Julia Goulding is best known to fans and viewers for playing Shona Platt in Coronation Street. She made her debut on the cobbles in 2016 when she bumped into David Platt during a night out, unaware that he was the widower of Kylie Platt, the woman who her son, Clayton, killed.
Despite initially thinking she was a thief, the rest, they say, is history and David and Shona have become one of the soap's favourite couples. But it hasn't been plain sailing - from David being raped by Josh Tucker to Shona falling into a coma after being shot by Derek Milligan and awakening with severe memory loss.
But luckily for Julia, her off-screen life is a lot less dramatic than that of her character. The 37-year-old trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has starred in theatre productions including The Crucible, The Canterbury Tales, Othello, Merchant of Venice and The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith.
