Actress Jane Hazlegrove has been cast to play Gemma's mum, Bernie Winter.
A baby won’t be the only new arrival in Gemma Winter’s life this year, she’ll also be welcoming mum Bernie to the cobbles. Bernie will burst onto the street in July.
Bernie is Gemma and Paul's estranged mother, an old raver who still sees herself as a free spirit. She is not one to be tied down to a man, a job or any responsibilities, especially when it means hard work for her!
Having let Gemma down this week, when she fails to pick her up as Gemma plans to leave the street, she then turns up further down the line in Gemma’s pregnancy and is soon ruffling feathers.
Bernie does love her kids, the problem is she has never been good at the ordinary things, and after years of being a party animal and a part-time parent she has let them down more times than they can count.
While Gemma is pleased to have her mum around, Paul is more suspicious of her motives, but Bernie is back to support Gemma through her pregnancy and prove she can be a good mum for once.
Well known for her role as paramedic Dixie in Casualty, Jane Hazlegrove said of her new role as the colourful Bernie: “I’m thrilled to be joining Coronation Street. It’s where I started my apprenticeship as a very young actor. I can’t wait to get stuck in."
And it's not the first time that Jane's been in Coronation Street either. Jane played the role of Sue Clayton back in 1985.
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4 comments:
There are too many of these irresponsible female types brought to the street.
I was just about to say the same thing.
I wonder if her and Abi will start a club?
"Bernie Winter" :D Is she bringing Schnorbitz with her?
Apart from letting them do that pun, I'd have loved it if she'd still been playing Sue Clayton who had married some bloke called Winter. I always liked Sue.
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