Coronation Street - 09/02/2026 - 8:30 pm Monday, February 9 on ITV1 London

Aaron McCusker (Actor) .. Ben Driscoll

Alison King (Actor) .. Carla Connor

Born: March 05, 1973 in Leicester

Best Known For: Playing Carla Connor in Coronation Street.

Early-life: Alison was born in Leicester on March 5, 1973. She caught the acting bug at a young age and appeared in Coronation Street (as Millie Webster) at the age of nine. Years later she worked in a dental office, and then returned to showbusiness, appearing in several advertisements for soap powder. She also featured in two episodes of Brookside and made brief appearances in Emmerdale in the 1990s.

Career: In 1998, King made her name in footballing drama Dream Team on Sky1. She also featured alongside Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson in the Western comedy Shanghai Knights (2003), won roles in sitcoms Coupling and Help and added glamour to the movie Final Contract: Death on Delivery (2006). She returned to Coronation Street as a character who seduced Jason Grimshaw and, in 2006, landed a regular role as fiery factory boss Carla Connor.

Quote: On landing her role in Corrie: "I'm still pinching myself. It's a wonderful part."

Trivia: King won the Best Actress category at the 2012 British Soap Awards.

Amy Robbins (Actor) .. Christina Boyd

Aurora Bradshaw (Actor) .. Susie Price

Ben Price (Actor) .. Nick Tilsley

Born: January 01, 1972 in Newcastle upon Tyne

Best Known For: Playing Nick Tilsley in Coronation Street.

Early-life: Ben was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on January 1, 1972. He took acting classes at The Live Theatre before attending The Drama Centre and graduating from The Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career: Price made guest appearances in the likes of Soldier Soldier, Home and Away, Heartbeat, Peak Practice and Wire in the Blood before he found fame as Conrad Gates in Footballers' Wives. He went on to star in Casualty between 2005 and 2007 and appeared in the third season of American drama The Tudors. He joined Coronation Street as the third incarnation of Nick Tilsley in 2009. In 2006, he played the lead role in horror film Blood Trails.

Quote: "Although I've been in London for years, I don't feel it's my home. London is quite a transitory place. You're not going to get the friendly guy on the corner selling you a newspaper."

Trivia: Price is an ambassador for CAFOD, the Catholic aid agency for England and Wales.

Beth Nixon (Actor) .. Megan Walsh

Bobby Bradshaw (Actor) .. Jake Windass

Cait Fitton (Actor) .. Lauren Bolton

Catherine Tyldesley (Actor) .. Eva Price

Born: September 17, 1983 in Salford

Best Known For: Playing Eva Price in Coronation Street.

Early-life: Born in Salford on September 17, 1983, Catherine studied acting at the Birmingham School of Acting. She made her TV debut in a 2006 episode of No Angels. A year later, she played the lead role in Liverpool-set BBC One drama Lilies.

Career: Other roles followed in The Street, Florence Nightingale, Doctors, Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983, Scallywagga, Shameless, The Royal, and Trollied. Between August and October 2010, she portrayed prison guard Abi Peterson in Emmerdale. Her first taste of life on Coronation Street came in 2006 when she played a midwife for one episode. Five years later she returned to the famous cobbles as recurring character Eva Price, a role she continues to play.

Quote: On working on Coronation Street: "Every day I feel so grateful and so lucky. I'm a huge, huge fan of the show and always have been."

Trivia: Tyldesley has modelled clothes for House of Fraser.

David Neilson (Actor) .. Roy Cropper

Born: March 13, 1949 in Loughborough, Leicestershire

Best Known For: Playing oddball Roy Cropper in Coronation Street.

Early-life: Born in Loughborough on March 13, l949, and attended Garendon Secondary Modern School, leaving when he was l5 years old. He was 20 when he decided to try for drama school, auditioned successfully and did a 3-year drama course at the Central School of Speech and Drama. In 1972 he went into rep in Watford. At the same time, he worked as a gas fitter, plumber, ice-cream salesman and barman.

