Michelle Connor

Michelle Sinead Connor is a fictional character in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, portrayed by Kym Marsh. The character first appeared on-screen during the episode airing on 3 April 2006. Marsh took maternity leave in January 2011, and the character returned on 3 November 2011.

Michelle's storylines have included a serious relationship with Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), discovering that her son had been swapped at birth, the death of her eldest brother Paul (Sean Gallagher) in 2007, and the murder of her other brother Liam (Rob James-Collier) in 2008. Other storylines have focused on the relationships with her sisters-in-law, Carla (Alison King) and Maria (Samia Ghadie), her failed engagement to Ciaran McCarthy (Keith Duffy) and surviving a minibus crash.

Storylines

Michelle auditions as a background singer for Vernon Tomlin's (Ian Reddington) band. She later becomes the new barmaid at The Rovers. She is soon joined by her son Ryan (Ben Thompson) and her brothers. It is established that Michelle was impregnated with Ryan as a teenager, and that Ryan's father and her long-term partner Dean was killed in a car accident five years previously. Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) falls for Michelle immediately when she begins work at The Rovers. Unfortunately his mother, Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard), does not approve of Michelle as Vernon clearly is attracted to her.