It’s been more than 18 years since actress Julia Haworth and actor Steven Arnold graced our screens and the Coronation Street cobbles.
Julia played the role of Claire Casey, while Steven reprised the role of Ashley Peacock.
Initially joining the soap as Ashley Peacock ’s new nanny for son Joshua, it wasn’t long before Claire the fell for her employer and married into the Peacock family, taking up a permanent role on the cobbles.
Since their stint in the soap, both Julia and Steven have taken a step out of the limelight.
Julia’s last appearance on the cobbles was in January 2011, after her character Claire was sadly axed.
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While her on-screen husband Ashley Peacock who played the kind and caring butcher was killed off in 2010.
Steven who played Ashley, starred in the ITV soap for 15 years before being killed off in the soap’s dramatic tram crash story line to celebrate its 50th anniversary 11 years ago.
After leaving the show, Julia went a little quiet on the acting front until she returned to our TV screens in 2018 as Laura Wade in BBC soap, Doctors.
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Earlier this year the former Corrie star appeared in the second series of the hit ITV drama, The Bay.
She has also starred in an episode of the popular BBC drama series Call the Midwife.
While Steven went on to star on Dancing On Ice in 2011 but has steered clear of appearances on the television since.
Although he has spoken to Gaby Roslin on Lorraine a while ago, where he said: “I do, he’ll always have a special place in my heart as I played him for such a long time.
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“There’s elements that you miss but you can still put him in characters that you play here and there.”
He retired from acting not long after his appearance on Dancing on Ice, but he has appeared alongside Julia on a celebrity edition of Pointless – this aired in 2020.
Although Steven has taken a break from acting, Julia hasn’t stopped, but away from acting she has been busy working with various acting academies for children.
Not only this, but she has also been helping raise awareness for epidermolysis bullosa – a skin condition that her son has.
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Mother-of-two, Julia, became a patron for the charity that supports the skin condition after watching Channel 4 documentary The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off.
Julia said: “As a parent, all you want to do when your child is poorly is give them a big squeeze and let them know that everything will be ok.
“But if you have a child with EB, you can’t do that.
“Despite this, the parents I have met are so incredible and so strong.”
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