Career: Since becoming an actor he had stints as a theatre director (running the Little Theatre Company in Bristol and directing the premiere of Raymond Briggs' "When The Wind Blows" at the Whitehall Theatre, London), taught drama at RADA Central and Rose Bruford College, and written plays. His TV roles include Z Cars, Up Pompeii, Bergerac, Casualty, Boys from the Blackstuff, Terry & Julian and Heartbeat. But it was as the incredibly geeky Roy Cropper on Coronation Street that he is best known. He has appeared on the famous cobbles since 1995.

Quote: "Roy is the sort of person who rehearses a conversation before he goes into a shop, and if he does not get the right answer back he can't compute it."

Trivia: Neilson supports Leicester City.

Dolly-Rose Campbell (Actor) .. Gemma Winter-Brown

Farrel Hegarty (Actor) .. Lou Michaelis

Gareth Pierce (Actor) .. Todd Grimshaw

Georgia Taylor (Actor) .. Toyah Battersby

Born: February 26, 1980 in Wigan

Best Known For: Playing Toyah Battersby in Coronation Street and Ruth Winters on Casualty.

Early-life: Born Claire Jackson on February 26, 1980, in Wigan. After leaving school, she went to Winstanley College in Wigan, where one of her subjects was Theatre Studies. Her first acting role was as a singer alongside Darren Day in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Palace Theatre in Manchester.

Career: Her big break came in 1997 when she landed the role of Coronation Street's Toyah Battersby, while still studying at college. She trod the famous Weatherfield cobbles for five years, picking up a British Soap Award along the way in 2001. Her first part after leaving Corrie was alongside Dennis Waterman in an episode of Where the Heart Is. Since then, Taylor has appeared in military drama Red Cap, Blackpool, The History Boys (on the big screen) and New Street Law. In 2007, she landed the part of junior doctor Ruth Winters in BBC medical drama Casualty, a role she played until December 2011. She joined the cast of Law & Order: UK in 2013.

Quote: "I've never regretted my decision to leave the Street, even when I'm not working. I wasn't too worried about being typecast, because the girl who left was different from the one that arrived."

Trivia: Her theatre credits include Christmas is Miles Away at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

Grace Ashcroft-Gardner (Actor) .. Lily Platt

Harriet Bibby (Actor) .. Summer Spellman

Jack P Shepherd (Actor) .. David Platt

Born: January 14, 1988 in Leeds

Best Known For: Playing David Platt in Coronation Street.

Early-life: Jack Peter Shepherd was born in Leeds on January 14, 1988. He has a brother and a sister. He trained to be an actor at Stage 84 theatre school in Bradford. Prior to joining Coronation Street, Jack had roles in Put Out More Fags, Where the Heart Is, This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, and Clocking Off.

Career: He replaced Thomas Ormson in the role of David Platt on Coronation Street in 2000. During Shepherd's time on the famous cobbles, David has turned from an innocent schoolboy into a scheming sociopath. Shepherd has taken time out from the soap to do theatre work, including Oliver! and West Side Story, and appeared on TV with other Corrie cast members in Ghosthunting with Coronation Street on the Isle of Man.

Quote: "I've got a bit of OCD, where everything has to be tidy. I'll finish filming and then go home and tidy the house."

Trivia: Away from acting, Shepherd supports Leeds United. In 2008, he won a British Soap Award for Villain of the year.

Jacob Roberts (Actor) .. Kit Green

James Cartwright (Actor) .. Theo Silverton

Jane Danson (Actor) .. Leanne Battersby

Born: November 08, 1978 in Bury, Lancashire

Best Known For: Playing Leanne Battersby in Coronation Street.

Early-life: Born Jane Dawson in Bury, Lancashire, on November 8, 1978. She has a brother and a sister. Her first public performance was in a talent contest at Pontins in Weston-super-Mare. She joined the Oldham Theatre when she was 10 alongside Anna Friel and Lisa Riley, left school in 1995 with nine GCSEs and has worked professionally ever since.

Career: Danson made her TV debut in 1991's GBH alongside Julie Walters and Robert Lindsay, and followed it up with roles in Sloggers, Children's Ward and The Grand. Her breakthrough came in 1997 when she made her Coronation Street debut as Leanne Battersby. After taking a break from the soap in 2000, she had roles in Always and Everyone, The Bill, Doctors and Casualty. She returned to Corrie in 2004.

