Audrey Roberts
Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) was quite a character in her younger years, and daughter Gail was constantly worried about her. These days, Audrey is more likely to be the one doing the worrying!
Marriages Alf Roberts (deceased)
Children Gail, Stephen (given up for adoption)
1979 Turns up for daughter Gail's engagement to Brian Tilsley and embarrasses her by flirting with all the men.
1981 Starts working for Alf Roberts and sets up a hair salon in the back of his corner shop. He proposes but she turns him down.
1984 Gets engaged to nasty George Hepworth. He attempts to rape Gail.
1985 Accepts Alf's second proposal and they marry at Christmas. Opens Audrey's Hair Salon at No2 Coronation Street.
1988 Malcolm Reid - son Stephen's adoptive father - invites her to move to Canada with him. She stays with her 'Alfie'.
1990 Moves out of Coronation Street with Alf.
1993 Talks Alf into selling corner shop.
1994 Alf becomes Mayor but makes Betty Mayoress when Audrey exploits the position.
1996 Has a visit from Stephen, the son she gave up for adoption.
1998 Becomes councillor for Weatherfield's St Mary's Ward. Alf dies from a heart attack on the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve.
1999 Butcher Fred Elliott proposes, as does Russian sailor Sergei, but she turns them both down.
2000 Fred proposes again, this time in Paris. Initially says yes but changes her mind.
2001 Best friend Alma Halliwell dies. Meets financier Richard Hillman at her funeral and is jealous when he asks out Gail.
2002 Serial killer Richard tries to drive her mad and kill her for her cash. Wises up to him but only Archie Shuttleworth the undertaker believes her. Nearly dies in a fire set by Richard.
2003 Richard admits his evil deeds and flees. Goes into debt to pay off a now-penniless Gail's mortgage. Archie proposes but she turns him down.
2005 Dates Keith Appleyard but dumps him for being a skinflint, although they're later reunited.
2006 Keith leaves Weatherfield. Regrets rejecting Fred after he gets engaged to Bev Unwin. Tells Fred how she feels on his wedding day. He dies of a heart attack in her home. Starts an affair with Kevin Webster's married dad Bill.
2007 Bill breaks up with his wife Maureen and moves in with Audrey. Takes in grandson David Platt.
2008 Has a car accident returning from a miserable booze cruise with Bill, Janice Battersby and Roger Stiles. Asks Bill to move out. Gail's father Ted Page turns up and she's surprised to discover he's gay.
2009 Burgled by Gary Windass.
Played by Sue Nicholls
Born in Walsall, West Midlands on 23 November 1943, Sue's dad was Conservative MP Lord Harmar Nicholls. She almost went to study languages at Oxford, but decided on a life treading the boards instead and auditioned for London drama school RADA.... Read More
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Coronation Street Current Cast
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Anna Windass
played by Debbie Rush
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Ashley Peacock
played by Steven Arnold
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Audrey Roberts
played by Sue Nicholls
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Amy Barlow
played by Elle Mulvaney
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Bill Webster
played by Peter Armitage
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Becky McDonald
played by Katherine Kelly
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Betty Williams
played by Betty Driver
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Blanche Hunt
played by Maggie Jones
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Carla Gordon
played by Alison King
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Chesney Battersby-Brown
played by Sam Aston
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Claire Peacock
played by Julia Haworth
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Ciaran McCarthy
played by Keith Duffy
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Darryl Morton
played by Jonny Dixon
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David Platt
played by Jack P Shepherd
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Deirdre Barlow
played by Anne Kirkbride
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Dev Alahan
played by Jimmi Harkishin
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Eddie Windass
played by Steve Huison
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Eileen Grimshaw
played by Sue Cleaver
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Emily Bishop
played by Eileen Derbyshire
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Fiz Stape
played by Jennie McAlpine
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Gary Windass
played by Mikey North
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Graeme Proctor
played by Craig Gazey
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Gail Platt
played by Helen Worth
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Hayley Cropper
played by Julie Hesmondhalgh
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Janice Battersby
played by Vicky Entwistle
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Jesse Chadwick
played by John Thomson
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Joe McIntyre
played by Reece Dinsdale
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John Stape
played by Graeme Hawley
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Julie Carp
played by Katy Cavanagh
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Jack Duckworth
played by Bill Tarmey
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Jason Grimshaw
played by Ryan Thomas
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Joshua Peacock
played by Benjamin Beresford
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Ken Barlow
played by William Roache
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Kevin Webster
played by Michael Le Vell
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Kirk Sutherland
played by Andrew Whyment
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Liz McDonald
played by Bev Callard
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Lloyd Mullaney
played by Craig Charles
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Leanne Battersby
played by Jane Danson
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Maria Connor
played by Samia Smith
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Michelle Connor
played by Kym Marsh
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Molly Dobbs
played by Vicky Binns
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Mary Taylor
played by Patti Clare
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Norris Cole
played by Malcolm Hebden
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Nick Tilsley
played by Ben Price
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Pam Hobsworth
played by Kate Anthony
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Peter Barlow
played by Chris Gascoyne
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Rita Sullivan
played by Barbara Knox
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Rosie Webster
played by Helen Flanagan
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Roy Cropper
played by David Neilson
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Ryan Connor
played by Ben Thompson
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Sarah Louise Platt
played by Tina O'Brien
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Simon Barlow
played by Alex Bain
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Sally Webster
played by Sally Whittaker
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Sean Tully
played by Antony Cotton
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Sophie Webster
played by Brooke Vincent
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Steve McDonald
played by Simon Gregson
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Sian Powers
played by Sacha Parkinson
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Sunita Alahan
played by Shobna Gulati
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Tina McIntyre
played by Michelle Keegan
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Tony Gordon
played by Gray O'Brien
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Tyrone Dobbs
played by Alan Halsall
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Tracy Barlow
played by Kate Ford
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Vera Duckworth
played by Elizabeth Dawn
