Coronation Street star Sally Ann Matthews says 'that's that' as she's asked about Jenny Connor amid 'disappearance'

Coronation Street star Sally Ann Matthews has been quizzed by fans after some spotted Jenny Connor's lack of appearances on screen of late. As viewers of the ITV soap know, Sally first started playing Jenny at the age of just 16.

Oldham-born Sally Ann was cast in 1986 as Jenny Bradley - the daughter of villain Alan Bradley who was taken in by mother figure Rita Tanner - then Rita Fairclough - while her father worked away.

After five years, Sally quit the show in pursuit of other roles. She returned briefly in 1993, before making a huge comeback in 2015 when Jenny started dating Kevin Webster.

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However, dealing with the loss of losing her four-year-old son Tom two years earlier when he drowned in a paddling pool, she snatched Kevin's son Jack in order to keep him safe and nearly threw herself off a balcony, resulting in her getting sectioned.

She then didn't return to the street again in 2016 when Rita took pity on her. She soon started work at Underworld and began a relationship with factory boss Johnny Connor. The pair then wed the following year before buying the Rovers together in 2018. And the rest, as they say, is history as Jenny's affair led to the breakdown of her marriage before Johnny tragically died in a sinkhole accident in 2021.

More recently, Jenny had a battle on her hands to save the beloved Rovers Return but her and Daisy Midgeley's underhand tactics to get back behind the bar soon came to Carla Connor's attention, as she found out they'd used the money serial killer Stephen Reid had stolen from her and Underworld.

But it seems fans