{"id":361577,"date":"2026-01-09T21:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/361577\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T21:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T21:22:10","slug":"coronation-streets-mollie-gallagher-shares-unreal-transformation-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/361577\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street’s Mollie Gallagher shares “unreal” transformation for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronation Street<\/a>‘s Mollie Gallagher has shared a transformation in the New Year, with one co-star calling it “unreal”. Taking to social media, the Nina Lucas actor unveiled a bold new look.<\/p>\n

In a post on Instagram<\/a>, Gallagher shared a selfie as she showed off her new black-coloured hairstyle, writing in the caption: “New year old me xoxo \ud83d\udda4 Hair colour and extensions by the best hair transformer.”<\/p>\n

The post was met with several positive messages in the comment section, with co-star Elle Mulvaney – who portrays Amy Barlow on the long-running ITV soap<\/a> – writing that Gallagher looked “unreal”. <\/p>\n

Harriet Bibby, who plays Summer Spellman, said that she was “obsessed” with her co-star’s bold new look, while Abi Webster actor Sally Carman called Gallagher a “beautiful girl”.<\/p>\n

“\u2764\ufe0f although light hair suits you, you look amazing with it black \ud83d\udd25,” commented one follower, while another echoed this sentiment as they wrote: “Loved both colours on you, but dark always best \ud83d\udda4”<\/p>\n

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While Gallagher has a new style, the soap<\/a> itself has a new look in the New Year following changes to its schedule this week, with the series now airing five 30-minute instalments per week instead of three hour-long episodes.<\/p>\n

The changes also affected fellow ITV soap Emmerdale<\/a>, with the two series crossing over on Monday (5 January) for Corriedale, a one-off instalment which saw characters from both soaps engage in a dramatic storyline. <\/p>\n

Furthermore, there has also been an increase in special episodes dedicated to certain storylines, with Corrie producer Kate Brooks explaining<\/a>: “We do have episodes that feel special and different. <\/p>\n

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“They break the usual formula of soap and I think they’re a really interesting way of telling the story. We have a lot of our ‘traditional format’ episodes to appease the more traditional viewers. <\/p>\n

“When the story affords it or lends itself to taking a more abstract and slightly less conventional approach, we embrace it. We have a great team around us who work really hard to ensure that, whilst the episode might feel different, it still feels very story-driven.”<\/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. This week’s episode<\/a> reacts to the biggest twists from the Corriedale crossover.<\/p>\n