IT’S been 18 years since actress Julia Haworth burst onto Coronation Street as mousy Claire Casey. Although she initially joined as Ashley Peacock’s new nanny for son Joshua, it wasn’t long before the character fell for her employer and married into the fictional family.
Despite being at the centre of many controversial story lines for the Manchester based soap, the actress has dropped off the radar in recent years.
Her last appearance on the cobbles was in January 2011 – nine months after it was announced her character had been axed. After leaving the show, Julia went a little quiet on the acting front until she returned to our TV screens in 2018 as Laura Wade in BBC soap, Doctors.
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