Coronation Street fans were left stunned on Monday evening as they discovered where they had seen the Deputy Head of Weatherfield High before.
David Platt and Daniel Osbourne had both been hauled in front of the teacher over a complaint about David’s son Max, after Daniel accused the youngster of nicking his wallet, and tugged at him by his bag straps.
But despite Daniel being chastised for his own behaviour and David storming out in a huff, fans were more distracted by the actress stepping up to the role of Deputy Head.
The star in question turned out to be Carla Mendonça – who rose to fame in children’s TV shows like My Parents Are Aliens.
She took on the role of Orla Crawshaw on the cobbles for the first time on Monday night, as Weatherfield High takes on a more prominent role in the current storyline.
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She starred as mum Sophie Johnson in the CITV kids show, as well as taking on the role of Mrs Fitzgerald in So Awkward.
A horde of stunned fans turned to Twitter, with one posting: “OMG it’s her, Max’s headteacher is from So Awkward and My Parents Are Aliens LOL I can’t believe it, I literally grew up with her! @ITVCorrie.”
Someone else echoed: “The mum from My Parents Are Aliens is now the Senior Teacher in @ITVcorrie on @ITV!”
Another social media user quickly quipped: “I thought she’d gone back to Valux! #Corrie,” in reference to the eponymous aliens’ home planet.
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“When you’re watching Corrie with your mother and shout my parents are aliens out loud! I knew I’d seen that actress somewhere! She played Sophie!” someone else couldn’t resist tweeting.
As another echoed: “The mum from My Parents Are Aliens is on Corrie. A blast from the past!”
And Carla was obviously loving her role in Corrie too, as she retweeted a post from her talent agency which read: “Our Carla Mendonça joins the cast of #CoronationStreet tonight as Orla Crawshaw! Be sure to tune in to @ITV at 7:30 pm to catch her!”
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Carla initially took over the role of Sophie in the CITV show from Barbara Durkin in 2001, after Barbara played her from 1999 until 2000.
And Corrie isn’t the first soap Carla has appeared in – she also portrayed three different characters in BBC medical soap Doctors, from 2009 until 2020.
Later on in the episode, it was revealed that Max actually had stolen teacher Daniel’s wallet, after he used his debit card to carry out a transaction at Dev’s shop – and was found out by dad David.
But it might already be too late for the just-qualified teacher, as David reported his ‘assault’ of Max to the cops – which means his new job could be over before it’s even begun.
Coronation Street continues on Wednesday at 7:30pm on ITV.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
