Sue Cleaver is returning to Coronation Street in July

14 June 2024

Sue Cleaver is returning to ‘Coronation Street’ in July.

Sue Cleaver will return to the soap in July

The The 60-year-old actress - who first joined the ITV soap in 2000 - will resume playing Eileen Grimshaw next month, after taking a break to pursue other projects, like playing Mother Superior in the West End production of ‘Sister Act’.

Sue told OK! magazine: “I definitely think I'll do more on stage. The stage is where I started. Theatre’s always been my first love. Now I’ve been back, that’s not going to be my last.

“But I’ll be heading back to 'Coronation Street' soon. I'm having a little holiday and then I will be heading back into Corrie in July so they can see me back there. I will be back.”

Sue admitted that she was “missing” all of her 'Sister Act' co-stars, such as Alexandra Burke, Ruth Jones, Lemar, Lee Mead, Lizzie Bea, and Alison Jiear, as well as the show's backstage crew.

She shared: “I’ve finished 'Sister Act' but I’m missing everybody hugely. I had the most wonderful time doing that show – I hadn’t been on stage for 30 years. I just thought ‘I’m going to embrace this, I’m going to do it’. Even though I was scared and even though it was the unknown, I thought ‘nope, this is fabulous. Let’s just go for this’ and I did.”

Sue relished the experience of working in the West End.

The actress said: “I had the most amazing time. We played to full houses everywhere and had standing ovations. I will miss everybody hugely but you’ve got to finish one thing to start the next thing.”