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Jessica Sansome

ITV Coronation Street's Brooke Vincent 'still none the wiser' as she shows off 19 year difference with throwback debut snap

She may not have been seen on-screen since going on maternity leave in 2019 but Brooke Vincent hasn't forgotten her Coronation Street roots.

The actress is best known for playing Sophie Webster in the ITV soap, the daughter of Sally and Kevin and youngester sister of Rosie, played by Helen Flanagan.

Brooke headed off on maternity leave before the birth of her first child, son Mexx, in 2019.

But before her return to the cobbles, the soap star revealed in November 2020 that she pregnant with her second baby and have birth to her second son, Monroe, with footballer Kean Bryan in May 2021.

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While there's no immediate plans for her to return to Weatherfield, Brooke has reminded her fans of what she was like during her early years on the TV favourite.

"19 years difference," she wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of her now, at 29, and one as a 10-year-old with a full-fringe and wry smiles when she first joined the soap.

She then joked to her thousands of followers: "Still none the wiser," alongside a video camera emoji.

Corrie star Sally Ann Matthews was among the first to comment, writing: " There’s my beautiful nuisance."

Helen Flanagan said: "Beautiful," which was echoed by Emmerdale's Charley Webb who wrote: "Beauty."

And fans were soon quick to send their compliments.

"Still gorgeous," khatra_paterson said.

@susie_jeffs commented: "You don't look 19 years older! Gorgeous."

"Gorgeous girl then. Gorgeous girl now," @lisa.farrelly.80 wrote.

But it left people will the same request.

Brooke during her early Corrie days (Brooke Vincent Instagram)

"When you back in corrie we miss you," aj_smile13 commented.

@ yamahagirl33 wrote: "Come back on coronation please."

"Are you never going back to coranation St. You're missed," @eileenbutler16 said.

Speaking last summer Brooke, from Audenshaw, admitted to not quite knowing when she'll return to her role on Corrie.

It was then reported in January that she had quit the soap after 17 years.

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