Sacha Parkinson: Latest News

Coronation Street star Sacha Parkinson who is best known for her role as Sian Powers is engaged to her long-term boyfriend following a romantic proposal on holiday.The actress, 31 who joined the hit ITV soap back in 2009 took to Instagram on Friday to show off her stunning engagement ring as she announced the happy news. While posting a series of photos from a lavish yacht, thought to have been where the proposal took place, she wrote the caption: "I knew you were likely to take a wife! SCREAMING." Away from Corrie, the soap star has appeared in a host of TV shows including Shameless, Waterloo Road and Safe House. As well as this she's actively helping raise awareness of Endometriosis having been diagnosed with the incurable illness in 2018.

Coronation Street beauty Sophie Webster hasn’t been so lucky when it comes to love.The cobbles favourite, played by Brooke Vincent, came out as a lesbian shortly after converting to Christianity as a teenager, and quickly found herself in a series of whirlwind relationships.From a runaway bride storyline to a relationship with an older woman, Sophie really has seen it all.But where are the actors who played her girlfriends now? Battling health conditions, dramatic makeovers and a spate of cheeky sex confessions, Daily Star has taken a look.Sophie’s first ever partner and later fiancée Sian Powers ended in a tragic ditching at the altar storyline, while for actress Sacha Parkinson it’s only been onwards and upwards.The star, instantly recognisable by her stunning blonde locks, recently underwent a dramatic hair transformation and turned into a brunette.The star showed off her new ‘do in a glam bathroom selfie alongside pals, wearing her sleek hair down past her shoulder and donning a V-neck leopard-print top for the occasion.For Sophie actress Brooke, her on-screen relationship was her first ever kiss in real life, aged just 16.It was also the soap’s first ever on-air lesbian kiss.Brooke said of the kiss: “I remember we had a tea break beforehand.