Elle Mulvaney has opened up about her close bond with her Coronation Street co-stars.
The actress has grown up on-screen having joined the soap aged seven as Amy Barlow in 2010.
Elle, now 19, took over the role from Amber Chadwick with the ITV soap explaining at the time that they "recast an older child who could play younger."
The Bury-born star has been part of some major storyline over the years and has recently been seen teaming up with the soap's female teens as they took a stand against Weatherfield High's response to upskirting.
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And it appears the young cast have a great relationship off-screen as well as on.
When asked by OK! who she is closest to, Elle said: "Tanisha [Gorey, who plays Asha Alahan], Harriet [Bibby, who plays Summer Spellman] and Millie [Gibson, who plays Kelly Neelan].
"We play a little girl gang and I’m really close to them. I grew up with Tanisha, she’s been on the show just as long as I have. And Harriet and Millie have joined more recently but we all just really get along.
"We’ve got a snapchat chat and an Instagram group so we all keep in touch."
She added when asked if growing up on the show has helped them bond: "Definitely. Having Tanisha there from the beginning has just been so beautiful for us both because we’ve both experienced the same things. We all have."
Corrie's crop of young stars are often seen hanging out and about in Manchester together.
Earlier this week Elle, Harriet, Tanisha and Millie headed out in the city centre for a delicious-looking meal at Italian restaurant giant, San Carlo.
After tucking into some delicious pasta dishes, as shared to their Instagram Stories, the girls headed for some drinks.
Harriet, Tanisha, and Elle were snapped by Jack James Ryan, who is returning to the soap as Jacob Hay, as they enjoyed a cocktail and some shots.
"The chicas," he wrote on the photo before tagging his fellow Corrie actors.
Elle and Jack are set to be spending more time together as their on-screen characters start a relationship.
Jacob was part of a gang running drugs under the cover of food deliveries and he roped in Amy's cousin Simon to work with him for drugs lord Harvey Gaskell.
Simon's mum Leanne Battersby became an informant for the police, helping to put Harvey behind bars before he escaped prison to seek revenge on the family, shooting dead Natasha Blakeman in a a case of mistaken identity.
But Corrie viewers will see Jacob strike up a relationship with Amy, despite what he did to her cousin.
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