Helen Flanagan teases dramatic ITV Coronation Street return six years after exiting soap

Helen Flanagan played Rosie Webster connected Coronation Street archetypal from 2000 until 2012 and again from 2017 until 2018 - and has teased she could soon beryllium backmost connected the show

Helen Flanagan could beryllium heading backmost to the cobbles of Coronation Street arsenic she remarked it's the lone beingness she knows.

The 34-year-old actress has played Rosie Webster connected the long-running ITV soap since the twelvemonth 2000 and astir precocious near the amusement successful 2018. But present the prima has hinted she whitethorn soon instrumentality to the acceptable of the bid that she grew up connected arsenic her quality was past seen heading disconnected to Japan to enactment connected a crippled show.

Away from Corrie, Helen has failed to unafraid a notable vocation extracurricular of world amusement and crippled amusement appearances. She featured connected I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! successful 2017 and was a contestant connected Celebs Go Dating earlier this year.

In presumption of acting, her lone recognition different than Corrie is the present cancelled BBC aesculapian play Holby City successful which she played a quality called Kirsty Brompton for 1 occurrence successful 2014. Her idiosyncratic beingness has been reasonably play filled arsenic her erstwhile coagulated engagement to footballer Scott Sinclair collapsed successful 2022 aft 13 years of romance and 3 children together.

Speaking to Daily Star, successful concern with WhichBingo.co.uk, Helen suggested she mightiness beryllium backmost connected Corrie earlier fans cognize it. She said: "I would perfectly emotion to spell backmost to Coronation Street. I unrecorded present wherever I did increasing up and I've moved astir truthful much, you know, with my ex, shot and stuff, truthful I'm back. But to beryllium capable to bash Coronation Street, they would person to inquire maine back."

She continued: "Also if I went backmost and stuff, I'd privation to beryllium successful a bully storyline and what person you." Explaining however she had dipped successful and retired of the amusement implicit the years, she added: "I went backmost erstwhile I was astir 27 erstwhile I conscionable had Matilda, and past I had to permission due to the fact that I felt large with Delilah aft astir 18 months. And I enjoyed it. But I deliberation erstwhile I was younger, I ever did similar the large storylines, but erstwhile I look back, I was truthful fortunate to beryllium successful that from specified a young age."

When she exited the amusement successful 2018, Helen made it wide she had each volition of returning to the soap. She bowed retired successful bid to springiness commencement and shared a photograph of herself from the acceptable of the amusement arsenic she bid her colleagues and viewers farewell.

Posing alongside Sally Dynevor, who plays on-screen mum Sally Webster, the histrion wrote astatine the time: "Love this pic we took the different time connected set. Love this lady. My past period @coronationstreet earlier my maternity leave. Going to miss everyone truthful overmuch particularly my surface mum and sister @brookelevivincent." She added: "Definitely privation to instrumentality arsenic Rosie, conscionable not definite erstwhile that volition be."

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