The Coronation Street ladies looked a far cry from all the intense drama on the cobbles. Soap favourites looked super-glam and were all smiles as they enjoyed a night out to celebrate Corrie icon Alison King 50th birthday.
The actress, who plays Underworld factory boss Carla Barlow on the ITV soap, was surrounded by her co-stars on Friday as she raised a toast to her special day. Alison, who has played Carla in the soap since 2006, beamed alongside Julia Goulding, who plays Shona Platt, Samia Longchambon, who plays Maria Connor Windass, Jane Danson, who plays Leanne Battersby, Tina O'Brien, who plays Sarah Platt and Georgia Taylor, who plays Toyah Battersby.
They pals all looked on great form as they beamed for the camera in a photo shared by Samia. The star posted the group photo on her Instagram and wrote: "Celebrated our awesome Ali King's birthday with these queens last night."
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Georgia poked fun at herself, saying: "When I was, inexplicably, a giant for the night." When she was asked jokingly "why are you so big?" she replied with a laughing emoji: "I don’t know!! I mean to be fair Tina, Sam, Jane etc are pretty teeny but still… "
ottawablonde commented: "What a stunning photo of you all! Kind of reminds me of that famous black & white supermodel pic from the 90s!" And mathilde.xo pointed out: "I love how it’s in order of darkest to lightest hair colour you’re all so gorgeous."
finnertyfiona said: "Now there's an absolute powerhouse of amazing women in one picture." jordonwestrope commented: "Happy 50th Alison King!"
xdollys_46x wrote: "Beautiful photo happy 50th birthday Alison King." And joymanning1973 said: "Happy 50th Ali! Hope you all had a fab night!"
Alison's character is at the centre of a gripping Corrie storyline which has seen Carla placed in serious danger at the hands of killer Stephen Reid. She has been spiked with LSD as part of a twisted plot to oust Carla from her business.
Stephen put the hallucinogenic drug in her tea to make her nearest and dearest and employees at the factory think her past mental health troubles have returned. Carla suffered a breakdown three years ago after being framed from the death of Rana Habeeb when the factory collapse.
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