Real life of Coronation Street's Courtney Vance actress Stephanie Davis - famous exes, Hollyoaks axe, stalker hell and health battles

It would be fair to say that Stephanie Davis has hit the ground running when it comes to appearing in Coronation Street. She has so far only appeared in a handful of episodes of the ITV soap and she's already faced her first clash and started an affair.

It was announced earlier this year that the former Hollyoaks actress has been cast as Courtney Vance in Corrie for a new saucy affair storyline. It was said at the time of her casting announcement that 30-year-old Stephanie, known for playing Sinead O'Connor in Channel 4's Hollyoaks, will play the glamorous wife of Darren, one of Dev Alahan's new business associates.

And it wasn't long before the character started pursuing a fling with Dev's teen son Aadi Alahan. Stephanie's audition for Corrie marked the first since she decided to return to work since welcoming her son, Caben Albi, in 2017 with her TV personality ex Jeremy McConnell.

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"All this was fate, it's crazy really," Stephanie told the Manchester Evening News and other press when talking about how she got the role in Corrie. "I took time out to be a mum to my little boy Caben and I said to my partner, 'I need to get back to work. I need to hear rolling up and action. I need to do what I love again,'" she added.

As mentioned, the soap actress is best known for playing Sinead O'Connor in Hollyoaks. She appeared in the Channel 4 soap from 2010 to 2015. When she was on Celebrity Big Brother in 2016, Stephanie insisted her departure was her decision.

She then announced in 2018 that she would be returning to Hollyoaks as Sinead before leaving again in 2019. And while she hasn't appeared on screen since, it was announced back