Audrey Roberts
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Audrey Roberts is a long-standing fictional character
in the UK television ITV
soap opera
, Coronation Street
. Portrayed by actress Sue Nicholls
, the character first appeared during the episode aired on 16 April 1979.
auditioned for the part of Audrey Potter and went on to secure to the role. At the time the actress had been in many theatre, cabaret and TV roles and was continuing with her career whilst appearing in the show on a recurring basis until she was offered the chance to become a permanent cast member.
's (Helen Worth
) engagement party to Brian Tilsley (Chris Quentin). As an unmarried mother, Audrey is considered an unsuitable match for widowed local councillor Alf Roberts
(Bryan Mosley
). With Alf, she gains respectability and a stable life. Audrey Potter has previously shown little interest in her daughter Gail's life. She marries Alf, in an episode on 23 December 1985, later enjoying the social status of mayoress and believing herself to be better than the other Street residents. Audrey has two attempts to revive her career as a hairdresser, and the second time manages to talk Alf into buying the salon from Fiona Middleton (Angela Griffin
). She is devastated by Alf's sudden death in 1998, but throws herself into work and even stands for council herself, retaining her seat until 2001.
Over the years, Audrey mellows from a social climber to a more sympathetic character. The existence of another illegitimate child, Stephen Reid (Todd Boyce), in Canada, is revealed some years later. She has never been short of love interests, and has had romantic entanglements with Fred Elliott
(John Savident
) and undertaker Archie Shuttleworth (Roy Hudd
), among others.
Audrey's best friend is Alma Halliwell
(Amanda Barrie
). Audrey is devastated when Alma dies of cervical cancer
in June 2001.
Audrey nearly becomes a victim of her serial killer son-in-law Richard Hillman
(Brian Capron
) when he discovers that she is worth a lot of money, inherited from Alf. In late 2002, viewers saw him subtly give Audrey grounds of questioning whether she is experiencing the onset of dementia
, through such things as unlocking doors she had locked, hanging out washing that she (of course) can not remember hanging out, turning on lights she had switched off, leaving a dress in to be dry-cleaned, to her surprise as she could not remember leaving it in. Finally, he tries to kill her in a house fire, made to look like the result of her dementia, with the battery removed from the fire alarm. However, she is rescued by Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson
).
After her colleague at the salon, Maxine Peacock (Tracy Shaw
), is bludgeoned to death in January 2003, Audrey suspects that Richard is to blame. She urges Gail to leave Richard as both she and the children are not safe but Gail refuses to listen to her accusations, which cause fraut relations between the pair. Audrey challenges Richard at Maxine's funeral, accusing him of Maxine's murder, much to the indignation of the mourners. However, Audrey finds an ally in Ken Barlow (William Roache
) who believes that chief suspect Ade Critchley (Dean Ashton) isn't to blame for the crime, along with friend Archie and Norris Cole
, who is suspicious of Hillman's dealings with his elderly clients. In March 2003, after Richard attempts to kill Gail and the kids by driving them into the canal, Audrey reunites with her daughter.
In October 2006, Audrey speaks to her close friend Fred Elliott, who is due to marry Bev Unwin (Susie Blake
) later that week, and tells him that she wishes he was marrying her, not Bev. This causes Fred to have doubts about marrying Bev but decides to go through with the wedding. Audrey tells Ashley Peacock
(Steven Arnold
) she will not be coming to the wedding, which leads to Fred borrowing Bev's car to visit her. After a heart-to-heart, Fred is about to leave Audrey's house to return to the church but collapses in the hall and dies. Audrey, accompanied by the police, tells Fred's son Ashley and his wife Claire
(Julia Haworth
) at the church.
Audrey strikes up a relationship with old friend Bill Webster
(Peter Armitage
), in late 2006. However, on Christmas Day, Bill's wife Maureen (Sherrie Hewson
) turns up, and their affair is revealed. Bill returns to Germany but comes back to the street early in 2007 and rekindles his relationship with Audrey, and he subsequently moves in with her.
