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Coronation Street newcomer Helen Lederer and her soap past: Here’s where you’ve seen her before!

Coronation Street newcomer Helen Lederer: here's where you've seen her before! She's been a regular on our screens for decades!

Helen is appearing in tonight’s episode of Coronation Street as Elspeth, who tries to woo Ken Barlow at a singles’ night in the Chariot Square Hotel. And to be offered a part playing a role opposite William Roache (AKA Ken) is even more exciting, I had met him once before when I sat next to him at an event and I thought what a lovely man he was and so personable. She played Catriona – the ditsy boss of Joanna Lumley’s character Patsy – in Absolutely Fabulous and in the spin-off film, and has appeared in just about everything you can think off, including Heartbeat, Marple, and the CBeebies series Old Jack’s Boat.

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