Quote: "It's only when I stop and think about it I realise I'm not really normal."

Trivia: In 2011, she won a British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance.

Jane Hazlegrove (Actor) .. Bernie Winter-Alahan

Jason Callender (Actor) .. James Bailey

Jimmi Harkishin (Actor) .. Dev Alahan

Jonathan Howard (Actor) .. Carl Webster

Julia Goulding (Actor) .. Shona Platt

Jude Riordan (Actor) .. Sam Blakeman

Karl Cam (Actor) .. Colin

Lucas Hodgson-Wale (Actor) .. Will Driscoll

Marie Critchley (Actor) .. Annie King

Mikey North (Actor) .. Gary Windass

Born: September 27, 1986 in Cayton, North Yorkshire

Best Known For: Playing Gary Windass in Coronation Street.

Early-life: Michael North was born in Cayton, North Yorkshire, on September 27, 1986. He began acting at the age of 12 in productions at his local YMCA and the Scarborough Dance Warehouse. He was spotted by an agent at the age of 18 in a play at Scarborough Sixth Form College.

Career: North's first professional acting work was in the play Bottle Universe in London's West End. He went on to have small roles in The Bill, Doctors, Waterloo Road, The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury and The Royal Today before landing the role of Gary Windass in Coronation Street in 2008.

Quote: "I've always said that, as long as [Corrie] stretched me, I'd stay forever. It's important to stretch yourself as an actor and hopefully that will continue."

Trivia: His family won £30,000 for charity in an edition of All Star Family Fortunes.

Mollie Gallagher (Actor) .. Nina Lucas

Olivia Frances-Brown (Actor) .. Jodie Ramsey

Pauline McLynn (Actor) .. Maggie Driscoll

Raphael Akuwudike (Actor) .. Ollie Driscoll

Rob Mallard (Actor) .. Daniel Osbourne

Ryan Prescott (Actor) .. Ryan Connor

Samuel Robertson (Actor) .. Adam Barlow

Sue Devaney (Actor) .. Debbie Webster

Sydney Martin (Actor) .. Betsy Swain

Tanisha Gorey (Actor) .. Asha Alahan

Tim Treloar (Actor) .. Mal Roper

Tina O?Brien (Actor) .. Sarah Platt

Tony Maudsley (Actor) .. George Shuttleworth

Born: January 30, 1968 in Kirkby, Merseyside

Best Known For: Playing hairdresser Kenneth in Benidorm.

Early-life: Tony was born in Kirkby, Merseyside, on January 30, 1968. He trained to be an actor at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. His first acting role was in the 1998 TV movie A Life for a Life.

Career: Maudsley made his film debut in Plunkett & Macleane (1999). His other film credits include Sleepy Hollow (1999), Honest (2000) and Born Romantic (2000). He is largely known for small parts on TV. These have included roles in the likes of Coronation Street, Queer as Folk, Where the Heart Is, Peak Practice, Rose and Maloney, and Doc Martin. He has had recurring roles on In a Land of Plenty, Eyes Down, The Royal and The Job Lot. He is perhaps best known for playing hairdresser Kenneth in Benidorm and Grawp in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).

Quote: On filming Benidorm: "It was like being on holiday. It's friendly, there's so much to do."

Trivia: He won a Royal Television Society Best Newcomer award for his role in A Life for a Life.

Vicky Myers (Actor) .. Lisa Swain

Vinta Morgan (Actor) .. Ronnie Bailey

Steve Evets (Actor) .. Doug Ramsey

Kerry Parkins (Actor) .. Nurse

Jodie Barchha Lang (Actor) .. Prison Officer

Nicola McRoy (Actor) .. Police Officer

Danielle Woodnutt (Actor) .. Consultant

Owen Lloyd-Fox (Writer)

Kate Brooks (Producer)

Kodjo Tsakpo (Director)

Coronation Street: 09/02/2026

8:30 pm - 9:00 pm, Monday, February 9 on ITV1 London (3)

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