Mandy Kamara leaving Coronation Street

Some new just in from Twitter – Pamela Nomvete, who plays Mandy Kamara, has confirmed she is leaving Coronation Street.

It’s one year since Pamela Nomvete and Krissi Bohn started filming on Corrie, in their roles as Mandy and Jenna respectively.

In response to an anniversary message, Pamela tweeted to a fan this morning: “Which for me marks the end of my contract with Coronation Street. It has been a fun year, thank you.”

In recent weeks, we’ve seen Mandy's relationship with Lloyd hit rocky ground during the race row, and Mandy continues to have a strained relationship with daughter Jenna over her career choices.

I, for one, will miss Mandy – I feel she’s never really been given the chance to shine.

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Where is Corrie's Mandy?

Just where has Mandy gone? A bit like Emily Bishop, and Audrey before her, another Corrie woman appears to have disappeared into the Weatherfield ether. There has been a somewhat lukewarm reaction to Lloyd's new partner so I'm also wondering if anybody actually cares?

It does seem rather odd that Mandy hasn't featured at all during the reopening of the Rovers episodes, especially given how she was touted as the new Betty. Surely the Rovers cook would have been involved as the pub opened up again post-fire?

There have been comments on this blog that Mandy doesn't really fit in, or that she isn't right for Lloyd. All I can say is that we need to actually see her on screen more often to decide on that! I think it would be great to see her interact more with other female characters in the Street - Gail, Sally or Eileen maybe?

So have you missed Mandy? Where do you think she's been hiding?

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Making the most of Mandy

I love Lloyd Mullaney on Coronation Street and suspect most Corrie fans do, that'll be the reason ITV have seen fit to give him a family of his own. And so far, we've done our best to get our heads round a fully formed family turning up for Lloyd and we've given them the benefit of the doubt.

And so we have Jenna who's settling in nicely and believable as Lloyd's daughter, I feel.  Krissi Bohn who plays her is an excellent actress and while she might be romantically drawn to Sophie Webster right now, I think she could do so much better and hope she'll move on and find another lady love soon.

But what about Mandy the mum?  What do we fans think about her?  Well, I'm in two minds about this one.

On one hand, I don't think Mandy fits in. For me, she's not believable as either Jenna's mum or Lloyd's romantic interest. It just doesn't work for this fan on that level.

But on the other hand, ooh, the other hand, and here's where I think her strength lies, I'm absolutey loving Mandy working behind the bar of the Rovers. There's a touch of the soul of Betty about her with her crossed arms under an ample bosom, the knowing looks, the  'don't mess with me' countenance as she serves up the hotpots.  I'd like to see more of Mandy as her own woman rather than as Lloyd's lover.  She's a strong woman, independent, forthright and funky.  I like her and hope Corrie make the most of Mandy. What do you think?


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