Jess Heywood: Last News

Coronation Street actress Donnaleigh Bailey is best known as police officer Jess Heywood on the ITV soap.The soap star, 39, made her first appearance as the character back in 2017 when she was introduced as Craig Tinker's (Colson Smith) mentor.But appearing as Jess wasn't the first time she set foot on the cobbles, having played two separate characters prior to landing the role. READ MORE: Corrie's Sally Carman and Joe Duttine host second wedding bash attended by co-stars In 2015, Donnaleigh played an unnamed nurse who worked at the Rosamund Street Medical Centre and tended to Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) after he badly cut his arm.Simon was brought into the hospital by Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) after her attempt to physically restrain him from leaving their flat went terribly wrong.The nurse told Leanne that Simon needed stitches but they would use the butterfly ones because they were less painful.She assured Leanne that there was no permanent damage to his arm and explained that Simon couldn't play football while his arm was still healing.Donnaleigh's second appearance on the Cobbles would last longer than her first, starring in six episodes across eight months as PC Woodruff.She arrived alongside her colleague PC Tyms in April 2016 after they were tipped off by Sharif Nazir (Marc Anwar) that steroids were being dealt through the gym, V Court Fitness.After pulling up in their police vehicle and witnessing a deal between Gary Windass (Mikey North) and his associate Dane Everton (Gary Hanks), the two officers conducted a physical search and arrested Gary for possession of cannabis.Both PC Woodruff and Tyms were questioning Gary when Izzy Armstrong arrived at the police station to confirm that the Cannabis belonged to

Coronation Street star Colson Smith was left gutted when the ITV soap shared a new photo of him on social media.The actor has played Craig Tinker on the TV Cobbles since 2011, so he's definitely used to seeing himself back on the screen after filming his scenes.However, it's clear he wasn't happy with the photo of his posted on the Coronation Street Instagram account earlier this week.READ MORE: Coronation Street Jess Heywood star has played three different characters in ITV soapThe official Corrie account took to Instagram on Thursday (August 18) with a snap of Craig and his girlfriend Faye Windass, who is played by Ellie Leach.In the photo, Craig cuddled Faye and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Teasing drama for the couple, the caption read: "Will Faye come clean about her near kiss with Michael?! Missed tonight's episode? Watch now on the ITV Hub, link in bio!"Colson slammed the soap's photo as he didn't like the "angle" shown of him.He took to the comments with a complaint that read: "Nice angle of me this :/"However, fans were quick to reassure the actor, telling him he looked absolutely fine in the photo.One wrote: "You look great!" whilst a second said: "Aw you're gorgeous".Another admitted: "Why do I find this comment relatable?"Craig and Faye have been in a relationship, but recently the latter almost cheated on her boyfriend with Michael Bailey (Ryan Russell).Colson spoke about Faye's cheating scandal on ITV's This Morning.He told host Rochelle Humes: "The big question is will Craig ever find out? Will it affect their relationship?"On reflection, I think Faye might realise after that moment she does want Craig and Craig wants her.

Coronation Street star Ellie Leach has honoured her late co-star Duggie Brown who tragically died earlier in the week.The actress who plays Faye Windass on the ITV soap opera shared her touching message shortly after the news of Duggie's death was confirmed by his agent. Duggie, who was 82 years old at the time of his death appeared on Coronation Street earlier this year following a lengthy career in the comedy industry.

Secrets of the past as set to be unlocked in Coronation Street next week as Zeedan Nazir (Qasim Akhtar) fights for Stu Carpenter (Bill Fellows). Refusing to believe that Stu could be a murderer, Zeedan gets Adam Barlow (Samuel Robertson) to request Stu’s old case files to see if his version of the story checks out. Yasmeen Metcalfe (Shelley King) is shocked, still reeling from the revelations about Stu’s past.