In September 2007, Audrey's grandson, David
(Jack P Shepherd) moves in with her after he is kicked out by Gail. Son Stephen returns at Christmas 2007 to offer David a job in Italy. He accepts but Audrey finds drugs in his drawer at the salon and Stephen withdraws his offer. Jason
(Ryan Thomas
), Sarah (Tina O'Brien
) and her daughter Bethany (Amy & Emily Walton) decide to go, but Jason leaves Bethany and Sarah at the train station. Eventually, Audrey grows fed up with David, especially after she learns he has pushed Gail down the stairs in a fit of rage. She is dumbfounded when Gail refuses to press charges, and still has a reticent relationship with her grandson.
In spring 2008, Audrey is contacted by Ted Page (Michael Byrne
), Gail's biological father. He doesn't know about their daughter. Audrey meets him and tells him he has a daughter. He is surprised, and Audrey is equally surprised to learn Ted is gay. This leads characters such as David's girlfriend Tina McIntyre
(Michelle Keegan
) to jokingly question whether or not Audrey had "turned" Ted gay, which he denies.
On 4 August 2008, Audrey is returning from a 'booze cruise
' in France with Bill, Janice Battersby
(Vicky Entwistle
) and Roger Stiles (Andrew Dunn
). It is an awful trip for her and she feels that Bill has ignored her. Bill has been drinking so Audrey drives. While driving, Audrey and Janice begin having an argument. Janice accuses her of being a fortune hunter and not caring about Alf or Fred. Audrey is furious, even more so when Bill chooses not to defend her, saying she has been unhappy the whole trip. The argument causes her to career off the road and through a small group of trees crashing, she injures her arm. This makes her consider ending her relationship with Bill, and she asks him to move out.
In December 2009, she bumps into an old friend called Claudia Colby (Rula Lenska
) at a function and is subsequently introduced to her dinner partner Lewis Archer
(Nigel Havers
). Claudia later informs Audrey that Lewis is in fact an escort and that she should give him a call. Audrey, having become smitten with Lewis contacts him and begins seeing him from time to time. In April 2010, Audrey is enraged to meet Lewis at an Easter dance with Rita Sullivan
(Barbara Knox
), which leads to the two women becoming involved in a bitter argument over Lewis. Later that month, Audrey discovers Lewis's black book with details on all his clients. She is deeply hurt to see that she is no more than a paying customer to him, but when he assures her that he has fallen for her too she responds to his kiss and they become a couple.
As she approaches her 70th birthday, Audrey toys with the idea of retirement, as she wants to settle down with Lewis. At her birthday party in the Rovers, she has a bitter row with Gail, when she discovers that Lewis was an escort. Annoyed with Gail and other people's interference, Audrey announces that she has found true happiness with Lewis, and the couple leave the pub. Audrey then decides to purchase a Greek hotel with Lewis and emigrate, much to the amazement of her family and friends. However, it soon emerges that Lewis is a conman after he swindles 4,000 pounds out of the bookies. On the day of their departure, Lewis's deception is revealed after he is caught kissing bookies employee Deirdre Barlow
(Anne Kirkbride
) and placing fake betting slips in the cash register on CCTV. Lewis flees the country with the money, leaving Audrey humiliated and heartbroken.
In April 2011, Audrey is shocked to discover that Claudia's boyfriend Marc Selby (Andrew Hall
) is a transvestite, when she picks him up from a police station after he is assaulted. Marc begs her not to tell Claudia the truth and Audrey agrees. However, Claudia mistakingly believes that Audrey and Marc are having an affair which leads to Marc telling Claudia about his transvestism.
Fictional character
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in the UK television ITV
ITV
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soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
, Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
. Portrayed by actress Sue Nicholls
Sue Nicholls
Susan Frances Harmar Nicholls is an English actress, best known today for her long-running role as Audrey Roberts in British soap opera Coronation Street.-Early life:...
, the character first appeared during the episode aired on 16 April 1979.
