Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan is otherwise known as Rosie Webster. Weatherfield’s favourite troublemaker turned model, game show presenter and occasional legal secretary.
Rosie kept the residents of the Street on their toes with her antics from her time at swanky Oakhill school, her romance with Jason Grimshaw and having a torrid affair with serial killer John Stape, who ended up kidnapping her!
But away from the cameras, Rosie’s alter-ego Helen Flanagan leads a much more normal life as a devoted mum to her three children with football star fiance Scott Sinclair.
When did Helen Flanagan join Coronation Street?
Helen took on the role of Rosie Webster back in 2000, when she was just nine years old.
She grew up on the cobbles, playing Rosie’s troubled teen years to perfection.
She was even nominated for Best Villain at the 2007 British Soap Awards – though she lost out to co-star Jack P Shepherd, who plays David Platt.
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In 2012, Helen decided to leave Corrie to spread her wings and explore other career options.
Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan in the jungle
In December 2012, Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan took part in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! She didn’t enjoy her experience in the jungle, facing some of her worst fears during her stay in the jungle.
She was in the show alongside fellow soap star Charlie Brooks, who went on to win, and Pussycat doll Ashley Roberts.
Poor Helen was teased by her campmates and Ant and Dec for failing at many of her trials, but she eventually triumphed. And later she said that it had been an ‘amazing experience’.
Rosie’s return to Coronation Street
In 2017, Rosie returned to Corrie with sister Sophie. She immediately got into more trouble, with some drugs she’d accidentally ended up with.
She had a brief fling with Adam Barlow and gave him an alibi when Ken Barlow was pushed down the stairs.
And she brought her aunt Gina Seddon back to the Street.
But Rosie’s modelling career was given a new lease of life when she got offered a job as a game show host in Japan.
She said goodbye to her parents and siblings and headed off to her new glamorous role!
Helen’s personal life
Helen met footballer Scott Sinclair in 2009, and the cute couple got engaged in 2018.
They’ve got three children – daughters Matilda and Delilah and baby son Charlie, who was born earlier this year.
And since becoming a mother, Helen’s been keeping busy caring for the children and launching her own range of maternity lingerie called Delilah Ruby, after her daughter.
Could Rosie return to Coronation Street?
When Helen left the cobbles in 2018, her fiance Scott was playing for Celtic and the family lived in Glasgow.
She decided the commute to Manchester for work was too far, so she extended her maternity leave indefinitely.
Now Scott’s been signed by Preston North End and the family are back in the North West.
So we’re hoping that once baby Charlie is a bit bigger, Helen might decide to put on Rosie’s lip gloss once more and come teetering back down the cobbles again.
But recently a source told The Sun that Helen isn’t ready to come back and may well quit the show for good.
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