ITV Coronation Street's Tina O'Brien told 'you look 13' as she reveals age milestone and is branded 'gorgeous' by co-stars

Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien has had shocked friends and fans telling her she 'looks 13' as she revealed her upcoming age milestone. The actress is best known for playing Sarah Barlow - nee Platt - in the ITV soap.

The character was originally portrayed by then-babies Leah King and Lynsay King in 1987 when Sarah was born to Gail Platt and Brian Tilsely. Sarah and her older brother Nick were later adopted by Martin Platt when he married Gail in 1991.

Lynsay was kept in the role until Sarah turned 12 on-screen in 1999 which is then when Tina, then 16, joined the cast. And over the years she has faced a whole host of hard-hitting storylines from giving birth to her first child, Bethany, at 13 and being kidnapped alongside her family by her psychotic stepfather Richard Hillman to suffering child loss when her son, Billy, died shortly after his birth to being attacked by Callum Logan and witnessing him be killed by sister-in-law Kylie.

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Sarah's long stint in Weatherfield has meant that viewers have also seen Tina grow up on-screen, despite a seven-year break from Corrie from 2008 to 2015, and seen her personal life change from welcoming her first child, Scarlett, with former co-star Ryan Thomas, to getting married to husband Adam Crofts and welcoming her second child.

And it won't be long until fans will see Tina celebrate another milestone- turning 40! The actress, from Rusholme, shared some new headshots of herself whiched showed off her natural and ageless beauty.

"I'm turning 40 this year," she started the caption of her post. "Decided its time to update my seriously outdated