Coronation Street star Kimberly Hart-Simpson has shared that going back to the soap was an easy decision for her.
The soap star was last seen on the cobbles in 2022 when her character Nicky Wheatley left the show, but she has returned to Weatherfield to help her friend Daniel Osbourne, who’s under suspicion over the disappearance of Lauren Bolton.
Speaking about Nicky’s journey, going from being a sex worker to working to help vulnerable women, Hart-Simpson told the Mirror: “She’s a powerful woman. I respect her immensely.”
“She’s unapologetically herself and owns her history. To a degree, it’s celebrated. It’s not this negative thing that she was a sex worker,” she continued.
“How amazing for a soap to portray a woman from a sex worker to an outreach worker, empowering her rather than someone who should be looked down upon.”
The actress described the decision to go back to Corrie as an “easy yes” and revealed it had to do with her father’s dying wish.
“I was determined to get on because of what it meant to my dad and his request,” she said of her Corrie stint.
“It’s been a long slog to get on the show. I went for so many parts over the years – like shopper number two. When you’re rejected for something you really want, it lays heavy. So when I was asked to come back it was an easy yes,” she continued.
Hart-Simpson also said that she’d always thought she’d be back to Corrie thanks to Nicky’s open exit storyline.
“When Nicky last was in, there wasn’t an exit storyline, she was just dropped off in a taxi at home. So I’m presuming she’d gone to have a brew,” she said.
“Corrie was never done in my head, it was just a dot dot dot. So when they asked me to come back with this storyline I was always going to say yes.”
