Katie McGlynn on imposter syndrome and coming "back home" to The Lowry

She first found TV fame at the tender age of 16 when she was still a Rochdale school girl - and actress Katie McGlynn has not stopped working since. She has gone on to win prestigious industry awards for her extraordinary performance as dying mum Sinead Tinker in Coronation Street.

Now, Katie is making her professional theatre debut in the new production of Peter James' thriller Wish You Were Dead, which heads to The Lowry Theatre next week.

Yet former Corrie and Hollyoaks star Katie reveals she still suffers from "imposter syndrome", where an individual doubts their accomplishments, despite the success of her career.

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We catch up at The Lowry, where Katie reflects on her career so far. She says: "I always wanted to go to drama school, but then I got a job on TV when I was 16, and then got the role of Scout on Waterloo Road when I was 17 and the rest is history.

"It is a bit mental really, and I do feel super lucky, but I guess that's why I've always had imposter syndrome because it always just kind of happened for me, I didn't plan it.

"Acting is something I've always been super passionate about and I always put first, I'd be at drama class every week without fail from the age of 8, I'd put it before everything because I just loved it.

"But I've never been to drama school and always worked on TV. I've always felt like "do I know what I'm doing?" because I've not been to RADA. But I've always just kind of had a job, I guess it's like being an apprentice."

Katie, 29, is being extraordinarily modest, given the impact of her career so far. She won Royal Television Society and National TV awards for her role as Sinead on Coronation Street, in the