Brookside star Claire Sweeney is set to join the cast of Coronation Street, playing Tyronne Dobbs' mum.
The actress admitted she's thrilled to join the soap-opera, thankful her career is still moving into new ventures. Claire went from strength to strength following her Brookside exit, taking to the stage as a West End musical star and then dipping her toes into reality television with Celebrity Big Brother.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain, she said: "After I left Brookside and did Celebrity Big Brother, more people knew me as Claire and not Lindsey Corkhill. That was a great time and it's the first reality TV show of its kind so it was such a big deal. But doing all of those glamorous roles over the years, Cassie, my character in Corie, isn't very glamorous."
