We're making history portraying a modern lesbian couple'

Actress Vicky Myers tells us about her rollercoaster Corrie storyline, breaking boundaries and the close camaraderie with her co-stars

- LAURA CARRENO-MÜLLER

For Coronation Street's Vicky Myers, surviving skin cancer changed everything. Diagnosed with malignant melanoma on her calf in 2010, she endured treatment and reconstructive surgery, a turning point that forced her to reassess her life. “I was in a poor state of mental health because I was trying to juggle an awful lot of things,” she says. “Then the diagnosis happened and I realised what I would have given to have that time back. It re-centred my mind on what was actually important.”

This new approach to life sits in contrast to her character, DS Lisa Swain, who often struggles to let things go, and Vicky hints at stormy scenes ahead as Lisa’s relationship with Carla Connor (Alison King) heats up. Carla is preparing to propose to Lisa, and she’s even involving Lisa’s daughter Betsy (Sydney Martin).

“Carla asks for her permission,” Vicky says. “It’s the mother-daughter relationship Carla’s yearned for, but the plans are fumbled by a neighbour.”

That neighbour is David Platt (Jack P Shepherd), who has been locking horns with the detective sergeant since she and Carla moved into No6 with Betsy and Carla’s nephew, Ryan (Ryan Prescott).

“Lisa wants to move forward and be happy,” Vicky, 49, says. “She wants this family and she loves Ryan, she’s happy he’s in the fold. I’m enjoying watching the dynamic unfold between Lisa and David. But, fear not, there is a proposal further down the line.”