{"id":779156,"date":"2026-09-22T18:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/779156\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T18:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:48:15","slug":"coronation-street-favourite-vicky-myers-reflects-on-alison-kings-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/779156\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street favourite Vicky Myers reflects on Alison King’s 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vicky Myers has praised her Coronation Street<\/a> co-star Alison King after they were awarded the gong for Best Partnership at last night’s Inside Soap Awards.<\/p>\n

The actress, who plays Lisa Connor-Swain in the ITV soap, was also celebrating winning the Best Actress trophy at a ceremony held in Manchester.<\/p>\n

“Oh my goodness. I never expected it, genuinely, and I’m very touched,” she told Radio Times<\/a> on the red carpet.<\/p>\n

“And I think that goes down to the loyalty and the unwavering support of the fans is just off the scale, and I couldn’t be more grateful. To be acknowledged and to achieve this is really something that I never expected, even last year.”<\/p>\n

It’s been quite the eventful year for Lisa and new wife Carla. The pair faced a rocky road towards marriage, with Lisa’s ex-wife Becky (Amy Cudden) returning from years in witness protection<\/a> to try and jeopardise their happiness.<\/p>\n

\"Vicky<\/p>\n

Myers picked up two awards at last night’s ceremony.\u00a0Shirlaine Forrest\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

She held Carla hostage and planned to whisk her family off to another country, though was finally arrested during the crossover episode with Emmerdale.<\/p>\n

Sadly, married life has been anything but harmonious. Lisa’s daughter Betsy (Sydney Martin) has suffered two strokes<\/a> \u2013 a storyline which raised awareness of non-fatal sexual strangulation.<\/p>\n

Despite the turmoil, Myers told RT that she loves the dynamic between the Connor-Swains.<\/p>\n

“You’ve got Ryan, who’s just so beautiful, and he’s had his problems and struggles, and the way that he is very much like a sibling\/uncle to Betsy. Carla loves Betsy as her own, which leaves us extremely grateful. And then obviously the dynamic between Ryan and Lisa, and the love between Lisa and Carla.”<\/p>\n

\"Coronation<\/p>\n

Vicky Myers took time to celebrate co-star Alison King’s 20 years in the soap.\u00a0ITV<\/p>\n

She continued: “Then you’ve got the extended family. You’ve got David Neilson. Legend. Oh my goodness. It’s just really beautiful. That’s the only reason why [Lisa] married [Carla], really.”<\/p>\n

When asked whether Lisa may become a player in her colleague Kit Green’s (Jacob Roberts) breast cancer battle<\/a>, Myers teased: “I think the dynamic between Kit and Lisa is really interesting, and it can be quite sibling-like. Maybe something will come in the future. I think it’ll be interesting to see how that unfolds.”<\/p>\n

“There’s also lots of other things that are going on that I can’t say too much about.”<\/p>\n

This year marks King’s 20th year of playing Carla \u2013 and Myers couldn’t be prouder of her colleague.<\/p>\n

“I think it would be remiss not to mention the fact that it’s Ali King’s 20th year,” she began.<\/p>\n

“We marked that last week because it was it was 20 years since she filmed her first scene, which was just amazing. So, what a phenomenal achievement! Long may it continue.”<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs weeknights at 8:30pm on ITV1 or can be streamed from 7am on ITVX.<\/p>\n

Visit our dedicated Corrie<\/a> page for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers.<\/p>\n

Add Coronation Street to your watchlist on the \u2013 download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.<\/p>\n

Check out more of our Soaps<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide <\/a>to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vicky Myers has praised her Coronation Street co-star Alison King after they were awarded the gong for Best…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-779156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779156","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=779156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}