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Corrie star opens up on 'bitter' divorce and skin cancer struggle that led her to soap role


DS Lisa Swain actress Vicky Myers has recounted a particularly difficult period in her life prior to nailing down her first permanent TV job in Coronation Street

Interrogating Daniel Osborne Read MoreRelated Articles Coronation Street double exit as iconic character makes return to cobbles The skin cancer diagnosis was miraculous to some extent, with a doctor chancing upon a suspicious mark on the 42-year-old soap star's leg while she was accompanying her young nephew for a heart condition check-up. According to Vicky, when the phone didn't ring she was forced into making ends meet by doing people's ironing before snagging a job full of potential at a casting house.

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