she been up to since leaving the soap? Eight years after Corrie bade farewell to Hayley Cropper, Daily Star takes a look.While filming BBC One crime drama The Pact, Julie was haunted by a spate of on-set accidents which left her with "bruises on her face".Speaking to Express.co.uk, Anna actress Laura Fraser said that there was hardly any opportunity for on-set pranks, as Julie just kept getting hurt.She explained: "There was a lot of unintentional pranks by Julie because she was extremely accident-prone."She kept literally running into iron bars and coming in with bruises on her face.

When Coronation Street bosses first introduced Hayley Cropper, played by Julie Hesmondhalgh, to the cobbles back in 1998, they sought the assistance of a number of people to ensure the trans character was played as realistically as possible.

Hollyoaks’ first transgender actress, Annie Wallace, has revealed she worked with the writers of Coronation Street for the first trans character on screen 18 months before she came out.The 56-year-old actress appeared on Lorraine on Tuesday morning to open up about trans visibility in the media as part of trans awareness week.Prior to her role as head teacher at Hollyoaks High, the soap star confessed she had a large hand in the development of the character of Hayley Cropper back in 2010 before she came out as a trans woman publicly.The starlet confessed she “put a lot of herself” into the character as she shared her experiences coming out through the TV character onscreen.This is a live TV story and is constantly being updated.Please

ITV has been praised for adding pre-show warnings on vintage Coronation Street episodes. One such warning alerted viewers to "opinions of the time" which said some "viewers may now find offensive".

Hollyoaks actress Annie Wallace has candidly reflected on her experience inspiring soap's first-ever transgender character - Coronation Street's Hayley Cropper. The character, played by Julie Hesmondhalgh, was initially created by Corrie writers, with Annie being brought in later to advise them on storylines based on incidents that happened in her own life.

Coronation Street actress Jennie McAlpine first popped up on our television screens as Fiz Brown on April 20 2001.Over the past two decades, fans of the long-running ITV soap have watched the star grow from a teenage tearaway to a Weatherfield icon. Initially appearing for five episodes, Jennie's contract was soon extended by Corrie bosses and Fiz became a regular character.Fiz appeared as a troubled youngster briefly fostered by Roy Cropper (David Neilson) and his wife Hayley (Julie Hesmondhalgh) at the age of 16.Opening up about her first day on set, Jennie told Daily Star and other press: "I was so nervous.

Julie Hesmondhalgh was one of the most recognisable TV stars of the noughties playing Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street. Julie became a household name playing the first transgender soap character who arrived on the cobbles to date Roy Cropper in 1998.The actress left the show in 2014 to concentrate on other projects and has said she has “no regrets” about her decision to leave.

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CARLA Connor’s drug dealing blackmailers are brutally attacked as Peter and Scott turf them out of the Rovers.  The ITV soap has confirmed that the new storyline will see Carla - who is played by Alison King - revisit her mental health battles as she’s forced to face her demons.

CARLA CONNOR is terrified of her dark secrets being exposed next week in Coronation Street when she’s blackmailed by drug dealers from her past.  But what is Carla hiding about her 'lost weekend'? Here’s everything you need to know… Visit our dedicated Coronation Street page for all the latest spoilers, pictures and gossip from the cobbles What is Carla Connor hiding in Corrie? Corrie viewers know that Carla struggled with her mental health in the aftermath of the factory collapse that killed Rana Habeeb last year.  Carla suffered a psychotic breakdown in a special episode that saw the events - including Carla talking to her dead brother Aidan Connor and seeing her dead friend Hayley Cropper - through her own eyes.