Paula Lane wants to take six months off.
Paula Lane
The 'Coronation Street' actress is bowing out of the long-running soap in a few weeks in order to give birth to her second child and is keen to take half a year off bonding with her baby before she starts looking for acting work again.
She explained: "I'm going to have as much time off as I can. It would be nice to have six months off and then an amazing job to come my way. I'm also mindful not to take the first thing I'm offered - it has to be something very different from 'Corrie'. "
And, although she's already got 17-month-old son Arthur with her husband Tom Shaw, the 30-year-old beauty has been leaning on her former co-star Katherine Kelly - who plays her on-screen sister Becky McDonald - for parenting advice.
Speaking of her friend, who has two-year-old daughter Orla with her husband Ryan Clark, Paula told Inside Soap magazine: "Katherine has always been so helpful. We became quite close and, although she's very busy these days, she's given me loads of advice - especially about work and being a working mum. It's the work-life balance that's very tricky but I'm hoping it might be easier now."
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