Coronation Street first look as Claire Sweeney looks unrecognisable as Tyrone Dobbs' troubled mum Cassie as she teases 'havoc'

Coronation Street has shared the very first look at Claire Sweeney as Cassie Plummer as she prepares to make her unrecognisable debut. It was revealed back in April that the actress and West End star would be joining the ITV soap as Tyrone Dobbs' real mum.

The much-loved mechanic grew up believing that his mum was Jackie Dobbs, played by Margi Clarke. But in 2018 investigations into his parentage brought him into contact with grandmother Evelyn Plummer, portrayed by Dame Maureen Lipman, for the first time who told him that her daughter, his biological mother is dead.

So when Cassie turns up on the cobbles out of the blue in upcoming scenes, Evelyn is faced with a real dilemma as she has to decide whether to come clean to Tyrone about her lies.

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Corrie fans have now been given the first look at Claire, famed for her portrayal of Lindsey Corkill in scouse soap Brookside, as Cassie - and it's fair to say she looks completely different with her old, dark clothes and without her big eyelashes and false nails.

And that's something Claire has jokingly said has been a struggle to be without as she had to ditch her usual glam in order to film for the soap at the Salford-based set. "It wasn't much, that's how I wake up in a morning," the star laughed when asked how long it takes to become Cassie and how much she has been involved in the makeup and costume side of her new character.

"I had a flare-up of my skin... I was tired, I was a bit stressed because of one thing and another and Janita who has done my makeup, she is wonderful, she was putting blue on my face and purple and pink and she was kind of following my rosacea then the dark under the eyes. They've done