Catherine Tyldesley shows off her incredible figure in a Chanel swimsuit as she enjoys a holiday in Malta

Catherine Tyldesley showed off her sensational figure in a black Chanel swimsuit during an outing to Malta on Monday.

The former Coronation Street star, 40, looked stunning in the plunging designer leotard as she posed for Instagram photos in a hotel pool.

Catherine protected from the sun behind a pair of large awnings and decorated with silver jewelry.

The mum-of-two revealed she went swimming in between reading ‘scripts’ while soaking up the sun.

She wrote, “I spent five minutes today scripting, zooming, and writing.

Catherine Tyldesley showed off her sensational figure in a black Chanel swimsuit during an outing to Malta on Monday

‘About two minutes after we took this photo, a storm started… FUMIN! Oh Malta, I missed you so much’.

The welcome break comes after Catherine said in a statement last month that she was ‘heartbroken’ after having to miss her performance.

The former soap star is currently touring Britain playing the role of Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde.

The actress revealed she had to miss the opening night in Woking after suffering from migraines.

On Instagram she said: ‘Due to visually impaired migraine attacks moments before the curtain rises, I am gutted not to be performing tonight.

“But rest assured, the incredible @oonagh111 will be absolutely brilliant as Blanche.

‘Broken my heart not to do the opening night here in Woking, but it’s never been about how I encounter things/people on stage. On to rest! Enjoy the show, folks.”

Catherine recently thanked her husband Tom Pitfield for ‘holding down the fort’ as she tours the country performing in the musical.

The former Coronation Street star, 40, looked stunning in the plunging designer leotard as she posed for Instagram photos in a hotel pool

The former Coronation Street star, 40, looked stunning in the plunging designer leotard as she posed for Instagram photos in a hotel pool

The mother-of-two revealed she went swimming in between reading 'scripts' while soaking up the sun

The mother-of-two revealed she went swimming in between reading ‘scripts’ while soaking up the sun

The couple have a son Alfie, nine, and daughter Iris, two.

She shared a sweet photo of herself cuddling her daughter and wrote, “Baby Girl met mommy at the train station and it was EVERYTHING.

‘My family picked me up in Leeds because Manchester was still an hour on the train and still an hour apart… clinging to every second of these fleeting weekends.

‘My heart is replenished for a week. Another shout out to my beautiful husband for being the most incredible father and holding down the fort.

‘And to my beautiful son Alfie, the best big brother in the world. We have this team.”

Catherine revealed she was 'heartbroken' in a statement after missing a performance last month while starring as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (pictured)

Catherine revealed she was ‘heartbroken’ in a statement after missing a performance last month while starring as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (pictured)