Who is Katie McGlynn? Actress known for playing Sinead Tinker on Coronation Street who has left the soap
KATIE McGlynn has been a soap fan favourite after playing Sinead Tinker on Coronation Street for six years.
Here’s everything you need to know about the actress who has now left the soap.
Who is Katie McGlynn, how old is she and what’s her background?
Katie McGlynn is a 25-year-old actress from Littleborough in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
After beginning drama school at the age of ten, she studied Drama, English and Media Studies at A-level.
She bagged roles in BBC drama Moving On as well as minor parts in The Well, Paradox and Leonardo.
But her breakthrough role was in BBC school-set soap Waterloo Road in which she played Jodi “Scout” Allen.
She left after series eight in July 2013.
Has Katie McGlynn left Coronation Street?
On May 1, 2019 The Sun exclusively revealed how Katie has left the soap – just one day after co-star Faye Brookes announced her departure.
Katie “will need replacing urgently” after being central to a number of key storylines in 2019.
The actress has become the sixth cast member to leave this year as the show’s crisis deepens.
A source told The Sun: “Katie has just been nominated for a British Soap Award so it’s a big loss and not what bosses would have wanted to hear.
“She’s been central to a number of key storylines this last year or so and will need replacing urgently.”
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How long did Katie McGlynn play Sinead Tinker in Coronation Street?
At the age of 19, in March 2013, Katie joined ITV soap Corrie to play new character Sinead Tinker.
Sinead began a romance with Chesney Brown, who bosses at the time envisioned as the new Stan and Hilda Ogden.
She then started dating Ken Barlow’s son Daniel Osbourne, and a harrowing plot in 2017 saw Ken force her to abort the child.
In 2018 she faced another dark storyline in which she was diagnosed with cervical cancer while pregnant.