Coronation Street’s Kate Spencer reveals she lost four stone before joining soap by running marathons, boxing and yoga
CORONATION Street’s Kate Spencer lost four stone before joining the ITV soap as Michael Bailey’s ex Grace Vickers.
The actress – who worked at the box office in Derby Theatre before landing a role in Corrie – has revealed she used to be overweight before she discovered a passion for running, boxing and yoga.
Kate, 29, said: “I actually lost four stone about five years ago, partly through training and also eating better.
“I love running, and I did five half-marathons in 2020 – I ran one this morning too! I have the Hamilton soundtrack and Jason Derulo on my running playlist.”
The actress, from Ashford, lives with her longterm boyfriend Paul Walker in Nottingham and she said the couple often train together, with Paul well able to push her to her limits.
She explained to Inside Soap Magazine: “I’ve been doing some boxing with my boyfriend during lockdown as well, but I’m not a good student, and he’s a pro. I always think I know better!”
Admitting she doesn’t always know better because: “Paul is a coach and used to be a pro athlete.”
Kate added: “He does help me with my lines though which was handy when I did my self-tape for the Corrie audition.
“He played Michael, and got quite into it. He loves it.
“If I’m in a scene with Michael and Aggie, for example, he’ll do different voices for them.
“His Aggie is quite high-pitched, and it can be really distracting when I’m just trying to learn lines. It’s very different from Lorna’s interpretation of the character!”
Kate opened up about her weight loss journey on Instagram last year.
Alongside before and after photos, she said: “Same girl. Same smile. Same jeans. Very different priorities. 5 years ago today I decided to make a change.
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“It hasn’t been all sunshine and lollipops, but nothing feels as good as working hard and achieving feels.
“These last couple of weeks in isolation, I’ve hardly been particularly ‘creative’ (I mean that’s entirely subjective anyway…) but I’ve progressed, made PB’s and hit targets in other aspects of my life that 5 years-ago-me would never have thought possible, so for that, I’m feeling not too shabby.”