Alexandra Mardell quit Coronation Street earlier this year, after more than three years of playing bubbly hairdresser Emma.
The star's character wore lots of pink, first arriving on the cobbles as an apprentice at Audrey's salon. She had a brief fling with Audrey's grandson David when she first arrived, before a rocky romance almost led her to marrying troublemaker Curtis Delamere.
In February, the actress said it was the "right time" to put Emma behind her and to move on to new opportunities.
