BACK IN BIZ Coronation Street star returns to screens in huge BBC series – a decade on from her soap axe

ONE of the stars from Coronation Street has returned to screens in a huge BBC series.

She was originally axed from the long-running ITV soap in 2015 when her character was killed off.

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Amy James-Kelly at the "The Last Duel" film premiere in London.
Amy James-Kelly will make her return to screens in the brand new series of Industry
Two young women standing and talking.
She was first introduced in the ITV soap as the love interest of Sophie Webster (right)

Amy James-Kelly, 30, first joined Coronation Street in 2013 when she made her debut on the cobbles.

She starred as Maddie Heath when her character first appeared just before Christmas that year.

The character was introduced as the love interest of Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent).

However she was later killed off when an explosion from a fire at the Victoria Court sent her flying across the street.

However, the actress has now joined the high-profile BBC series, Industry.

She will return to the airwaves for the fourth instalment of the hit TV drama.

The former soap star will play the role of a newly promoted government minister named Jennifer Bevan who is part of the Labour government.

Before this, the star had huge roles in films such as Military Wives alongside Dame Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan.

She joins the series alongside Netflix star Kiernan Shipka, 25, who is best known for her roles in Riverdale and Ryan Murphy’s Feud: Bette and Joan.

The star also had the title role in the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and recently starred alongside Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis in the acclaimed film, The Last Showgirl.

Brooke Vincent discusses return to Coronation Street after maternity leave saying ‘I would love to’

She will take up the role of Hayley Clay, an executive assistant at the payment processor, Tender.

Returning cast members include Back to Black star Marisa Abela and former Game of Thrones superstar Kit Harington.

Production for the fourth instalment of the hit show will begin the UK later this month.

Two women sitting in a pub.
The character was killed off in 2015C
Amy James-Kelly at the Everyone Else Burns TV show screening.
Amy will play a newly promoted minister in the Labour Government
Kit Harington at the premiere of HBO's Industry season 3.
The star-studded cast includes former Game Of Thrones star Kit Harington

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