Corrie's Amy Kelly lands new TV role

Amy Kelly, who plays Maddie Heath in Coronation Street, is leaving the show, as we already know.

Amy has now been cast in a new ITV show called Jericho.  It's an 8 part drama series set in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s, Described as rough, rustic yet with a wild west carnival atmosphere, Jericho is a community of pioneers, settlers and outcasts and people with secrets to hide.

Amy will play the role of Martha. The show will go into production later this month in North Yorkshire.

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Amy Kelly quits Coronation Street as Maddie Heath

ITV have confirmed that Amy Kelly, who plays Maddie Heath, is leaving Coronation Street.

Stuart Blackburn said last year: "The joy with Amy is that she has no idea how good she is. Short of her wanting to go, the character of Maddie will be here as long as I'm here."

Today, Amy says: "I made the decision to leave because I'm young and adventurous and I want to gain more experience and explore and improve my craft. Acting is my passion and I'm excited to see where it takes me."

"It's been like a second home but like all young people, you eventually fly the nest. I can't thank everyone enough who made this, not only possible, but fantastic."


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Behind the scenes at Coronation Street with Amy Kelly

The official Coronation Street site have released a behind the scenes video with Amy Kelly, who plays Maddie Heath.

She roams around the new set and studios talking about what it's like being the new girl and what's in store for her character in the coming episodes.

There is some lovely footage of Amy in make-up, her dressing room and wardrobe, poor thing only has one costume, and some excellent shots of the Webster house indoors and the set outdoors.

Sorry, but it's probably not available to overseas Corrie fans.

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Corrie newcomer Amy Kelly reveals Maddie's a big softie

Amy Kelly, who plays Corrie newcomer Maddie Heath, is interviewed in this week's fab Inside Soap magazine.

It's a good read and Amy reveals a little more about Maddie.  After pushing Sally Webster's face into a trifle at Christmas, we're going to see more of Maddie when she snogs Sophie.  But there's more to her than a hard-nut from a drop-in centre for the homeless, as Amy explains:

"Maddie has been kicked out by her mum, who has a mental illness.  When you see Maddie with her family, whom she still visits occasionally, you see a different side to her.  She can be really soft with her mother ad works hard to keep her calm, but can easily flip from that to being harsh and telling the likes of Sophie to back off. Maddie cares a lot for her little brother, but she's not used to letting others into her circle of trust."

Amy says that Sally Dynevor, who plays Sally Webster, has taken her under her wing on the Corrie set. And she says that her "Corrie-obsessed" family are over the moon that she's been given a part on the show.

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New Corrie character - meet Maddie Heath

Sophie Webster's new girlfriend, Maddie, will make her debut on Coronation Street on Christmas Day and there's a good interview with Amy Kelly, who'll play Maddie, at itv.com/corrie today.

ITV reveals that Maddie comes from a dysfunctional family, she's a complex character who doesn't let people get too close. 

Amy says this about playing Maddie on Corrie: "I love playing Maddie because of how hard you have to try to get your head around her; there’s just no figuring her out and I think maybe that’s why Sophie is so drawn to her – she wants to be the one to work her out. Maddie is impressed with Sophie’s determination, but she keeps her on her toes!"

Amy impressed the Coronation Street casting agents in her audition, despite it being her first ever screen test.

She said: "My audition was on Friday 13th, so I guess it’s not so unlucky after all! I got the scripts and all along I said I’ll be happy if I just get as far as a screen test. Then once I found out that I had a screen test, I started thinking: ‘You know what… This is possible… I could actually do this…’ When I got the call saying I’d been offered the part (I was on the bus home from college when my phone rang so I had to contain my reaction) I honestly could not believe it. Neither could my mum!"
 

Read the full interview at the official ITV Coronation Street website.

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Sophie Webster's new girlfriend revealed

There's an excellent interview in the Mirror today with Brooke Vincent, who plays Sophie Webster on Coronation Street. 

Brooke talks about her new boyfriend, her relationship with Michael Le Vell, who plays her on-screen dad Kevin and reveals a lot about Sophie's Christmas Day storyline when she meets her new girlfriend.

On Corrie's Christmas Day episode, Sophie meets her new girlfriend, homeless Maddie Heath, as she works in a soup kitchen on Christmas Day.  Brooke says: “Maddie shakes things up, she’s very much a Kylie Platt or Becky McDonald character but a lot worse. She’s very demanding and hard to read – you’re intrigued by her. I think she’s a good match for Sophie, who stands her ground with her. They’re both feisty and want to get one over on each other. Sophie likes her because she’s naughty.”

But Sophie's mum Sally takes an instant dislike to Maddie - and Sally ends up with her face covered in trifle.  Now that's going to be worth watching!

Sophie's girlfriend Maddie Heath will be played by actress Amy Kelly.

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