Coronation Street: Katherine Kelly's Leaving Present

Becky Mcdonald

First Posted: 22/01/2012 10:54 Updated: 22/01/2012 11:57   PA

Katherine Kelly has described her Coronation Street storyline with Jeremy Sheffield as her "leaving present".

The actress, who plays Becky McDonald, bows out from the soap next week and said her character's recent romance with the Holby City hunk has been a nice way to round off her time on the Street.

She said: "I thought, 'Well done girl, not bad.' He's lovely, I mean, what a gift, hey? He's like a leaving present. How marvellous."

Jeremy, also known for his stint on Dancing On Ice, joined the ITV1 soap last month to play flash hotel manager Danny Stratton, who took an instant shine to Becky when they met to discuss a potential partnership between the hotel and the cab firm.

READ: The 5 most disastrous soap weddings.

Becky is set to leave the Street on the day of Steve and Tracy's wedding, when the love triangle storyline comes to a head.

Her final scenes will be on screen on Monday, January 23.

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Katherine Kelly has described her Coronation Street storyline with Jeremy Sheffield as her "leaving present". The actress, who plays Becky McDonald, bows out from the soap next week and said her ch...
Katherine Kelly has described her Coronation Street storyline with Jeremy Sheffield as her "leaving present". The actress, who plays Becky McDonald, bows out from the soap next week and said her ch...
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09:01 AM on 01/23/2012
RADA trained, former RSC lead, off to the National ~ talent shows through.

Good luck, Katherine, and thanks.
05:52 AM on 01/23/2012
Oh dear we are loosing a wonderful actress and corrie wont be the same now she is going. She played such a wonderful realistic part and she will be missedby many. she always brought a smile and a tear with her outragous antics and corrie needed someone like becky to bring corrie to life it was on the berge of a slow death story lines were getting boring but in walks becky and then the fun began.we never knew what she would be doing next.the sister storyline was well written and im so glad she made up with her. i am so sad to see her leaving but im so glad that they gave her a good send off getting her revenge on the nasty tracey i bet there will be millions of viewers watching tonites episode. i cant wait. im glad SHE is having a happy ending it would have been awful if this wonderful actress had been given a rubbish leaving script. and the fact she wasnt killed off means that in the future she would be able to return. so i wish her all the best in her new venture. and corrie please bring her back sometime it wont be the same without her. and by the way the medical issue, it was wrong that she did what she did but i would have done anything to clear my name and im glad tracey will be the loser good luck becky
02:13 AM on 01/23/2012
She will be in "She Stoops to Conquer" at the National Theatre soon. Very good actress.
08:53 PM on 01/22/2012
Shames she is leaving. She is an excellent actress portraying a character too headstrong for her own good and too much of a handful for poor old Steve MacDonald. She is a loss to Coronation Street which has rather too many colourless characters left, although we still have one or two worth hanging on to.
09:31 AM on 01/23/2012
Well, the Alahans are still in it.
08:34 PM on 01/22/2012
i did like her character, but its the same old its boring........she is a nice girl but acting a very boring , predictable part....she should move on..........in real life she would be in prison by now, lets face it.........corrie made a mistake with her taking traceys details in the doctors office.......makes the medicle practice look stupid and they arent
08:03 PM on 01/22/2012
Great actress going on to better things. I will miss her.
06:40 PM on 01/22/2012
It's a shame that Corrie is letting her go! She is a good character and I enjoy watching her! I hope we get to see her in something else, as when a lot of stars leave the soaps, they seem to disappear off the face of the Earth!....:)
06:23 PM on 01/22/2012
I hope she scores a few goals for Manchester City now that they have secured her release from Corrie St fro such a big fee
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04:51 PM on 01/22/2012
She'll be missed big time!
04:28 PM on 01/22/2012
It is my 2 year old grandson I feel sorry for. He already too old to write scripts for the soaps!
The soap story lines are all just so predictable and so similar.
08:42 PM on 01/22/2012
too true, i feel her character was good.....but just the same thing over and over.....i couldnt watch it the other night cause i knew it was a big scene with her usual antics
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02:56 PM on 01/22/2012
Yes, shall miss her, she brought humour and drama to the show, good luck!
02:38 PM on 01/22/2012
Shame Kath has to move on , she had great story lines and performed them well , i will miss her for sure , keep fingers crossed she may return one of these days , all the best for the future Kath.
02:23 PM on 01/22/2012
Katherine Kelly is one of the few soap actors/actresses who can actually act well, and I'm sure she'll move on to greater & better things. OMG, I actually said something nice about someone. I must lie on my bed for a while & try to recover... ;)
12:45 PM on 01/22/2012
Didn't particularly like Becky when she first joined the show but she has grown on me.She is a great actress and will be missed on Corrie