Real life of Coronation Street's Bethany Platt actress Lucy Fallon - age, footballer beau, baby heartbreak before son's arrival and health 'life-saver'
30.12.2023 - 07:51
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Bethany Platt is back on the cobbles as Lucy Fallon has reprised her role as Sarah Barlow's grown-up daughter. The actress' return to Coronation Street was actually leaked earlier this year with on-screen mum Tina O'Brien later taking the blame.
It was rumoured over the summer that the actress was set to reprise her role in the ITV soap more than three years after Bethany waved goodbye to Weatherfield and headed to London to kickstart her journalism career.
Shortly after the reports emerged, it seemed on-screen mum Tina confirmed her return was true. Celebrating her 40th birthday at the time, she shared a picture of herself on set in the Platts' home with Helen Worth, Sue Nicholls, Jack P Shepherd, Ben Price and Julia Goulding who all play members of her on-screen family.
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They posed on the sofa behind a birthday cake for Tina. "Yesterday treated to a gorgeous surprise celebration by my wonderful Platt fam," she typed alongside the sweet snap. But she then added: "We'll get a full one soon @paddybever and @lucyfallonx," referring to Lucy and Max Turner actor Paddy Bever.
However, amid her appearance at the Inside Soap Awards in September, Lucy took to Instagram and sent fans wild as she said: "Bethany’s… back??" And recently speaking to the Manchester Evening News, Lucy has shared how it feels to be back. "It feels really good," she said.
"It's really nice to just come back and be with the people that I' was so used to working with for over five years. I was really nervous to go back but it feels like I've actually never had that time away which