Former Coronation Street star Chloe Newsome looks worlds away from her cobbles role – 25 years since her last appearance. But do you remember which character she played?
If you were watching the ITV soap in the 90s, you might remember Chloe as the first wife of Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) – Vicky Arden.
The Sheffield born actress, 48, assumed the role from originator Helen Warburton in 1991.
She went on to appear in 256 episodes of The Street, departing in 1996 and making a brief return in 1998.
Chloe also starred in 1999 spin-off After Hours, which followed Steve and Vikram Desai (Chris Bisson) driving to Calais for cheap booze.
En route, the lads bumped into Vicky and legends Bet Gilroy (Julie Goodyear) and Reg Holdsworth (Ken Morley) in Brighton.
Alongside her Corrie role, Chloe has also appeared in Children’s Ward, The Bill, and more recently a BBC Radio 4 adaption of Agatha Christie’s The Lie.
She married husband Kevin Spruce in 2013, and the pair share a number of children.
On their ten year anniversary she wrote, alongside a photo of them atop a mountain: ’10 years ago today, we were off to Iceland on our honeymoon. Today we once again donned our storm wear & ventured out.
‘I do love braving the elements with you Mr Spruce. Here’s to the next 10 & some.’
Regularly taking to Instagram to share family snaps, the star now sports a luscious blonde hairstyle, worlds away from her mousey brown hair of over two decades ago.
Troubled Vicky arrived in Weatherfield to stay with her grandfather Alec Gilroy (Roy Barraclough) following the death of her wealthy parents in a car accident.
Steve’s eyes lit up when he realised he could benefit financially from a relationship with her, and she soon started working for his t-shirt printing company Dun 2 A T.
Following their marriage, she eventually saw through his façade and testified against him in court, when he was facing charges for handling stolen whisky and perverting the course of justice.
The character later went on to run a wine bar, Vicky’s, and married a man named Robert.
On the eve of their wedding, she spent time with Steve – though when he learnt that she was facing financial difficulties, lost interest in a reunion.
Although she’s been rarely mentioned since, Vicky led the way for a number of women to walk down the aisle with Steve.
His second marriage to Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) in 2018 was the seventh time!
As we know, the pair have since separated following her affair with Tommy Orpington (Matt Milburn).
Will he find another lucky woman to call Mrs McDonald?
𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 “𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝒇𝙞𝒍𝙢𝒔𝙥𝒐𝙞𝒍𝙚𝒓𝙨.𝙞𝒏𝙛𝒐” 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬.
