Wannabe Corrie star plasters face on Media City billboard in bid to get cast in the soap

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An aspiring Corrie star has plastered her face on a billboard at Media City in a bid to be cast in the soap. Mariama Binta Bojang, 27, took action after struggling to find roles despite 100 auditions in the last seven months.

In her a desperate bid to find work, she paid £1,000 for two billboards - one near to the Salford studios where Coronation Street is filmed, and another in Leeds, next to the Emmerdale set. READ MORE: Life on the Salford streets where families live one bill away from disaster The 48-sheet 6m by 3m billboard features her photo, contact details and says "Articulate Autistic Actor - Cast Now!".

Mariama, from Lindley, West Yorkshire, said: "Seeing myself on a billboard felt surreal and exciting! "The idea hit me like a