Creation and development
Background
The character of Audrey Potter was created as the mother of established character Gail Potter. After appearing as an occasional character for several years, she became a permanent member of the core cast in 1985.Casting
Actress Sue NichollsSue Nicholls
Susan Frances Harmar Nicholls is an English actress, best known today for her long-running role as Audrey Roberts in British soap opera Coronation Street.-Early life:...
auditioned for the part of Audrey Potter and went on to secure to the role. At the time the actress had been in many theatre, cabaret and TV roles and was continuing with her career whilst appearing in the show on a recurring basis until she was offered the chance to become a permanent cast member.
Personality
Of her character Nicholls said in 1991 during an interview with Graeme Kay that: "Audrey's not quite as loud and brazen now, I've tried to take her down a bit, which fitted in with the fact that she married Alf, who is quite serious and sombre. Likewise she's brought him up a bit. Some people see in my character things that I don't. I'm stopped all the time by people who say, "Isn't she awful to Alf?" or "Isn't she a cow".Storylines
Audrey Potter makes her first appearance at daughter GailGail Platt
Gail McIntyre is a long-standing fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Helen Worth, the character first appeared on screen on 12 July 1974...
's (Helen Worth
Helen Worth
Helen Worth is an English actress, best known for her portrayal of the Coronation Street character Gail McIntyre- Early life :...
) engagement party to Brian Tilsley (Chris Quentin). As an unmarried mother, Audrey is considered an unsuitable match for widowed local councillor Alf Roberts
Alf Roberts
Alfred Sidney "Alf" Roberts was a fictional character in the British ITV soap Coronation Street. He ran a grocery shop at No. 15 and was heavily involved in local politics, including two spells as mayor of Weatherfield...
(Bryan Mosley
Bryan Mosley
Bryan Mosley OBE was a British actor, known best as grocer Alf Roberts in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street.- Early life :...
). With Alf, she gains respectability and a stable life. Audrey Potter has previously shown little interest in her daughter Gail's life. She marries Alf, in an episode on 23 December 1985, later enjoying the social status of mayoress and believing herself to be better than the other Street residents. Audrey has two attempts to revive her career as a hairdresser, and the second time manages to talk Alf into buying the salon from Fiona Middleton (Angela Griffin
Angela Griffin
Angela Griffin is a British actress and television presenter.-Acting career:She appeared in the popular long-running British soap operas Emmerdale and most famously in Coronation Street as Fiona Middleton from 1993 to 1998...
). She is devastated by Alf's sudden death in 1998, but throws herself into work and even stands for council herself, retaining her seat until 2001.
Over the years, Audrey mellows from a social climber to a more sympathetic character. The existence of another illegitimate child, Stephen Reid (Todd Boyce), in Canada, is revealed some years later. She has never been short of love interests, and has had romantic entanglements with Fred Elliott
Fred Elliott
Frederick Handel "Fred" Elliott is a fictional character from the British soap opera Coronation Street, played by John Savident from 1994 until 2006.-Development:...
(John Savident
John Savident
John Savident is a British actor, best known for playing the part of Fred Elliott in the soap opera Coronation Street from 1994 to 2006. And also was a frequent guest on Soccer AM alongside fellow actor Jack 'The Rigger' Spooner....
) and undertaker Archie Shuttleworth (Roy Hudd
Roy Hudd
Roy Hudd, OBE is an English comedian, actor, radio host and author, and an authority on the history of music hall entertainment.- Early life :...
), among others.
Audrey's best friend is Alma Halliwell
Alma Halliwell
Alma Marie Halliwell , played by Amanda Barrie, is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Alma was featured as a recurring character from 1981–1982; however, she was reintroduced as a regular in 1988...
(Amanda Barrie
Amanda Barrie
Amanda Barrie is an English actress.-Career:Born as Shirley Anne Broadbent, Barrie attended St Anne's College, St Anne's on Sea. She then trained at the Arts Educational School in London and later at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School...
). Audrey is devastated when Alma dies of cervical cancer
Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is malignant neoplasm of the cervix uteri or cervical area. One of the most common symptoms is abnormal vaginal bleeding, but in some cases there may be no obvious symptoms until the cancer is in its advanced stages...
in June 2001.
Audrey nearly becomes a victim of her serial killer son-in-law Richard Hillman
Richard Hillman
Richard Charles Hillman was a fictional character in the British television soap opera Coronation Street, played by Brian Capron. Hillman is now rated as one of the best soap villains of all time.-Development:...
