{"id":533469,"date":"2026-04-16T04:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533469\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T04:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:18:19","slug":"where-is-coronation-streets-kirsty-actress-now-13-years-after-exit-for-abusing-tyrone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533469\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is Coronation Street’s Kirsty actress now 13 years after exit for abusing Tyrone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kirsty Soames is one of Coronation Street\u2019s most infamous villains before she was sent to prison for her crimes over a decade ago<\/p>\n

Joe Crutchley Screen Time Reporter<\/p>\n

16:33, 15 Apr 2026<\/p>\n

\"Where<\/p>\n

Where is Coronation Street’s Kirsty actress now 13 years after exit for abusing Tyrone(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

Coronation Street<\/a>\u2019s Kirsty Soames caused plenty of drama during her stint – but what has the actress been up to since her exit?<\/p>\n

Back in 2011, Kirsty (Natalie Gumede) made her debut as the love interest of Tyrone (Alan Halsall<\/a>). The pair soon hit it off – and even went on to welcome a daughter, Ruby<\/a>, together in 2012.<\/p>\n

However, things took a dramatic turn when Kirsty started to abuse Tyrone<\/a>, often turning against him in violent rages. The nasty police officer ended up lying and accusing Tyrone of abusing her.<\/p>\n

However, during his trial in 2013, Kirsty confessed that she was the abuser and Tyrone was cleared of any wrongdoing while she was convicted and sent to prison. She nominated Tyrone to have custody of Ruby, and he told her he never wanted to see her ever again.<\/p>\n

\"Corrie\"<\/p>\n

Natalie played evil Kirsty(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

A year later though, she was referenced on the long-running ITV<\/a> soap when she sent Tyrone abusive texts after leaving prison in 2014. Fast forward to 2021 and Tyrone was informed that Kirsty had died. It was claimed that Kirsty died from an aneurysm, and she was discovered in her flat by a neighbour.<\/p>\n

And over on the long-running soap this week, Tyrone\u2019s domestic abuse past was mentioned after it came out that Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce<\/a>) has been abused by husband Theo Silverton (James Cartwright).<\/p>\n

\"Corrie\"<\/p>\n

She was sent to prison for her crimes<\/p>\n

Talking about her decision to leave the soap, Kirsty actress Natalie previously said: “It was really tough, but I was ready to leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was a healthy time to go after such an intense storyline, but it’s surprising how a place kind of creeps under your skin, and I don’t think I could have wished to work with a better team so it did surprise me how emotional I was at leaving.””<\/p>\n

After her cobbles exit, Natalie was in high demand. She appeared on BBC<\/a>\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> in 2013, and was partnered with Artem Chigvintsev. The pair lost out to Abbey Clancy & Aljaz Skorjanec and came joint second along with Susanna Reid<\/a> & Kevin Clifton.<\/p>\n

\"Natalie\"<\/p>\n

The actress has remained booked and busy(Image: Mike Marsland\/WireImage)<\/p>\n

Her other TV credits include 2015\u2019s ITV Jekyll & Hyde, Vera in 2019 and Netflix<\/a>\u2019s Free Rein from 2017 to 20192. Natalie also appeared in the 2022 Netflix smash Your Christmas<\/a> or Mine? and it\u2019s sequel in 2023, playing Kaye Taylor.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the premiere of the movie, Natalie revealed it was refreshing to play the fun Kaye after always playing a \u201cdark\u201d and \u201csinister\u201d character.<\/p>\n

\u201cAunty Kaye is one of the my most favourite characters I\u2019ve ever played. I’m always sort of the dark, slightly miserable character, a bit cold a bit sinister,\u201d she said. Natalie added: \u201cAnd so for the first time I could really just get my teeth into something where I could just be silly and have fun and I absolutely loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs Monday to Friday at 8:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kirsty Soames is one of Coronation Street\u2019s most infamous villains before she was sent to prison for her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2525,96,2534,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-533469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-coronation-street","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-soap-operas","11":"tag-tv","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}