{"id":634678,"date":"2026-04-27T19:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/634678\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:23:12","slug":"coronation-streets-kate-connor-could-still-return-as-faye-brookes-responds-to-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/634678\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street’s Kate Connor could still return as Faye Brookes responds to fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

She may have been away from Weatherfield for seven years, but Faye Brookes has teased that she could reprise her role as Kate Connor in Coronation Street<\/a> at some point in the future.<\/p>\n

The actor had a four-year stint in the ITV soap before departing in 2019<\/a>, and appeared in the 2021 edition of Dancing on Ice. She subsequently landed several projects on the stage, including Chicago and The Sound of Music.<\/p>\n

Though she stressed that she was happy with how her career is panning out, Brookes didn’t rule out a return to the cobbles, with the actor telling Express<\/a> that the door was very much “left open” for that reason. <\/p>\n

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Related: Best streaming services UK 2026 \u2014 including Disney Plus, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV<\/a><\/p>\n

“I get a lot of, ‘Why is Kate not coming back?'” she shared. “That’s a really lovely thing to have them want me to come back to Coronation Street<\/a>, because I [Kate] didn’t die. I’m still alive and travelling, and those [were] doors left open.<\/p>\n

“That’s an opportunity to be had in itself. I do love being able to play other characters – I really am continuing to stretch myself as an artist, and I want to keep doing that. [But] that door is open, [and] if that is in my journey, then great.”<\/p>\n

“It catapulted my career, so I never condemn it. I always celebrate it. That’s what the fans are doing for me at the same time. I’ve been so lucky to have gained such a lovely following from my time at Corrie – they’ve been nothing but supportive,” she added.<\/p>\n

Though it doesn’t sound as if Brookes has any immediate plans to return to Weatherfield, there’s been a big development in the Connor family, with Kate’s half-sister, Carla, finally tying the knot with Lisa Swain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Related: Coronation Street names possible Theo killers as huge week begins<\/a><\/p>\n

After months of strife, Swarla got their happily-ever-after (we hope) during Thursday’s instalment of the soap, with several viewers lauding the episode<\/a> as a “perfect” embodiment of the couple’s spirit.<\/p>\n

“A wonderful episode to celebrate Swarla’s wedding before murder week. Everyone chipping in and having fun was so lovely to see,” wrote one fan, while another dubbed it a “masterpiece”.<\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more Coronation Street spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week’s soap spoilers for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – as Weatherfield’s murder mystery unfolds, and Grant Mitchell returns to Walford!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She may have been away from Weatherfield for seven years, but Faye Brookes has teased that she could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,229445,428,307303,430,134,429,307302,229444,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-634678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-collection-latest-news","11":"tag-content-type-news","12":"tag-contentid-d5792e2a-4c62-48af-90e1-c2cc5f4a8331","13":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-locale-gb","16":"tag-shorttitle-coronation-streets-kate-connor-could-still-return","17":"tag-subsection-coronation-street","18":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}