She's won hearts playing bubbly Emma Brooker for the past four years as Coronation Street viewers have compared her lovable character to Weatherfield icon Raquel Wolstenhulme. But now Corrie star Alexandra Mardell says she is now looking forward to taking on new roles after announcing her exit from the soap.
Alexandra, who arrived on the famous street as pink-wearing Emma in April 2018, can sing as well as act. And one of her ambitions would be to play the fearsome orphanage owner Miss Hannigan in Annie, which would be a far cry from sweet Rovers Return barmaid Emma.
The 28-year-old actress, who starred in the crime drama Vera and the short film Chocolate Pieces before Corrie, says her co-stars at the Trafford-based soap were supportive when she revealed she was leaving.
