Enjoy Celebrity Radio’s Michelle Collins Interview ~ Stella Coronation Street…..
Michelle Collins is a British television actress and presenter, best known for her various roles in soap operas including EastEnders and Coronation Street.
In 2014 Michelle leaves the Rovers at Coronation Street feeling unfulfilled about her part in the show.
Alex went to meet Michelle at the BBC to talk about her life and career….
In 2004, she starred in an episode of French and Saunders and also starred with fellow EastEnders actor Martin Kemp in the ITV drama Can’t Buy Me Love, which was watched by nearly eight million viewers. The programme was inspired by the real-life story of Howard Walmsley, who was jailed for fraud after pretending to win the lottery in order to keep his wife Donna (played by Collins) from leaving him. Their lives and marriage were subsequently turned upside down by the events that unfolded. In 2005, Collins starred in the ITV drama The Last Detective and in the BBC drama The Family Man, alongside ex-EastEnder Daniela Denby-Ashe, which aired in March 2006. She starred in the West End musical Daddy Cool, and while working during the night there shot sequences for a cameo in the short film Broken written and directed by Vicki Psarias, which went on to win the several international awards. She also featured in the film Don’t Stop Dreaming, released in 2007. She left Daddy Cool in January 2007 to shoot the Doctor Who episode “42”.[12]
On 2 July 2007, it was announced that Collins has been cast for the lead role of Karina Faith in new ITV drama series, Rock Rivals, produced by Shed Productions.[13] In 2009, Collins took part in the BBC Wales programme Coming Home about her Welsh family history. On 21 May 2009, it was rumoured that Collins had auditioned to star in US drama Desperate Housewives, but she did join the cast.[14][15][16]
In June 2010, it was announced that Collins would make a six-episode guest appearance as a patient’s mother in Casualty.[17] Im 2010, she also guest-starred in Romeo & Juliet at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, playing the Nurse. From 7 April-7 May 2011, Collins starred as Sheila Grundy, Fred Dibnah’s third wife, in The Demolition Man at Octagon Theatre, Bolton.
Recorded 2009 by Alex Belfield for the BBC and Celebrity Radio.
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