It's not just on the cobbles where you'll soon be seeing Claire Sweeney as she's also taking to the ice. The actress is among the 12 famous faces to have signed up for Dancing on Ice this year and will be joined by former Corrie alumni Ryan Thomas.
25.12.2023 - 18:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It's been nearly 10 years since Alya Nazir first made her appearance in Weatherfield. The daughter of the late Kal Nazir and older sister of Zeedan first arrived in Coronation Street by enjoying a passionate clinch with Gary Windass and the character has been played by Sair Khan throughout that decade.
Her arrival coincided with that of her brother and grandmother, Yasmeen and the Nazirs were the show's first Muslim family. At the time Sair's casting was announced, Alya was described as being "strong-minded" and it was revealed that Alya would tempt one of the show's male characters and cause "a storm before her feet have even hit the cobbles" - with that later being revealed as Gary.
Since then, Alya has faced a whole host of ups and downs on the cobbles. She was first taken on as a trainee manager at Underworld factory and stayed with the firm when it closed down and Aidan Connor fought to get it up and running again, and as a result, when Aidan committed suicide in 2018, he bequeathed the factory to her.
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However, after briefly battling to hold onto it Alya sold the factory to Carla Connor and invested the money in Zeedan's restaurant Speed Daal, buying half of the business. In 2022, she left to become Dee-Dee Bailey's legal secretary at Barlow Legal Services.
She has had relationships with Gary, Luke Britton and Ryan Connor, splitting from the latter in 2021 after he appeared to have cheated on her with Daisy Midgeley. She has since moved back in with her gran following her coercive control ordeal at the hands of her abusive husband Geoff and earlier this year, Alya survived being stabbed by
It's not just on the cobbles where you'll soon be seeing Claire Sweeney as she's also taking to the ice. The actress is among the 12 famous faces to have signed up for Dancing on Ice this year and will be joined by former Corrie alumni Ryan Thomas.
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