(Brian Capron
Brian Capron
Brian Capron, born 11 February 1947 at Eye in Suffolk, is a British actor, who trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art . His father was an Algerian pilot, of French descent, who died in a plane crash before Brian was born....
) when he discovers that she is worth a lot of money, inherited from Alf. In late 2002, viewers saw him subtly give Audrey grounds of questioning whether she is experiencing the onset of dementia
Dementia
Dementia is a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging...
, through such things as unlocking doors she had locked, hanging out washing that she (of course) can not remember hanging out, turning on lights she had switched off, leaving a dress in to be dry-cleaned, to her surprise as she could not remember leaving it in. Finally, he tries to kill her in a house fire, made to look like the result of her dementia, with the battery removed from the fire alarm. However, she is rescued by Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson
Simon Gregson
Simon Gregson is an English actor. He is known for being a cast member of the British soap opera Coronation Street in which he has played Steve McDonald since 1989....
).
After her colleague at the salon, Maxine Peacock (Tracy Shaw
Tracy Shaw
Tracy Shaw is a British actress and singer.She is best known for her role as hairdresser Maxine Peacock in British soap opera Coronation Street during the 1990s and early 2000s.-Career:...
), is bludgeoned to death in January 2003, Audrey suspects that Richard is to blame. She urges Gail to leave Richard as both she and the children are not safe but Gail refuses to listen to her accusations, which cause fraut relations between the pair. Audrey challenges Richard at Maxine's funeral, accusing him of Maxine's murder, much to the indignation of the mourners. However, Audrey finds an ally in Ken Barlow (William Roache
William Roache
William Patrick Harry Roache MBE is a British actor, best known for his role as Ken Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street...
) who believes that chief suspect Ade Critchley (Dean Ashton) isn't to blame for the crime, along with friend Archie and Norris Cole
Norris Cole
Norris Benjamin Cole is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Malcolm Hebden, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 11 March 1994 and remained until his departure on 14 April 1997, only to return on 1 December...
, who is suspicious of Hillman's dealings with his elderly clients. In March 2003, after Richard attempts to kill Gail and the kids by driving them into the canal, Audrey reunites with her daughter.
In October 2006, Audrey speaks to her close friend Fred Elliott, who is due to marry Bev Unwin (Susie Blake
Susie Blake
Susie Blake is a British actress.-Personal life:Blake trained at the Arts Educational School and LAMDA in London. She is the granddaughter of the actress Annette Mills and a great - niece of the actor Sir John Mills...
) later that week, and tells him that she wishes he was marrying her, not Bev. This causes Fred to have doubts about marrying Bev but decides to go through with the wedding. Audrey tells Ashley Peacock
Ashley Peacock
Ashley Sibelius Peacock is a fictional character from the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Steven Arnold, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 1 February 1995.On 23 April 2010, it was announced that the character had been axed along...
(Steven Arnold
Steven Arnold
Steven Arnold is an English actor best known for his role as Ashley Peacock in the long running hit show Coronation Street.- Early life :...
) she will not be coming to the wedding, which leads to Fred borrowing Bev's car to visit her. After a heart-to-heart, Fred is about to leave Audrey's house to return to the church but collapses in the hall and dies. Audrey, accompanied by the police, tells Fred's son Ashley and his wife Claire
Claire Peacock
Claire Peacock , is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Julia Haworth, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 9 April 2003, as the new nanny of established character Ashley Peacock's son Joshua...
(Julia Haworth
Julia Haworth
Julia Louise Haworth is an English actress best known as Claire Peacock on ITV's Coronation Street, a role she has played since 2003...
) at the church.
Audrey strikes up a relationship with old friend Bill Webster
Bill Webster
William Geoffrey "Bill" Webster is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Peter Armitage, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 6 February 1984. He remained in the show until 1985 when Armitage decided to leave,...
(Peter Armitage
Peter Armitage
Peter Armitage is a statistician specialising in medical statistics.Peter Armitage attended Huddersfield College and went on to read mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. Armitage belonged to the generation of mathematicians who came to maturity in the Second World War...
