‘It really is a dream come true’: Stephanie Davis reveals she ‘wrote a poem when she was 14 about being on Coronation Street’ as she stars in ITV soap
Stephanie Davis revealed she landed her role in Coronation Street ‘with her first audition back’ after a three-year hiatus from acting.
The actress, 30, retired from showbiz to focus on raising her son after a rocky road to the spotlight when her parents “dragged” her into rehab for drinking three bottles of wine a day.
She revealed that from her teens it was her dream role to star in the ITV soap opera and she even “wrote a poem” manifesting the job.
Stephanie said when the role for married seductress Courtney Vance came up, she knew after “reading the brief, this is mine.”
She said The sun“As soon as I read the brief for the character, I thought, ‘This is mine.’ This is mine’. I did the audition and then went through this wave of emotions. I do believe everything happens for a reason, but my first audition back? Nobody understands that.
‘This is mine’: Stephanie Davis revealed she got her role in Coronation Street ‘with her first audition back’ after a three-year hiatus from acting
‘It really is a dream come true’: The actress, 30, revealed that from her teens it was her dream role to star in the ITV soap and she even ‘wrote a poem’ manifesting the job
‘I wrote a poem when I was about 13 or 14 that said ‘One day I’ll be standing on the cobbles of Coronation Street’.
‘My mother had put it in her bedside table and recently took it out again. She said, “How great is that? You wrote that as a kid as one of your dreams and now you’re doing it”. It really is a dream come true.’
Stephanie shot to fame when she was 17 years old after taking part in BBC One talent show Over The Rainbow in 2010 hoping to act as Dorothy in The Wizard Of OZ West End show.
She impressed Channel 4 bosses at Hollyoaks who invited her to audition and she joined the soap that same year as teenager Sinead O’Connor.
Despite her career going from strength to strength, her drunken antics caught up with her and in 2015 she was fired for arriving on set “unfit for work.”
A few years later, Stephanie was admitted to rehab for alcohol addiction after several suicide attempts.
She has previously said that her mental health took a turn for the worse after appearing on Celebrity Big Brother in 2016.
Oh no: She quit showbiz to focus on raising her son after a rocky road to the spotlight when her parents “dragged” her into rehab for drinking three bottles of wine a day
She’s back: Stephanie said when the role for married seductress Courtney Vance became available, she knew after ‘reading the assignment, this is mine’
During her time on the reality show, Stephanie met ex Jeremy with whom she started a turbulent relationship.
Their on/off relationship resulted in public arguments, domestic violence and a resulting three-year restraining order.
Jeremy was charged with domestic violence in August 2017 after being accused of assaulting Stephanie in a drug-fueled altercation, and was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison, 12 months probation and 200 hours of community service.
She is now in a happy relationship with partner Joe Mckalroy.