Katherine Kelly, 39, who played Becky McDonald in Coronation Street until 2012, is married to Ryan Clark and they have two daughters, Orla, four, and Rose, two.
Kat, what drew you to this role?
It’s such a rollercoaster! I love how complicated Leah is. You just don’t feel the twists and turns coming with her. One minute, Leah’s a happily married woman then the next minute, it’s oh dear, she doesn’t like her husband that much! Her husband wants a baby, and that causes problems, as you’ll see…
She finds her morals seriously tested, doesn’t she?
I love that she’s studying theories about human beings as a career. She lives in this academic bubble, especially with her dad being an academic, too. In practice, she knows very little. We all…