), in late 2006. However, on Christmas Day, Bill's wife Maureen (Sherrie Hewson
Sherrie Hewson
Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson is an English actor, broadcaster and novelist.-Early life:Born in Nottinghamshire, Hewson was brought up in a showbusiness family; her father was a singer and her mother a model. She began performing at the age of six, touring the UK's theatres in revues with her own...
) turns up, and their affair is revealed. Bill returns to Germany but comes back to the street early in 2007 and rekindles his relationship with Audrey, and he subsequently moves in with her.
In September 2007, Audrey's grandson, David
David Platt (Coronation Street)
David Daniel Platt is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. The character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 26 December 1990 and is portrayed by actor Jack P...
(Jack P Shepherd) moves in with her after he is kicked out by Gail. Son Stephen returns at Christmas 2007 to offer David a job in Italy. He accepts but Audrey finds drugs in his drawer at the salon and Stephen withdraws his offer. Jason
Jason Grimshaw
Jason Grimshaw, is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Ryan Thomas, the character first appeared during the episode airing on 25 December 2000, when he comes looking for mother Eileen at the Battersbys' home.Jason is very much the...
(Ryan Thomas
Ryan Thomas
Ryan James Thomas and is an English actor who is currently starring as the character, Jason Grimshaw on ITV's Coronation Street.-Career:...
), Sarah (Tina O'Brien
Tina O'Brien
Tina O'Brien is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Sarah-Louise Platt in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.-Acting career:...
) and her daughter Bethany (Amy & Emily Walton) decide to go, but Jason leaves Bethany and Sarah at the train station. Eventually, Audrey grows fed up with David, especially after she learns he has pushed Gail down the stairs in a fit of rage. She is dumbfounded when Gail refuses to press charges, and still has a reticent relationship with her grandson.
In spring 2008, Audrey is contacted by Ted Page (Michael Byrne
Michael Byrne (actor)
Michael Byrne is an English actor noted for his roles on film and television. He has often been cast in Nazi military roles such as Colonel Vogel in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Obergruppenführer Odilo Globocnik in the BBC radio dramatisation of the novel Fatherland by Robert Harris...
), Gail's biological father. He doesn't know about their daughter. Audrey meets him and tells him he has a daughter. He is surprised, and Audrey is equally surprised to learn Ted is gay. This leads characters such as David's girlfriend Tina McIntyre
Tina McIntyre
Tina McIntyre is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Michelle Keegan, the character first appeared on screen during the episode airing on 7 January 2008...
(Michelle Keegan
Michelle Keegan
Michelle Elizabeth Keegan is an English actress who currently plays Tina McIntyre in the soap opera Coronation Street.-Biography:...
) to jokingly question whether or not Audrey had "turned" Ted gay, which he denies.
On 4 August 2008, Audrey is returning from a 'booze cruise
Booze cruise
Booze cruise is a British colloquial term for a brief trip from Britain to France or Belgium with the intent of taking advantage of lower prices, and buying personal supplies of alcohol or tobacco in bulk quantities...
' in France with Bill, Janice Battersby
Janice Battersby
Janice Bernadette Battersby is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Vicky Entwistle, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 6 January 1997....
(Vicky Entwistle
Vicky Entwistle
Vicky Entwistle is an English actress who is most famous for playing the role of "loudmouth" factory worker Janice Battersby in ITV1's long-running soap opera Coronation Street....
) and Roger Stiles (Andrew Dunn
Andrew Dunn (actor)
Andrew Dunn is an English actor, best known for the role of Tony in the BBC sitcom Dinnerladies between 1998 and 2000. He was born in Leeds, but was raised in North Shields, eight miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne, before leaving for London at the age of 20. He trained as a teacher but decided he...
). It is an awful trip for her and she feels that Bill has ignored her. Bill has been drinking so Audrey drives. While driving, Audrey and Janice begin having an argument. Janice accuses her of being a fortune hunter and not caring about Alf or Fred. Audrey is furious, even more so when Bill chooses not to defend her, saying she has been unhappy the whole trip. The argument causes her to career off the road and through a small group of trees crashing, she injures her arm. This makes her consider ending her relationship with Bill, and she asks him to move out.
