Channique Sterling-Brown has shared the moment she filmed for the ‘last time’ with soap legend David Neilson
Coronation Street star Channique Sterling-Brown has shared the moment she filmed for the ‘last time’ with soap legend David Neilson as her exit scenes near.
The actress confirmed her plans to leave the ITV soap, three years after making her TV debut in the role of solicitor Dee-Dee Bailey, also the much-talked-about daughter of Ed and Aggie Bailey, in 2022.
Telling fans of her plans to depart Weatherfield, Channique took to social media at the start of the month to say: “After three whirlwind years of Dee-Dee Bailey, I’ve decided to say farewell to the cobbles.”
“Bittersweet to be saying goodbye, but I am so excited for pastures new and enjoying the end of playing Princess Diana and her many expressions,” she added before, in mid-October, she confirmed that her time filming for Corrie had come to an end.
The soap star posted a beaming picture of herself outside the show’s Trafford-based set, alongside a picture of her completing the Manchester Half Marathon days earlier. She then captioned them: “Thats a wrap x2! Quite the week, she doesn’t do things by half (except marathons).”
Her exit has now been hinted at on-screen and taking to Instagram, Channqiue was seen honouring David, who is famed for playing Roy Cropper in the long-running show, as she recalled their last scene together.
Sharing a smiling snap of the pair in Roy’s Rolls on her Instagram Story on Wednesday (December 3) evening, the soap star wrote: “Last time sharing the screen with the best of humans to know and work with [heart emoji] @coronaionstreet.”
Channique’s post comes after she opened up to the Manchester Evening News and other press about her decision to leave, saying it wasn’t a “rash” decision. “I made the decision in spring, and it wasn’t a rash decision,” she told us. “You know, I really took a couple of months from being offered my next year contract to actually even respond,” Channique explained.
“I felt really torn, but I really just had, you know, the sense that it just felt like the time. I feel like I’ve been so privileged, and I’ve got to tell some great stories, and it’s been so wonderful.
“And obviously I’m very led by my faith as well so I just really took my time over it and prayed into it. And I think, yeah, I found a real sense that I had done what I’d come to do, if that makes sense, not that I ever knew exactly what it was, but it just felt like I had achieved what I was sent here to do, so it was time to be brave.”
