TOP STAR Coronation Street line up stunning star as soap’s ‘new leading lady’ after she appears in most episodes of 2025
CORONATION Street are plotting to make a stunning actress the star face of their soap after she banked more episodes than any other cast member in 2025.
Vicky Myers made more single appearances than any of her fellow cast members on the ITV show last year after winning over audiences as DS Lisa Swain.
Lisa has been central to some of the programme’s biggest plots in 2025 and will also play a pivotal role in next week’s soap crossover, Corriedale.
Her success has now led Corrie chiefs to pinpoint her as their new leading lady and the flagship face of the show going forward.
Vicky appeared in a total of 184 episodes in 2025 making her the stand-out star of the year.
A source told The Sun: “Vicky has gone down a storm with Coronation Street fans as Lisa and her romantic partnership with Carla has been one of the biggest successes in recent years.
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“Producers know they have struck gold with Vicky and don’t want to let her go.
“She was handed more episodes than any other cast member last year and there is no plans for any of that to slow down with those behind-the-scenes believing that Vicky could become an icon of the Street.
“They want to keep her at the heart of the soap and plan to make her the face of Corrie going forward.”
Vicky’s romance with Carla and the reveal that her former wife Becky was secretly still alive have been a major plot throughout the soap this year.
Second to Vicky this year was Gareth Pierce who clocked up 179 episodes as Todd Grimshaw largely thanks to the horrific domestic abuse storyline featuring him and partner, Theo Silverton.
Gareth shot into second place having ranked at 49th last year with his plot set to continue well into 2026.
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Sally Carmen-Duttine made the third most appearances as Abi Webster with 173 episodes closely followed by Alison King as Carla Connor in fourth with 172 episodes.
Rounding out the top five is Jacob Roberts who clocked up 165 appearances as Kit Green.
On the other end of the spectrum, show veteran Barbara Knox made the least episodic appearances among the regular adult cast, playing Rita Tanner in just 23 episodes.
Sue Nicholls played Audrey Roberts in 28 episodes whilst Bill Roache made 33 appearances as Ken Barlow.
Last year, Channique Sterling-Brown appeared in over 220 episodes as Dee-Dee Bailey.
She left the soap in December of this year having appeared in 102 editions of the soap to fall into 18th place.