In December 2009, she bumps into an old friend called Claudia Colby (Rula Lenska
Rula Lenska
Rula Lenska is an English actress. Best known for her work in the United Kingdom, she is remembered in the United States for a television advert that presented her as a celebrity, even though she was not widely known in the US at the time the advert was produced.She has appeared extensively on...
) at a function and is subsequently introduced to her dinner partner Lewis Archer
Lewis Archer
Lewis Archer is a fictional character from the British soap opera Coronation Street, played by Nigel Havers. He made his first on-screen appearance on 18 December 2009. Lewis is a male escort hired by Audrey Roberts, after she sees him accompanying her rival, Claudia Colby, to a Christmas party...
(Nigel Havers
Nigel Havers
Nigel Allan Havers is an English actor. He is probably best known for his BAFTA-nominated role as Lord Andrew Lindsay in the 1981 British film Chariots of Fire, and for his role as Dr. Tom Latimer in the British TV comedy series Don't Wait Up...
). Claudia later informs Audrey that Lewis is in fact an escort and that she should give him a call. Audrey, having become smitten with Lewis contacts him and begins seeing him from time to time. In April 2010, Audrey is enraged to meet Lewis at an Easter dance with Rita Sullivan
Rita Sullivan
Rita Sullivan is a long-standing character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street...
(Barbara Knox
Barbara Knox
Barbara Knox, MBE , is an English actress, best known for playing Rita Sullivan in the television soap opera Coronation Street.-Early life:Knox was born in Oldham, Lancashire...
), which leads to the two women becoming involved in a bitter argument over Lewis. Later that month, Audrey discovers Lewis's black book with details on all his clients. She is deeply hurt to see that she is no more than a paying customer to him, but when he assures her that he has fallen for her too she responds to his kiss and they become a couple.
As she approaches her 70th birthday, Audrey toys with the idea of retirement, as she wants to settle down with Lewis. At her birthday party in the Rovers, she has a bitter row with Gail, when she discovers that Lewis was an escort. Annoyed with Gail and other people's interference, Audrey announces that she has found true happiness with Lewis, and the couple leave the pub. Audrey then decides to purchase a Greek hotel with Lewis and emigrate, much to the amazement of her family and friends. However, it soon emerges that Lewis is a conman after he swindles 4,000 pounds out of the bookies. On the day of their departure, Lewis's deception is revealed after he is caught kissing bookies employee Deirdre Barlow
Deirdre Barlow
Deirdre Anne Barlow is a long-standing fictional character in the UK television ITV Granada soap opera, Coronation Street...
(Anne Kirkbride
Anne Kirkbride
Anne Kirkbride is an English actress, best known for her long-running role as Deirdre Barlow in Coronation Street which she has played for thirty-nine years.-Coronation Street:...
) and placing fake betting slips in the cash register on CCTV. Lewis flees the country with the money, leaving Audrey humiliated and heartbroken.
In April 2011, Audrey is shocked to discover that Claudia's boyfriend Marc Selby (Andrew Hall
Andrew Hall (actor)
Andrew Hall is an English actor and director.Most recently has been seen in ITV's Coronation Street playing the controversial character of Marc Selby...
) is a transvestite, when she picks him up from a police station after he is assaulted. Marc begs her not to tell Claudia the truth and Audrey agrees. However, Claudia mistakingly believes that Audrey and Marc are having an affair which leads to Marc telling Claudia about his transvestism.
Critical response
Sue Nicholls won the award for 'Best Comedy Performance' at the 2000 British Soap Awards. At the 2003 British Soap Awards, Sue Nicholls won gongs for 'Best Dramatic Performance' and 'Hero of the Year' for her role in the highly successful Richard Hillman storyline which ran between 2002 and 2003.External links
- Profile of Audrey Roberts at ITV Soaps
- Profile of Audrey Roberts at What's on TV
- Coronation Street's Sue Nicholls - RTÉ Guide profile