{"id":659087,"date":"2025-12-28T04:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T04:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/659087\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T04:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T04:29:18","slug":"coronation-street-megan-actress-real-age-revealed-as-fans-sickened-by-grooming-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/659087\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street Megan actress&#8217; real age revealed as fans sickened by grooming twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coronation Street\u2019s Megan, played by Beth Nixon, has quickly become the soap\u2019s most hated character<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_d61b39\">Joe Crutchley<\/strong> Screen Time Reporter<\/p>\n<p>19:43, 27 Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2_Megan-in-bed-with-Will.jpg\" alt=\"Coronation Street Megan actress' real age revealed as fans sickened by grooming twist\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Coronation Street Megan actress&#8217; real age revealed as fans sickened by grooming twist<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?esrc=s&amp;q=&amp;rct=j&amp;sa=U&amp;url=https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/coronation-street&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjOoszcwt6RAxXPWUEAHbzNKjQQFnoECAQQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw3QJWW4yPdPvH74nDFe9iqJ\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Coronation Street<\/a> newbie Beth Nixon is at the centre of a harrowing grooming storyline &#8211; but how old is the actress?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Beth made her debut on the long-running <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">ITV<\/a> soap this year, as the athletics coach of youngster Will Driscoll (Lucas Hodgson-Wale).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?esrc=s&amp;q=&amp;rct=j&amp;sa=U&amp;url=https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/coronation-street-icon-eva-price-36097778&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiolKTswt6RAxXtY0EAHZe5Pa0QFnoECAcQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vNThy0LQ1gfnmCCUIptYg\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Ben moved from Hull to Weatherfield <\/a>with his dad Ben (Aaron McCusker), grandmother Maggie (Pauline McLynn) and his dad\u2019s girlfriend, and Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, it was later revealed that <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?esrc=s&amp;q=&amp;rct=j&amp;sa=U&amp;url=https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/coronation-street-fans-predict-quick-36431171&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiWirfhwt6RAxXfRkEAHVxjL0oQFnoECAkQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw2wS2-ropJk7s1CEZu2yJXz\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Megan has been grooming 15-year-old Will<\/a> for months, prior to his move. Their secret relationship has gone unnoticed so far and Will\u2019s family are none the wiser about Megan\u2019s true colours.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Beth-N.jpg\" alt=\"Beth Nixson who plays Megan\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Beth plays Megan on the ITV soap<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In recent weeks, Megan moved to the cobbles too, and bagged a job at Weatherfield High School. She has also struck up a romance with fellow teacher Daniel Osbourne (<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/rob-mallard\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Rob Mallard<\/a>) &#8211; much to Will\u2019s anger and jealousy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">And after Will turned 16 last week, Megan slept with him, and was almost caught by Ben and Will\u2019s brother Ollie (Raphael Akuwudik). She also spent <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/christmas\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Christmas<\/a> with Will and his family at the Rovers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_Corrie-19DEC25.jpg\" alt=\"Coronation Street\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The character is grooming Will(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As for actress Beth, Corrie is her first-ever TV role four years after she graduated from college. The newcomer celebrated her 25th birthday in July this year and shared a snap on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/instagram\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Meanwhile, talking about playing Megan, newcomer Beth previously told Metro: &#8220;Megan is very calculated. Everything she does is for a reason, but she\u2019s very good at hiding that. She\u2019s very insecure, but again, she hides it. So she\u2019s very confident and charismatic on the outside; she charms people, she makes people feel sorry for her, she makes people like her.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_Screenshot-2025-12-10-at-153019jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Coronation Street pregnancy twist 'sealed' for Megan as real baby father 'unveiled'\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Corrie is the actress\u2019 first TV role(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cShe\u2019s worming her way into this family; she\u2019s almost like a parasite. But as an actor, I obviously need to find that humanity in her and make her a rounded character. She\u2019s not a one-dimensional character. She\u2019s not just this evil person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Beth continued: \u201cShe has all these other things going on\u2014all these life experiences she\u2019s had, which have led her up to this point. The audience doesn\u2019t know, the other characters don\u2019t know, but she knows. So, there are all these things I\u2019ve decided in my preparation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">For support and information, you can visit <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barnardos.org.uk\/get-support\/support-for-parents-and-carers\/child-abuse-and-harm\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Barnardo&#8217;s website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">**For the latest showbiz, TV, movie and streaming news, go to the new **<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everythinggossip.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Everything GossipLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Everything Gossip<\/a>** website**<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Megan, played by Beth Nixon, has quickly become the soap\u2019s most hated character Joe Crutchley Screen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[236,77,960,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-659087","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"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115795315218896515","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}