ITV Corrie star Charlie De Melo tipped for a major role as he 'acts like competition winner' at awards
10.05.2022 - 19:49
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Coronation Street fans have tipped Charlie De Melo for a new major role after he bumped into some famous faces at a star-studded awards bash over the weekend. The actor, who plays Imran Habeeb in the ITV soap, represented the cast at the Bafta TV Awards 2022.
The ceremony took place at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday (May 8) and Charlie hit the red carpet alongside co-star Sally Dynevor, known for playing her namesake Sally Metcalfe in the long-running TV favourite.
The soap's stars were joined by some of the Corrie team and it ended in celebrations as they picked up the award for Best Soap and Continuing Drama, fighting off competition from Casualty, Emmerdale and Holby City.
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However, Corrie's acceptance speech wasn't aired in full during the televised version of the awards on BBC One. In what viewers didn't get to see, Sally, who competed in Dancing On Ice last year, dedicated the ITV series' TV Bafta win to Sophie Lancaster and her mother Sylvia.
The soap had the help and support of Sylvia when they portrayed a shocking hate crime on-screen last year with goth Nina Lucas and boyfriend Seb Franklin, played by Mollie Gallagher and Harry Visinoni. Sylvia died in April 2022, with her death described as “sudden and unexpected” in an announcement on the Foundation's Facebook page.
As the dust settled on the big win Charlie, who rocked the red carpet in a cream suit jacket and black trousers, took to Instagram with a series of photos from the special afternoon. "Enormously proud and incredibly grateful to be a part of this family. This community, within a community, within a community," he shared to