Corrie's Janice Battersby star unrecognisable 13 years since leaving soap

Former Coronation Street prima Victoria Entwistle who played Janice Battersby, looks unrecognisable 13 years aft leaving the cobbles pursuing a 14-year stint successful the soap

Thirteen years since her departure from Coronation Street, Victoria Entwistle, famed for her relation arsenic the no-nonsense mill idiosyncratic Janice Battersby, has fans stunned with a melodramatic translation leaving her astir unrecognisable.

The now-56 twelvemonth aged histrion spent an awesome 14 years connected the cobbles portraying the iconic quality alongside her surface hubby Les Battersby, his girl Leanne, and Janice's girl Toyah – earning their estimation arsenic the "family from hell" erstwhile they archetypal appeared successful 1997. Les and Janice's tumultuous relationship, filled with play and love, became a staple for viewers. But successful the storyline, she yet near Les (played by Bruce Jones) for his mate Dennis Stringer, portion Les moved connected swiftly, shacking up with barmaid Cilla Brown, her lad Chesney, and their cherished canine Schmeichel, reports the Irish Mirror.

Following assorted romanticist entanglements, Janice yet met Trevor Dean, and though things were bumpy initially, relationship blossomed. A twelvemonth later, successful a astonishing twist, erstwhile Trevor told her helium was embarking connected a world trip, an unemployed Janice made the spontaneous determination to articulation him, starring to Vicky's past quality connected Coronation Street successful 2011. Since then, the startling alteration successful her quality has near supporters gobsmacked. Transitioning from her trademark glamorous blonde curls to a stylish, edgy shortcut, she exhibits a chic caller look.

The soap fable has besides been captured enjoying the elemental pleasures of life, similar walking on the beach, cherishing her clip post-ITV's deed soap. Vicky made rather the splash with her melodramatic transformation, shedding 3 chromatic and dropping from a size 16 to a trim size six. She adjacent unveiled her precise ain fittingness DVD, Vicky's WOW! Weight Off Workout, backmost successful 2006.

But aft getting fed up with the trials of acting post-Corrie beingness and seemingly endless auditions that went without recognition, Vicky voiced retired connected Twitter astir contemplating retirement: "Just had a fewer Zoom auditions. Half of maine thinks I'm lucky.. the different fractional thinks.. immoderate feedback cocky b******s! ! " "It's conscionable outgo maine £80 successful petrol. Most of the clip they don't adjacent admit you adjacent turned up! ! The respect has flown from this industry! I gonna retire!" she said.

Although she took a measurement back, Vicky hasn't wholly near the limelight. She shone connected the West End arsenic Madame Thenardier successful Les Misérables successful 2013, enjoyed a stint successful Celebrity Big Brother alongside Bruce Jones, and turned up successful Father Brown and Ackley Bridge, not to notation her Holby City quality successful 2019. Janice's lack from Coronation Street has been felt, and though Vicky nary longer tunes in, we wonderment if we mightiness spot her erstwhile much connected those celebrated cobbles. Could a comeback beryllium connected the cards?