Viewers were stunned as they claimed that Coronation Street star Mollie Gallagher was '"undermarked" after she performed an emotional skate to My Immortal by Evanescence in the semi-final of Dancing On Ice. Mollie, who plays much-loved goth Nina Lucas in the Salford-based soap, skated with her pro partner Sylvain Longchambon in honour of her emotional Corrie storyline.
In May 2021 Nina and her boyfriend Seb Franklin were attacked by a vile gang on their way home. Nina was hospitalised and Seb died after sustaining horrific injuries. Mollie won Best Serial Drama Performance after taking centre stage for the hate crime storyline in memory of goth Sophie Lancaster.
The ITV soap worked with The Sophie Lancaster Foundation, set up by Sophie's mum Sylvia who passed away in April last year. Sophie and her boyfriend Robert Maltby were set upon because they were members of the goth subculture and as a consequence of the attack in Stubbylee Park, Bacup in 2007, 20-year-old Sophie died from her injuries.
