Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street’s Nina Lucas exits Weatherfield for pastures new next week, as she prepares to start a job in Whitby. Is she ready for her exciting new chapter by the coast?
In upcoming scenes, Nina makes the uplifting decision to grab life with both hands and make a fresh start with a job at a local art gallery.
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Before she goes, though, Nina invites her gal pals Asha Alahan and Summer Spellman for some leaving drinks in the Rovers as a final send-off – before sharing a touching moment with her late boyfriend Seb Franklin’s mum Abi…
“In Seb’s memorial garden, Abi and Nina have an emotional heart-to-heart,” explains our cobbles insider. “Although Weatherfield has brought Nina lots of joy and friendship during her years there, it has also been the site of some serious trauma for her, including Seb’s death.
“She’s ready to spread her wings and leave the past to rest while she’s still young!”
After saying one final farewell to her friends, Nina heads off to Whitby in the car, which has been packed with her worldly possessions. She’s accompanied by her uncle and father figure Roy Cropper – but is this really the last we’ll see of her?
We exclusively revealed Nina’s departure at the end of June after Mollie Gallagher filmed her final scenes in the role.
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Mollie, who played Nina for nearly seven years, made the decision to move on from Corrie to make her professional stage debut in the UK and Ireland tour of Silence of the Lambs.
“It was a tricky one because I love Corrie so much,” Mollie told us in an exclusive chat. “I love everyone there and I love Nina, too. When I graduated from drama school and got the audition for Corrie, I thought that Nina was a dream character for me to play.
“I was really passionate about portraying this alternative character. We kept her quite similar the whole time, which was important to me. I never wanted Nina to lose her goth look and who she is – I think the audience have always really appreciated that.
“So it was a really hard situation, but as an actor, you do want to challenge yourself by trying new things. This new job is completely different because it’s theatre. It was sad – in an ideal world I’d be doing both, but that just wouldn’t work!”
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